Sep 15, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Remove Storage Resources from a Windows 2008 R2 Cluster

So you have a cluster and storage that you no longer have use for and need to safely remove it from your cluster. It is a simple and easy process to follow just a few things to make sure before you remove. Nothing is using the storage Any and all dependencies for the storage are removed. Administrator access Login to any node of the cluster and open up Failover Cluster Manager (Start > Administrative... read more

Sep 2, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Installing and Configuring ClamWin and Clam Sentinel on Windows Server 2008 and 2012

Recently put in some replacement servers and ran into the issue of Antivirus protection for the server. Usually this is a paid service for servers. In this case that was not an option and thus the search for a free or low cost solution. ClamWin is a free AntiVirus tool that will run on Windows Server. In this post we will discuss installing and configuring exclusions and scans on Windows Server 2008 R2... read more

Aug 31, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Removing Ubuntu and Installing Windows 10 on Dell Inspiron 15 3551

Found a great deal on a Dell Inspiron 15 3551 and forgot to look at the OS installed on it. After turning on and seeing and Ubuntu sticker on it I knew. For me not an issue, but for the customer this was purchased for this was an issue, as they wanted Windows 10. No problem we’ll just remove Ubuntu and install Windows which generally is not an issue. Well I should have not said a word as there was a... read more

Aug 27, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Move Windows 2008 R2 or 2012 R2 MSDTC Witness Disk to new SAN drive

This post explains how to move the MSDTC SAN drive to another drive on a Windows 2008 / 2012 cluster. For the most part you are deleting the existing cluster defined service and recreating pointing to the new drive. Before moving to the new storage drive assigned to MSDTC you will need to gather the following information. MSDTC ip address New and old SAN drive’s Current cluster service definition You also... read more

Aug 24, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to fix Windows 7 Interactive logon process initialization has failed error

Recently ran into an issue where a Windows 7 system for no reason gave a “Interactive logon process initialization has failed” error for no reason. No updates had been applied and nothing out of the ordinary.This is a quick post on how I was able to resolve the issue. Tried several of the usual steps. Reboot the system Tried to select Safe Mode, does not work same error Last Known Good... read more