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Error ID: 2917 Details: The network path was not found (0x80070035) error installing SCVMM 2008 R2

Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:49 AM by Ken
You can get this error for a variety of reasons (the associated error message gives a few possible reasons and things to check). In my case it appears that attempting to install SCVMM 2008 R2 on a server that has dashes (-) in the host name causes the Read More...
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Some thoughts on protecting Sharepoint 2007 with DPM 2007 SP1

Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 1:18 AM by Ken
Disclaimer: I don't claim to be an expert in Data Protection Manager 2007! However after recent experiences, I believe that the following items should be considered when evaluating DPM 2007 SP1 for protecting your Sharepoint/MOSS 2007 farm. Note: Read More...
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Microsoft DPM 2007 Install Error 811

Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:00 AM by Ken
Typically this error is database related however you can also get this error if the Secondary Logon service is not started. Your corporate security policy may disable this service. Temporarily enabling it will allow DPM install to proceed. It does not Read More...
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Windows Home Server and IIS 7.0 restore problems

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:09 PM by Ken
Windows Home Server automatically ignored folders called "temp" when configuring backups. Normally this isn't a problem. However IIS 7.0 does create a folder called temp (by default at c:\inetpub\temp). In this location are stored application Read More...
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Home Data Centre Upgrade #3

Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:32 PM by Ken
After adding extra disks to the home "data centre" and then getting a new backup device ( Dell RD1000 ), today I took a punt on upgrading the RAM. When I originally bought my Dell PE SC1430 it was rated at a maximum of 8GB RAM. The latest models Read More...
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Internet Explorer 8 - now available

Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:53 PM by Ken
It's all over the web, and now here too. Internet Explorer 8 available for download from Microsoft's website . Unfortunately no update for the rather buggy IE8 that shipped with Windows 7 betas. Read More...
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OT: You can get certification for Home Server, Media Center and other sundry topics - awesome!

Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 2:34 PM by Ken
Well, I'm writing a blog post on IIS application sandboxing, and this item crosses my inbox. It appears that all the time spent mucking about with Windows Home Server , and Windows Media Centre might now actually result in MCTS certification . So, Read More...
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Review Dell XPS M1330 (compared to Sony SZ48)

Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 9:04 PM by Ken
Well Frank's posted the various gadgets he's accumulated , as IT Pro, I've been accumulating a few things in the last month (a new LTO2 tape drive, a 5GB Toshiba PCMCIA hard disk, a Dell 24" monitor, and other boring stuff). One thing Read More...
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What is Volta?

Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:47 PM by Ken
Good question. I saw this today in my RSS reader: http://blogs.msdn.com/wesdyer/archive/2007/12/05/volta-redefining-web-development.aspx Can someone who knows something about development tell this IT Pro what this is all about? I asked around today, and Read More...
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Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 ships

Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:06 PM by Ken
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) shipped earlier today. It incorporates a myriad of enhancements , which arguably should have been in the RTM product. I'll be installing this at home as soon as I can! Be sure to check the system requirements Read More...
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A tablet with Windows Server 2008? Review of the Wacom Bamboo tablet

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:20 PM by Ken
My current preferred PC is a specced out Toshiba Portege M400. It's Core Duo, 4GB of RAM, two 7200 RPM disks, and a high res (1400x1050) screen. All in a compact 12" form factor, and it's a Tablet PC as well. Recently Avanade upgraded my Read More...
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Upgrading the home "data centre"

Posted Saturday, November 03, 2007 5:17 PM by Ken
At home I have a small virtualised lab running a number of server services. Unfortunately when provisioning my server, I didn't really consider the space needs of the virtualised Windows Home Server. Originally, I bought 2 x 500GB disks for my server, Read More...
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Windows Home Server arrives

Posted Sunday, October 28, 2007 3:48 PM by Ken
Well, it's been a very busy couple of months for me. The Professional IIS 7 book is only a couple of months away from being available, and it's been hectic getting that wrapped up. In addition I presented some talks at Tech.Ed Australia (on the Read More...
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Publishing Operations Manager 2007 Web Console with ISA Server 2006

Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:36 PM by Ken
Having just deployed a test Operations Manager 2007 server at home, I wanted to publish the Web Console site externally, so I wouldn't have to continually TS into my box at home, and use the regular console. My only problem is that I have a single Read More...
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Review: the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000

Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:31 PM by Ken
Andrew Coates already has a review of his Microsoft Wireless Presenter Mouse 8000 , so I'll add to his comments in my review. I've been using it for about a week now, and have formed the following impressions: The Good It seems to work well with Read More...
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