The ramblings of a computer geek
Windows can allow a user to create a file or folder with a space at the end that it then cannot manage, to remove it you need to follow this procedure. You’ll receive an error if you try to remove it. Find out the 8.3 version of the folder name by opening a command prompt: […]
More...There are many causes of a 500 error on PHP pages on IIS. But this was a little bit of a weird one, when trying to make some php pages work they all generated 500 errors. I created a test php page which worked fine, just all the scripts didn’t so I checked through the […]
More...I have the following problem when trying to install nsclient++ onto a Windows 2003 Server SP2 (note this is a member server). Using a local administrator account on the server trying to install the install completes but the service does not get registered trying to manually register gives this error: C:\Program Files\NSClient++\nsclient++ -install e NSClient++.cpp(212) […]
More...Heres a neat trick, seems to work ok. Remember however, when you export it switches off the old dhcp server. So be quick! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325473/
More...The * means prompt for a password. Example Okay say you have a member server that has fallen off the domain, but you don’t want to go through the normal procedure of using “My Computer”->”Computer Name” and then disjoining to a WORKGROUP rebooting, then re-joining to the domain and rebooting again. Note: You need to […]
More...How to setup the NSClient++ on Windows
More...Open ADSI edit. Configuration-> Services- > NetServices Checked the properties of: CN=DhcpRoot Then edited this attribute: dhcpServers There was one server listed in there: i172.17.5.1$rcn=cdc.domain.com$0x00000000$dcdc01.domain.com$ This was the one that seemed to be left hanging around. Took a note of the settings just incase then deleted it and clicked “OK” to apply the settings. Checked […]
More...Here was a weird one, Word 2003 froze on startup, opening the document in word 2007 was the key to it, in the bottom left, it flashed up trying to connect to \\servername\folder\test.dot. Hmm in our case the servername was the name of a server that had been decommissioned! WOrd 2007 allows you to hit […]
More...RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is a way of organising and using disks (Hard Disks) to increase performance or provide fault tolerance. RAID can also be set up to provide both functions at the same time. RAID is a set of two or more ordinary hard disks and a specialized disk controller that contains […]
More...When trying to install Puremessage, you need to upgrade the instance of MSDE you are using to a specific verson MSDE 2000 SP4. More details at this page on the Sophos support site. http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/46290.html If when trying to upgrade MSDE you get an error saying you need to change the SA password, you are not […]
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