Jan 3, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Logging Windows Events using eventcreate.exe

With using batch files and other scripting tools it allows us to automate, one thing we lose with the autromation is the ability to have an event recorded when it fails. Eventcreate.exe enables an administrator to create a custom event in a specified event log. One use would be with a command script that deletes old logfiles. The beginning before the execution of cleanup we would write to the application... read more

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by newlife007

Disabling Windows Java Update Scheduler

After installing Java JRE or SDK a behind the scenes updater will will start running. This process checks for jre updates and will popup for each user logging in giving them the chane to install. You can disable this per user by opening the Java control panel app and unchecking the check for updates box, but this is only for that logged in user. There is a separate process called jucheck.exe that still... read more

Oct 13, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Virtual Disk Servce Crash on Windows 2003 Issue

Recently been seeing popup errors on Windows 2003 R2 servers running Microsoft SQL 2005 running giving Virtual Disk Service errors. When looking at the event log there are Application errors showing event id 1000. In doing some research found KB949001which a hotfix for the very error. This hotfix should only be applied to servers experiencing this issue and requires a reboot after applying. According to... read more

Oct 2, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Installing OCS Inventory NG Part 2

As we continue deploying OCS Inventory NG in our network we now must install the agents on our Windows and Linux systems. We at least need to get the agent installed on one Windows system to use the packaging system to deploy the packages. For this post we will just show how to install the agents. Let’s start with installation of a Windows agent. Download the Windows agent from here and unzip the file.... read more

Sep 9, 2011 Posted by newlife007

Fixing Windows 2008 R2 Activation Errors

Ran into an issue where a server lost it’s Windows activation to the KMS server. Normally just issuing slmgr.vbs /ato command it should reactivate. The following scenarios are only if you are using a KMS server in your organization. Occasionally there are errors caused by communications or settings that will cause Windows Activation to fail. The command that all license key and Windows activation is... read more