Tips, thoughts and notes from the world of IT
Here’s some great posts on troubleshooting slow boot and slow logons:
You have installed Exchange 2010 but have realised that you need more space for the database files.
You need to move these database files to another drive.
You’ve installed, configured, and deployed software using System Center Essentials. Now you want to deploy Adobe Reader and fully customise it prior to deployment.
Well done old bean, you’ve successfully installed and configured System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010. You now need to deploy software to your electrical minions (client PCs).
Find out below how to spread software throughout your IT estate, like a spreadable, creamy butter:
You’ve just installed SQL Server 2008 R2 and System Center Essentials 2010. You now need to configure System Center Essentials (SCE).
Read more below.
You’ve outgrown your current software update and management system for your IT Infrastructure, and would like something better. Microsoft System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 can handle up to 50 servers, 500 clients and 100 network devices; a perfect fit!
Find out how to install SCE below.
You need to install SQL Server 2008 R2. That is all. 😐
Follow the steps below to spawn a fresh SQL-child of your own.
Several users have complained that they have found several emails in their Junk Email folders within Outlook.
They already have a hosted email filtering solution that sends a daily quarantine digest to each user. When they release the quarantined emails, they sometimes go into Outlook’s Junk Email folder, so it seems the email has not been released. Users are unhappy.
You need to find a way of globally disabling Outlook’s Junk Email filtering. Enter custom Administrative Templates.
A great post on troubleshooting Group Policy using event logs: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749336(v=ws.10).aspx
I can’t remember where I copied the rest of these steps, but I refer to them quite often:
1. On domain controller, click Start -> Run, type GPMC.MSC, it will load the GPMC console. If the GPMC snap-in is not installed.
2. Right click on “Group Policy Result” and choose wizard to generate a report for the problematic computer and user account (please place appropriately). (Choose computer and select the proper user in the wizard)
3. Right click the resulting group policy result and click the “Save Report…” => save report and upload it to the link I provided.
1. Run the command gpresult /v >C:\gpresult.txt.
2. Upload the C:\gpresult.txt to the above link.
Subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Entry: UserEnvDebugLevel
Type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0x00030002 (Hexadecimal)
After the issue reoccurs, find and upload %windir%\Debug\UserMode\Userenv.log file.
Subkey: Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Diagnostics
Entry: FdeployDebugLevel
Type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0x0000000F (Hexadecimal)
The log file can be found at: %Systemroot%\debug\usermode\fdeploy.log.
