Sep 20, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to Setup iSCSI on Windows 2008 R2

Here is one of those topics you do not see much, sure there are basics on setting up the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator but what about the details in adding the whole thing, well here it it is!. Overview In this post we will be configuring a NIC just for accessing the storage, configuring the iSCSI Initiator, then adding the storage to the server. Configure the iSCSI NICS on Server Before we can configure the... read more

Sep 18, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Force Delete NTUSER.DAT File on Windows 2003

Have you ever ran into the issue where you cannot delete the profile of a long gone user account on a server? Usually the file it complains about is ntuser.dat. Well no more worries. This is how you delete it using the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service. The User Profile Hive Cleanup service helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off. System processes and applications... read more

Sep 16, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Retrieving Hyperthreading CPU Information on Windows 2008 R2 using PowerShell and CoreInfo

Sometimes you just need to get specific information about the processor and the settings on a server and you really don’t want to get into the BIOS and dig around and find it. There are many ways that we can do that but for this post let’s use PowerShell and a SysInternals tool called CoreInfo. This post is due to a customer request on information from a remote physical server. CoreInfo... read more

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