It has come to my knowledge that the new feature of network protocol offload capability which Microsoft introduce in Windows Server 2003 causes problem including the following:
1. If it is an Exchange server, Exchange Queues become clogged in the MAPI delivery queue. Messages get stuck in this queue and cannot be delivered properly.
2. ActiveSync […]
If you read MOW’s comment on my previous entry you would likely be linked to his PowerShell WMI explorer. This WMI browser I must say is very handy. I love it so much because I just need to run this cool tool and I can find the classes that I would want to use. But […]
This is an important link for reference on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Classes. According to Microsoft WMI is the Microsoft implementation of Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to develop a standard technology for accessing management information in an enterprise environment. In another words, WMI provides an interface to Windows whereby the […]
How do you tell the difference between Checked Build Windows or sometime called Debug Build and Free Build or commonly known as Retail Build? Here’s the distinction of the two:
The checked build (or debug build)
The purpose of the checked build of Microsoft Windows is to make identifying and diagnosing operating-system-level problems easier. The checked build […]
A great weblog on Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting by hardcores of Microsoft’s CPR team. Escalation Engineers from Microsoft’s Platform Critical Problem Resolution (CPR) team has been so kind enough to share their knowledge on advance debugging.
There are a lot of debugging techniques discuss here along with detail info up to the very detail […]
Just received email from Microsoft Learning that the 2 exams supporting upgrade path to Windows Server 2003 will retire on March 31, 2008. So, for those certified MCSE on Windows 2000 should take the 2 upgrade exams before it’s too late:
Exam 70-292 (Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified […]
Another real-life experience when I encountered missing GC due to corrupt DC. This was suspected to happen because before the corrupt DC went offline, replication to other GC has not taken place, and this has caused Exchange Server could not find any valid GC (…yes, Exchange Server 2000 involved in this scenario). Here’s what can […]
This I’ve got to share… During working with one of Malaysia’s biggest telecommunication company, I came across this cool tool called BGInfo. What this tool does is it displays system information on desktop’s background about information that may need you to extract say from SystemInfo or MSINFO32; info including Hostname, boot time info, CPU, TCP/IP […]
Here’s how you can determine your server’s uptime, and if there’s an occurrence of improper shutdown you can always use either “Uptime” or “Systeminfo” from your command prompt.
To use Uptime, the most common option you can use is by issuing “uptime /s” to display the system events. Here it’ll list down when you boot up […]
I have come across this problem where IE would not set as default browser even after the option “Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser” from Tools > Internet Options > Programs is turned ON. This happen after installing Avant browser.
So, if you should experience the same, just issue […]