Author: --Anand--

Being in Silicon Valley for years, I became a IT Infrastructure Geek by experience and surrounded by other Geeks everywhere. I try to help others by the solutions I found on odd occasions.

A computer that is connected to an IEEE 802.1X authenticated network does not connect to the correct network after you resume it from Hibernate mode or Sleep mode


The heading says it all. In this scenario, the computer is not connected to the authenticated Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) that it previously inhabited. Instead, the computer is connected to an isolated network. If have this issue, there is an easy fix for Windows 7 machines. Check it here: A computer that is connected … Continue reading A computer that is connected to an IEEE 802.1X authenticated network does not connect to the correct network after you resume it from Hibernate mode or Sleep mode →

Brand new Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller and “The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.”


This happened to me more then two times. Say you installed brand new Windows Server 2008 (R2) domain controller and you start to have some mysterious problems.  Other day I was trying to demote last Windows Server 2003 DC in Lab with presence of W2K8 DCs. I get this error message: "The specified domain either … Continue reading Brand new Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller and “The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.” →

Windows 7 Calculator: Features you never explored..Mortgage payments, Unit Conversion, programmers calculator, Oh! My!


Windows 7 has updated calculator and who knew? Once my friend showed nice place to calculate unit conversions on the Internet. I told him why bother. Open up Windows 7 Calculator and do your calculations. He scoffed and didn’t believe it. Later I saw him checking out new Calculator features by himself. Now you can … Continue reading Windows 7 Calculator: Features you never explored..Mortgage payments, Unit Conversion, programmers calculator, Oh! My! →

Outlook: Troubleshoot e-mails that user swears he never received it


Let’s say an user says he never receives emails from specific domain, but if you track the email in Exchange console it says it delivered to user’s mailbox. Where would mail go?  You probably already checked with user to see the email is sitting in Junk E-mail folder. User says it wasn’t.  I would check … Continue reading Outlook: Troubleshoot e-mails that user swears he never received it →

Windows Server 2008 VM: Hiberfil.sys is filling up Disk Space


This blog post is only valid for “Windows Server 2008” Release 1. If you run Windows Server 2008 server in VM environment, you should know the following things. Hibernation feature is ENABLED by default in Windows Server 2008 There are no GUI settings to turn hibernation off “hiberfil.sys” takes as much as your memory size, … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 VM: Hiberfil.sys is filling up Disk Space →

A cluster node is not available for this operation. Error ID: 5005 (0000138d)


I was trying to move a cluster group to other node,  I couldn’t move the group at all and what’s up with this error: A cluster node is not available for this operation.Error ID: 5005 (0000138d) After a little research, I found one of the resource properties “possible owners” were not listed all cluster nodes. … Continue reading A cluster node is not available for this operation. Error ID: 5005 (0000138d) →

Fixing Dead XenApp Servers automatically by script


My Citrix XenApp farm runs with XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2008 64bit servers. I found a strange issue on few XenApp Servers goes to Zombie mode. The server is pingable and operational. No users connected to this server. If you have specific application points to this server, Users get this error message: It was … Continue reading Fixing Dead XenApp Servers automatically by script →

Usable light-weight eye-candy Screensaver


I like SE-Screensavers and using it every day. Their product description says, Enjoy animated slideshow or 3D photo album, fractals or matrix rain, dancing amoebas or kaleidoscope animation, fly over 3D surfaces, watch clock with calendar or growing forest with snowflakes. SE-ScreenSavers helps you relax and get away from everyday routine. Sample screen saver pictures … Continue reading Usable light-weight eye-candy Screensaver →

XenApp: “This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action” when try opening Picture Files


If you happen to run XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2008 platform and users can’t open Picture files on a Citrix session, you are having the headache once I had. Let me describe the problem. Users are trying to open up an Picture file attachment on a Citrix Session (from the published application like Outlook, … Continue reading XenApp: “This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action” when try opening Picture Files →