When trying to logon a computer using non administrator ID, you may receive this message: “You cannot log on because the logon method you are using is not allowed on this computer. Please see you network administrator for more details.” Case 1: Group Policy’ “Allow log on locally” was not setup to allow users or […]
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Send and Receive More or Less Frequently in Outlook 2013
If you like to have Outlook checking for new messages as often as possible, because it allows me to take action on new messages as quickly as possible. I do not notice a discernible slowdown of my computer as a result of more frequent checks, so I find it to be a helpful adjustment. But […]
Manage passwords in Chrome
Open your Chrome browser and from the top right Chrome menu button, select Settings. Alternatively, you can simply type chrome://settings in the address bar and hit Enter. Scroll down and click on Show advanced settings. Now scroll down to the Passwords and forms section and click on the Manage passwords link. You will a list of […]
User Service Service Failed The Logon
I was looking at several Windows 7 machines in an environment that whenever a new domain user who had never logged onto a machine before got the following error message: The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded. Now in this case there was an existing Microsoft KB article for […]
Cab_ files in temp Folder
Checking <windows>\Logs\CBS folder I found lots of .log and (some) .cab files It seems, that windows wasn’t able to zip (makecab.exe) one of the .log files. Solution was: in <windows>\Logs\CBS folder delete the oldest .log file (you can also delete them all) in <windows>\temp folder delete every cab_xxxx
Moving the database (SUSDB)
The following instructions are for moving the SUSDB and should be valid irrespective of if you are using SBS or WSUS as a standalone product. As with a regular SQL Server datastore, you can detach and move the database. Since the database is a normal SQL database, you can simply detach, move and reattach the […]
Saving Windows Disk Space | Removing “Installer\$PatchCache$”
Running out of the diskspace on C:\ I found the C:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$ to be massive! I used JamSoftware “treesize” to view what was taking up the space. From research this folder can be safely deleted, however you MUST NOT delete the top level “Installer” folder “C:\WINDOWS\Installer” (only the sub-folders inside it) A quick method for deleting this directory is: […]
Server 2012 RDS ‘there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license.
On a Server 2012 RDS farm that has been deployed and working for some time you begin to receive errors stating ‘The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server administrator.” You verify your configuration is as expected, that you have valid CALs […]
Extend Windows Server 2012 r2 Trial
After Window Server evaluation period has expired, you will face annoying behavior where it will suddenly shutdown every one hour ! In this case,you only have two options: Activate windows by purchasing a new Key. Extend evaluation period.(Simplest & Quickly method). Therefore, to extend the evaluation period follow the bit mentioned steps below: Open Command prompt as […]
How to change the Default Port Number for RDP
Windows servers are remotely accessible with Remote Desktop via the TCP 3389 port (default port). In some situations, as when you wish to obtain a more secure environment, changing the remote access port can be useful. This article explains how to proceed. Important note: In order to maintain the access to your server after you change the access […]