Apr 16, 2012
SQL Server Configuration Manager unable to connect error
While running SQL Server Configuration Manager on a Windows 2008 server I received an unable to connect error. The issue was an WMI corruption in the sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof. The issue was resolved by the following steps. In the start menu type “cmd” (without quotes) and on the top search result, right click the program icon and choose Run as administrator Type “net stop... read more
Apr 16, 2012
Rebuild the base performance counters Windows 2003
Recently ran into issues with some Windows 2003 servers showing corruption in the performance counters and causing issues with monitoring. The correction was pretty easy to correct. Extensible counter information is stored in both of the following locations: • The following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Perflib\009 • The... read more
Apr 5, 2012
Black Login Screen on Windows 2003 Server
Ran into an issue where a Windows 2003 R2 servers login screen was using a black color scheme. You could see part of the Windows 2003 login logo but nothing else. This issue is caused when all color schemes in the computer’s default profile may have been set to black for every scheme element. To correct it you can export the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors registry key from a working server... read more
Apr 2, 2012
LibreOffice 3.5.1 Released
The latest version of LibreOffice 3.5.1 has been released. If you are looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office and tired of waiting on OpenOffice releases then you will want to go and get this great alternative. Personally I like this alternative to Office and really impressed with the releases and features it adds. read more
Mar 31, 2012
Install mod_perl on Apache 2.2 on Windows 7
To continue on with developing on Windows using Apache/MySQL/PHP I wanted to add mod_perl to the mix. For this post I chose to make it work on Apache 2.2 but it could possibly work on Apache 2.4 as well, but I have not tested they portion yet. First piece of the puzzle is to download a version of Perl that supports the Module on Apache. In the past I have gone with ActiveState’s ActivePerl but... read more
