Activate Windows 7 Enterprise with a MAK Key – GUI Method
In spite of what it says in MSKB article 929826, and in spite of what I wrote in a previous blog article, it is possible to activate Windows 7 Enterprise …
Windows 7 UAC Blocks DRAC II Web Console
You have an old Dell server with a DRAC II remote access card. You just installed Windows 7 and you want to control the DRAC II from that desktop. You’ve …
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Failed to Start after Copying VHD
On Windows Server 2008 R2 running Hyper-V, I copied a VHD to an external drive using Windows Explorer. After compacting the drive, I copied the VHD back to its original …
Hyper-V Failed to Compact VHD
On Windows Server 2008 R2 running Hyper-V, I’m trying to compact a (dynamically expanding) VHD on an external hard drive (USB drive, NTFS format). The drive is 59GB and there …
How to Duplicate Administrator Permissions on Server 2008 R2
When administering Windows servers, I prefer not to use the built-in Administrator account especially when working through Remote Desktop, So I always copy the account to a new account, e.g. …
Reset Roaming Profile and Folder Redirection Permissions
One of the biggest challenges of working with roaming profiles and folder redirection is setting permissions on the shared objects. I recently migrated a Server 2003 domain controller to Server …
Wmiprvse.exe Hangs During File Services Migration
I’m migrating file services from a 32-bit Windows Server 2003 R2 machine to a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. Following Microsoft Technet guide File Services Migration Guide, I installed the …
A Required CD/DVD Drive Device Driver is Missing
I downloaded a Windows Server 2008 R2 ISO from Microsoft licensing. I inserted the ISO into a a Hyper-V virtual machine and started the installation. Very soon this message appeared …
Windows Server Backup: VSS Failure Backing Up Guest VM
I’m setting up Windows Server Backup on a Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2008 R2). I want to do an online backup of the guest virtual machine (Windows Server 2003 R2). …
Windows Time Stops Even When Set to Start Automatically
I’m running Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Hyper-V host. The domain controller runs as a guest. Following Microsoft’s recommendation, the host is not joined to the domain; it is …