I was going to extend a volume on one of my Server 2008 Core machines, and it told me "there is not enough space to perform this action"...

There was however enough space, but for some reason Microsoft Forefront decided that I shouldn't be allowed to extend a volume remotely.   So I disabled the services and did it anyway.

I went to log a user off of a 2008 Terminal Server.  I got the access denied.  Then I went to the Processes tab and selected Show processes from all users.  Then I went back to the Users tab and logged of the user.

I have a few machines that have been retired (or just died) before I could uninstall the Agent.  I have been trying to figure out how to remove the agent name from the list, but every time I do a search, all I come back with is how to uninstall it from the client machine.  Well today I finally figured out what I should have seen earlier.

If you right click on the computer name in the list on the Agents tab and select uninstall a task view comes up.  Click on "Uninstall Agents" and the "Enter Credentials and Reboot option" dialogue comes up.  At this point you have to enter valid credentials and choose a restart option.  When you hit ok, and the machine no longer exists you will get a message similar to the following:

Click on "Yes" and the task list comes back and removes the DPM agent from the database.  And that means no more ghost entry for that machine.

We recently implemented a new optical storage system using a software package that runs on Windows.  The particular machine that is used to host this application gradually had problems accessing the optical storage (which is essentially a NAS device) and would frequently pop the title message: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the required service. 

I thought this was a bit odd, considering the machine has 16GB of RAM, Dual Quad Core processors, and at fairly large amount of storage.  We kept thinking that there must be a driver issue, or some issue with the software, or even an issue with the optical storage.

I have no way to prove it, because I couldn't ever tell for sure exactly how the system go to the point of not being functional, but the last thing I tried APPEARS to have worked...

I took out the /3GB switch in the boot.ini. 

That was 3 days ago and the system hasn't had the issue since, even though it had gotten to the point where it was happening several times a day.  The thing that tipped me toward this as a possible solution was the fact that everything I read said that this was likely caused by a memory leak, but we didn't seem to have memory issues (at least when we could get into task manager there didn't seem to be much activity) and when I came across this post...  I took a chance and it seems to have fixed the problem for now.

I use DPM to backup a few servers, in a pilot group, and I was trying to add one to a protection group.  I kept getting this error every time I tried to modify the protection group to add another server:

Modify protection group: *Protection Group Name* failed:
Error 360: The operation failed due to a virtual disk service error
Error details: Unknown error (0x80042420)
Recommended action: Retry the operation.

I couldn't figure out the problem until I saw a post on this that mentioned there could be a problem using RDP.  Then I remembered that I can never do disk configuration unless I use a console session.  In order to configure disks it seems you have to be in "Session 0".  If you have to do this remotely, using "mstsc /console" for XP or 2003, or "mstsc /admin" for Vista will put you in "Session 0" just as if you were sitting at the console.

I was reading some of the junk e-mail that Microsoft sends me and came across this article.  I wanted to save the shortcuts, a lot of which I knew (and use) but some of which are new to me:

http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/UK/4352741765893343994/pc-heaven.html

Boost your productivity

Learn a few angelic Windows keyboard shortcuts

• Hold Shift when inserting a CD
  Prevent the CD from autoplaying
• F4 in Windows Explorer
  Display the address bar location list
• F5
  Refresh the screen
• Ctrl and Z
  Undo an action
• Ctrl and Y
  Redo an action, in case you’ve used undo incorrectly
• Shift and Delete
  Delete the selected file(s) without moving to the Recycle bin (be careful!)
• Shift and F10
  Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
• Alt and Tab
  Switch to the previously active window
• Alt and F4
  Close the active window
• Windows key and D
  Show the desktop
• Windows key and E
  Open Windows Explorer
• Windows key and F
  Open a Search window
• Windows key and G
  Cycle through Sidebar gadgets
• Windows key and R
  Open a Run window
• Windows key and T
  Cycle through and preview all the applications on the taskbar
• Windows key and 1
  Launch the first program on your Quick Launch toolbar
• Windows key and 2
  Launch the second program on your Quick Launch toolbar
• Windows key and Tab
  Use Flip 3D to cycle through all currently open applications
• Windows key and Spacebar
  Select the Windows Sidebar
• Ctrl and Mousewheel
  Changes the view of your current folder
• Left Alt and left Shift and Print Screen
  Toggles the highcontrast display

Windows Vista Magazine | PC Heaven

I was looking up how to set the IP address for Server Core:

Server Core: Setting a Static IP address

Server Core: Setting a Static IP address - Techinical Blog of Jay-R Barrios

I asked a coworker to find the method/command to run updates on Server Core and he came back with a link to this nice little script:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa387102(VS.85).aspx

And every time I forget the command to do something in Server Core, when I do a search to find it, I always come back with a link to this post:

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sanderberkouwer/archive/2007/08/13/changing-server-core-s-look-and-feel-part-1.aspx

And just because I am lazy, and don't particularly like the command line (even though I like Server Core), I have created a folder with a few batch files that I use when I am setting up a Server Core machine.  For instance, I have a batch file that has the product key in it already and I run it to install the product key and activate. 

We are currently considering moving one of our DHCP servers to a VM on Hyper-V.  I was looking for something else and saw this thread on the TechNet Forums, and I want to keep it for later reference:

http://forums.technet.microsoft.com/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/8004c699-1a22-4f33-9fcd-7271bfcaf74e