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Windows Vista comes with a huge collection of printer drivers in the box. If you need to install one or more of these drivers on a print server go to the Sharing tab of you printer and hit the Additional Drivers: Check the driver you want to install and hit OK. Windows will ask you …
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While using the Office Live Meeting 2007 client and trying to upload a Microsoft Word document (.doc) I received this error: You’ve attempted to upload a document, but the feature required to upload the document was not included in the installation of Live Meeting. You can share the document using application sharing or reinstall Live …
The Active Directory GUID converter is now available as a stand-alone HTML Application (HTA) from the download page. http://www.simonsen.bz/Download/guid.hta
A long time ago I created an HTML based application to calculate the numeric values required to hide specific combinations of drive letters through Group Policy. I also made a custom template file where you could enter the numeric value directly instead of editing the templates that came with Windows. I used to host these …
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For some reason I frequently encounter these DCOM errors on servers running SharePoint Services: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM Date: 25.05.2008 15:50:23 Event ID: 10016 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: NETWORK SERVICE Computer: server.domain.com Description: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID …
I have an old first-generation (G1) Compaq ML310 server that I use as a multi-server on my home network. Since it is so old the server is only capable of running an x86 OS, but it has 3 GB of memory so I manages the job for my small network. It is certified for Windows …
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This nice error popped up when trying to install ADMT v3 on a Windows Server 2008 x64 server: ————————— ADMT Installer ————————— The Active Directory Migration Tool v3 must be installed on Windows Server 2003.