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Catch me live presenting the “Demo of Hyper V” … Be there !!!! Please find the details of the UG meeting for 30th May 09 . Kindly circulate the same to the UG members and friends. Agenda TimeTopicSpeakers 04.00PM to 04.15PM      Registration 04.15PM to 04.30PM      Welcome 04.30PM to 05.30PM      Demo Hyper –V Mr. Aresh Sarkari 05.30PM to 05.45PM      Tea Break 05.45PM to 06.45PM      Excel 2007 –  Introduction and Overview Mr. Jijin KV 06.45PM to 07.15PM      Fun Activity 07.15PM to 07.30PM     Closing Note Date: 30-May-2009 Time: 04.00PM to 08.00PM Entry is Free for All Venue:   Chervil Training Room, Signature Building, Microsoft Corp. Bangalore -560017. Reserve your seat at https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=138746 ...

Catch me live presenting the “Technical Overview of Hyper V” … Be there !!!! Location : MTC Training Room, Signature Building, Microsoft Corp. Bangalore  Start Time : 5/9/2009 4:00 PM  End Time : 5/9/2009 8:00 PM  Time Topic Speakers 04.00PM to 04.15PM Registration   04.15PM to 04.30PM Welcome   04.30PM to 05.30PM Technical Overview of Hyper-V   Mr.Aresh Sarkari  Technical Solutions Consultant, HP India, 05.30PM to 05.45PM Tea Break   05.45PM to 06.45PM Policy Based Management in SQL Server 2008 Mr. Anil Mahadev Senior SQL Server DBA / Infrastructure Lead,  M/s. Maitri Information Systems Pvt Ltd. 06.45PM to 07.15PM Fun Activity   07.15PM to 07.30PM Closing ...

Issue: Perfmon on Windows 2003 x64 servers, the object counters are showing as numerical values instead of "processor", "memory" etc   Solution: Make sure you have taken a full System Backup before trying the below mentioned steps. On a 64-bit machine, there are two versions of "lodctr.exe" - %windir%\system32 - %windir%\SysWow64 You have to run the 32bit lodctr.exe to reload the 32bit counters and the 64bit "lodctr.exe /r " Note: Without quotes “” Reboot the server Don’t forget to leave your comments :) Thanks, Aresh

First try Microsoft KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282227/en-us but if that fails, you can perform the following using all or some of the following steps where applicable. The example below is where no eviction or force cleanup has taken place. This is the last remaining node in a cluster. 1.) Unload the cluster hive via the Registry Editor --> Select HKLM\Cluster --> Menu Bar --> File --> Unload Hive 2) Delete HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\clusnet and clussvc keys 3.) Change the Clusdisk startup type to "disabled" in the Device Manager --> View --> Show Hidden Devices --> Non Plug and Play --> Cluster Disk Properties --> Driver Tab HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\clusdisk\   Value 1   Name:            Start   Type:            REG_DWORD   Data:      ...

ADPlus is a tool that will allow us to get a memory dump from a process that is giving you problems.  To get this tool, please install the "Debugging Tools for Windows" from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx64.mspx Once these tools are installed, do the following: 1. Create a directory called c:\adplus 2. Determine the pid of the process you wish to monitor by looking at the "Process" tab in task manager, you will need this later 3. Open a command prompt and change to the directory where you installed the debugging tools.  By default, this is c:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows 4. Type the following: " cscript adplus.vbs -crash -p PID -o c:\adplus " (without the quotes, where PID is the number you determined in step 2). 5. Do not interfere with the windows that is opened, just let it run minimized. 6. You will not be able to log off the system while you are monitoring. 7. When the crash occurs, plea...

Catch me live presenting the exclusive demo for Windows 7 :) …. Be there Dear All,                 The IT Pro community Bangalore is planning to conduct a session on Windows 7. We would look out for your presence in the event…. Register for the Event @: http://www.bitpro.in/Invitations/UGMeet18Apr.html Hurry Up!!! Limited Seats… Share with your near and dear ones too!! Regards, Aresh

Recommendation: =============== ==> In this case TCPIP.SYS driver was the cause for the BugCheck as the IRP was stuck at the TCPIP.SYS. ==> Apply MS KB 962238 to update TCPIP.SYS and AFD.SYS ==> Disable TCP Chimney Feature of Windows Server 2003 SP2. You can follow the article below to disable TCP Chimney either using the package mentioned in the article or you can refer to the workaround section for disabling it manually. Debug Trace: ============ DRIVER_LEFT_LOCKED_PAGES_IN_PROCESS (cb) Caused by a driver not cleaning up completely after an I/O. When possible, the guilty driver's name (Unicode string) is printed on the bugcheck screen and saved in KiBugCheckDriver. Arguments: Arg1: b7bf92f2, The calling address in the driver that locked the pages or if the                 IO manager locked the pages this points to the dispatch routine of    ...

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). 2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value: Value name: PoolUsageMaximum Data type: REG_DWORD Radix: Decimal Value data: 60 Setting the value at 60 informs the Memory Manager to start the trimming process at 60 percent of PagedPoolMax rather than the default setting of 80 percent. If a threshold of 60 percent is not enough to handle spikes in activity, reduce this setting to 50 percent or 40 percent. Value name: PagedPoolSize Data type: REG_DWORD Radix: Hex Value data: 0xFFFFFFFF Setting PagedPoolSize to 0xFFFFFFFF allocates the maximum paged pool in lieu of other resources to the computer. 3. Quit Registry Editor. 4. Restart the server for the changes to take effect. Reference Microsof...

Reduce Event ID 2022 1055 and  2021  errors Tuning of Server Service: Click Start , click Run , type Notepad, and then click OK . Copy the following text, and then paste it into Notepad: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters] "MaxFreeConnections"=dword:00001000 "MinFreeConnections"=dword:00000064 "MaxRawWorkItems"=dword:00000200 "MaxWorkItems"=dword:00002000 "MaxMpxCt"=dword:00000800 Save the file as .reg file type, and then exit Notepad. In Windows Explorer, double-click the file to import these registry settings. Tuning of Workstation Service: Click Start , click Run , type Notepad, and then click OK . Copy the following text, and then paste it into Notepad: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstati...

Issue: Mouse not captured in remote desktop Hyper V Version: Resolution: 1. Boot the guest Windows 2003 x64 into “Safe Mode” 2. To “add remove programs” we added the following registry           HKLM-SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer           - Value for default key is Services 3. Installed the “Integration Services” under safe mode 4. Rebooted the server in normal mode 5. Mouse started working Don’t forget to leave your comments :) Thanks, Aresh

Here is a listing of the port requirements for Active Directory domain, as well as optional ports: Required Ports Port No. Protocol Used by Required for 1024-5000 TCP/UDP RPC (dynamic response ports) required for RPC to respond to communications 135 TCP RPC (endpoint mapper)  ...

Domain Controllers Nltest /dclist:%userdnsdomain% Domain Controller IP Configuration for /f %i in (’dsquery server -domain %userdnsdomain% -o rdn’) do psexec \\%i ipconfig /all Stale computer accounts dsquery computer domainroot -stalepwd 180 -limit 0 Stale user accounts dsquery user domainroot -stalepwd 180 -limit 0 Disabled user accounts dsquery user domainroot -disabled -limit 0 AD Database disk usage for /f %i in (’dsquery server -domain %userdnsdomain% -o rdn’) do dir \\%i\admin$\ntds Global Catalog Servers from DNS dnscmd %logonserver% /enumrecords %userdnsdomain% _tcp | find /i "3268" Global Catalog Servers from AD dsquery * "CN=Configuration,DC=forestRootDomain" -filter "(&(objectCategory=nTDSDSA)(options:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=1))" Users with no logon script dsquery * domainroot -filter"(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=Us...