Windows: How to flush all user profiles automatically?

How do you delete all user profiles on a Windows Computer or server? Don’t do it manually or don’t search for third-party tools or scripts. You do that very easily by local policy or group policy. Al you have to do is, Click Start, type gpedit.msc in the Start Search box, and then click gpedit … Continue reading Windows: How to flush all user profiles automatically? →

Argh!!! “The specified DHCP client is not a reserved client”

I was trying to add an reserved IP address, I get this error repeatedly. Quick Internet search took me to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms847672.aspx.  It Says, Explanation: Stand-alone DHCP servers are not allowed to operate when Active Directory is operating. This is to prevent unauthorized servers operating on the network. A DHCP server initializes and starts providing DHCP … Continue reading Argh!!! “The specified DHCP client is not a reserved client” →

Remote Desktop: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" and “Domain sid inconsistent”

I was trying to remote desktop to a VM that is in different domain. I keep getting this error message: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" I tried to type the correct … Continue reading Remote Desktop: "Your system administrator Does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on to the remote computer. Because identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials" and “Domain sid inconsistent” →

Windows Server 2008 R2 on VM: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item

Newly built Windows Server 2008 R2 server on VM had strange issues. I logged in as account that’s part of domain admins. I supposed to have local administrative privileges. But when try to open any administrative tools (like services, event log), I get this error message: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. … Continue reading Windows Server 2008 R2 on VM: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item →

Windows 2008 R2 on VMWare: “Unable to contact IP driver. General failure”

I have cloned (Deployed) new image from a template in VMWare of Windows Server 2008 R2 server. And joined to a domain (and domain controller is another VM deployed from same template). Then this frigging error message creped up in Command Prompt whenever I try any network commands (ping, ipconfig, etc.,): “Unable to contact IP … Continue reading Windows 2008 R2 on VMWare: “Unable to contact IP driver. General failure” →

Windows 7: Auto Login to Domain Account and lock the desktop right away

I saw this blog post in Life Hacker (Make Windows load your desktop before you log in) and see the interesting idea which I used to do few years ago. That Life hacker post is for home users. It doesn’t apply to the domain computers, obviously. So I decided to explain how to auto logon … Continue reading Windows 7: Auto Login to Domain Account and lock the desktop right away →

ADLDS aka ADAM Sync: Ldap error occured. ldap_add_sW: Attribute Or Value Exists

Here in my company we sync Active Directory to ADLDS and ADAM servers using ADAMSync. One day the sync was broken with the following error message. When I first saw the following error in ADAM sync log, it took a while to realize what happened in Active Directory to cause break the ADAM sync. Extended … Continue reading ADLDS aka ADAM Sync: Ldap error occured. ldap_add_sW: Attribute Or Value Exists →

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 →