Windows Server 2008 Archives

Cleaning Up WinSXS Folder on Windows Server 2008 R2

July 16, 2014

I finally found some good information for cleaning up the WinSXS folder on new instances of Windows. I found the following site extremely helpful: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/05/13/how-to-clean-up-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-on-windows-server-2008-r2-with-new-update.aspx. Consequently, I was able to get 7GB of data cleaned up from the WinSXS folder on the first Server 2008R2 machine I followed...

Decommissioning a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 Domain Controller

Ideen Jahanshahi

February 3, 2014

With many IT administrators upgrading their internal infrastructures to begin capitalizing on some of the newer features available in Active Directory by raising the functional level, it has become more of a necessity to remove older domain controllers. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how...

How to Fix Driver Issue on Windows Server 2008 R2

Scott Matlock

December 18, 2013

After updating the driver on a Dell TL2000 tape drive, the devices appeared in Device Manager with a bang, indicating the driver was corrupt. Error message: "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" To fix this...

Server Manager.lnk Not Found Windows 2008 R2

Ideen Jahanshahi

June 27, 2012

The Problem I recently ran into an issue where I was receiving the following error as soon as I logged on to a Windows 2008 R2 server: Windows cannot find ‘C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsAdministrative ToolsServer Manager.lnk' After navigating to the directory, it was discovered that all the Administrative Tools...

How to Resolve Security-Licensing-SLC Event ID 12293 Errors

Ideen Jahanshahi

June 28, 2011

In one of the environments I was working in, I found that I was consistently receiving an error with Security-Licensing-SLC Event ID 12293 at the same time once a day. I had always used MAK keys so this error message puzzled me. However, here is an...

How to Create Active Directory Shortcut in Windows Server 2003 and 2008

Ideen Jahanshahi

April 26, 2011

Overview As a server administrator, I frequently use Active Directory for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. However, for many of the servers I administer, I don't always use the administrative account to log on to a server, but instead I use an alternative...

Windows Server 2008 Tag

Cleaning Up WinSXS Folder on Windows Server 2008 R2

Decommissioning a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 Domain Controller

How to Fix Driver Issue on Windows Server 2008 R2

Server Manager.lnk Not Found Windows 2008 R2

How to Resolve Security-Licensing-SLC Event ID 12293 Errors

How to Create Active Directory Shortcut in Windows Server 2003 and 2008

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