The winsxs folder in c:\windows can be really big, the only way to cleanup is using the microsoft command line tools :
Windows Server 2003 : VSP1CLEAN.exe
Windows Server 2008 : COMPCLN.exe
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 : DISM.exe
I will explain the last one here. Start you’re command prompt As Administrator.
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All administrators face this issue, a disk is running low on disk space but you don’t log on to the server that much so you don’t notify it.
That’s why I created this Powershell Script, just insert the name of you’re server in the .txt file and schedule the Powershell script as much as you [...]
Powershell is a really powerfull tool but then you have to know how to schedule you’re scripts using the task scheduler if you would like to run script on a daily base for example.
Open the task scheduler (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Task Scheduler
Click op Create Basic Task
There is no SCOM management pack to monitor the freespace on you’re CSV’s.
This can be an issue when you use Dynamically Expanding VHD’s which are common used as boot disks.
Hopefully Microsoft will create a SCOM Management pack, but until that time at least I know I won’t be suprised by VM’s pausing [...]
So the Microsoft team released SP1 for Windows 7, alle should go well installing it but unfortunately this is not the case on all computers. In our domain Windows 7 SP1 is approved bij WSUS and will be installed according to that.
On 10 machines this resulted in a Windows that won’t boot hanging [...]
Is the Windows Server 2008 an R2 language bar driving you crazy when using RDP or ICA?
Everytime you login the keyboard setting will be changed into you’re Local setting in my case Dutch, this is very innoying.
The reason for this is Microsoft put in a nice new Feature in 2008 [...]
When you first start Exact Synergy Enterprise on à Windows Server 2008 or R2 server it start the new database wizard and will create a db.config.
Sometimes it’s created in the installation folder of Exact Synergy Enterprise, sometimes it’s created in c:\users\public\Exact Synergy Enterprise and here’s the catch. When the db.config is created in the [...]
Installing the Exact Synergy Office Integrator seams easy, just double click the MSI and the rest will follow. Until Exact Synergy Enterprise batch 244 you could select “Install for this user only” or “Install for everyone” , since Exact Synergy Enterprise batch 245 this option is removed from the installer, the only way to install the [...]
When using multiple IIS server in a Load Balanced Environment it will be alot of work to create all you’re website twice with the same settings on each webserver. Therefor it is possible to export and import you’re configuration from one webserver to the other. This will also be usefull when you’re upgrading [...]
So you start using Sharepoint 2010, installed the Microsoft Office Web Apps because it will come in usefull sometime for example when using you’re iPad.
So you upload different documents, xlsx, docx, pptx, one and vsd’s when. Clicking them all of them open nice in you’re browser expect for you’re nicely drawn Visio document, I [...]
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