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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 uninstall script

Posted by Ivan
/ May 18, 2008 / 4 Comments

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 cannot start. The product license may be expired because you are using a pre-release or evaluation copy of the program, or the product key information may have been modified in your windows registry. Please run Setup to uninstall and then reinstall communicator. For some reason...

Posted in Microsoft
Windows XP: Administrator account login failure

Posted by Ivan
/ May 18, 2008 / Leave a comment

I am sure most of us hit this problem before when working with a workgroup client. I keep forgetting to change simple file sharing setting over and over. Most of my enterprise clients are sitting in a domain, but some will be workgroup clients. Prodcution or Process Control networks are...

Posted in Windows XP
SCVMM: Add new host for SCVMM 2007 / Error 421

Posted by Ivan
/ May 14, 2008 / Leave a comment

I installed Windows Server 2008 (x64) on one of my Dell PowerEdge 2900 servers. The storage driver was missing for x64 bit installation of Windows and I had to install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x86. The server was up and running and I installed Virtual Server 2005R2 SP1 Enterprise....

Posted in SCVMM 2007
HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (HPONCFG)

Posted by Ivan
/ May 13, 2008 / 4 Comments

Recently the motherboard of one of the HP ProLiant ML370 G4 was replaced due faulty hardware, but the ILO was never reconfigured back. The ILO board was not reachable anymore on the old IP address. Last weekend we had issues with Active Directory and none of the domain accounts were...

Posted in HP
Exchange 2007 SP1 upgrade Windows Server 2003 x64

Posted by Ivan
/ April 27, 2008 / Leave a comment

After fixing my Active Directory I start the upgrade of my current Exchange 2007 server. As you will see from the screenshots below the installation is straight forward but the requirements are killing me with this service pack upgrade. First of all make sure a) your Active Directory replication is...

Posted in Exchange
Remove Active Directory without replication

Posted by Ivan
/ April 27, 2008 / Leave a comment

Couple minutes ago I initiated the remove of Active Directory and forced the demotion of a virtual machine domain controller. The domain controller exceed the 60day not being able to replicate and I was not able to get the replication working. It took me more than 90 minutes to troubleshoot...

Posted in Windows Active Directory
Canon EOS 400D

Posted by Ivan
/ April 27, 2008 / Leave a comment

Vorige week stond in MediaMarkt folder een fantastische aanbieding waar ik al weken op had gewacht. Canon EOS 400D met 18-55MM Canon lens was nu voor een ongelooflijke betaalbare prijs te koop. Ik mocht tijdje geleden aantal foto’s mee maken en was meteen verliefd op dit apparaat. De kwaliteit die...

Posted in Canon, Dutch
Windows Server 2008 : ServerManagerCmd error

Posted by Ivan
/ April 25, 2008 / Leave a comment

I tried to query my Windows 2008 Server roles by using the ServerManagerCmd.exe cmd tool and received nice red error as shown below. C:\>ServerManagerCmd.exe -query Error: Configuration was started by another administrator.That administrator must log in to complete that action before other administrators can install or remove additional features. This...

Posted in Windows Server 2008
TechNet IT-Professional Community Blog

Posted by Ivan
/ April 25, 2008 / Leave a comment

Gisteren samen met mijn collega HeliView Virtualisatie edition 5 event bezocht. Het event vond plaats in het Maasgebouw Kuip in Rotterdam. Het event vanuit mijn kant gezien was zeer interessant en VMWare duidelijk aanwezig; jammer genoeg niets te zien over Hyper-V maar wel interessante discussies met mede IT-Pros gehad. Ik...

Posted in Dutch, Microsoft, Virtualization
Cisco: MT-RJ fiber uplink port switch

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2008 / 2 Comments

If you are managing local area networks that extent the UTP capabilities then most likely some kind of fiber optic connection is installed. Recently I evaluated couple Cisco switches and I ordered one Cisco Switch 2940-8TF for testing. Please make sure to read the product details for ordering the right...

Posted in Cisco

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