How to cleanup the winsxs folder on Windows 7 (SP1)/ Windows 2008 / Windows 2008 R2 (SP1)

By On 28/07/2011 · 29 Comments

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 your command prompt As Administrator.

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How to schedule a Powershell script using Scheduled tasks in Windows Server 2008 R2

By On 07/07/2011 · Leave a Comment

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

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SYSVOL and/or NETLOGON share not created after DCPROMO

By On 22/05/2010 · 2 Comments

Just promoted a machine as DC with DCPROMO and the SYSVOL or NETLOGON shares are not created?

No worries, this happens a lot. This can be fixed by setting the new domain controller as non-authoritative.

To get the domain controller to re-establish the shares properally and publish it under the domain namespace theres a trick to this [...]

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