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Access Denied Error 0x80070005 message when initializing TPM for Bitlocker
Hello, my name is Manoj Sehgal. I am a Senior Support Engineer in the Windows group and...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 03/30/2010
Hyper-V Snapshots: Suggestions for Success
While working with customers, I have frequently run into situations where they need help with...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/29/2010
How To: Customize the Windows 7 Start Menu and Taskbar Using unattend.xml
Today’s blog will cover scenario where you would like to customize the Start menu and TaskBar(also...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/16/2010
When should I evict a cluster node?
I thought I’d post a quick blog on this topic since we run into cases where evicting a...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 03/03/2010
Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters: Networking (Part 3)
In Part 2, I discussed implementing networks in a Failover Cluster. In this final segment, I...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/25/2010
Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters: Networking (Part 2)
In Part 1, I discussed Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster networking features. In this...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/22/2010
Windows Server 2008 R2: No Recording Tab for CD/DVD burner
Today’s blog will cover burning CD/DVD’S in Windows Server 2008 R2. When you are logged...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/19/2010
Understanding the 2 TB Limit in Windows Storage
“Why can’t I have a drive bigger than 2 TB?” This is a common question. And as...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/18/2010
Cannot Save Recovery Information for Bitlocker in Windows 7
Hello, my name is Manoj Sehgal. I am a Senior Support Engineer in the Windows group and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/16/2010
Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters: Networking (Part 1)
The Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering feature provides high availability for services and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 02/12/2010
Cluster Migration Wizard, is this the only way to migrate shares on a Cluster?
As everyone should know by now, the way to get your Windows 2003 Cluster Server to Windows 2008 and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/25/2010
Be Sure to Plan Carefully When Virtualizing Your Infrastructure
There is a lot of excitement around Microsoft virtualization technologies these days and rightfully...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/14/2010
Deleting a Cluster resource? Do it the supported way
The purpose of this posting is to explain the supportability of removing resources on a Cluster...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 01/11/2010
NTFS MetaFiles
They sit there, hiding in the root directory…metafiles. The shell hides them from the user,...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/30/2009
Windows Server 2008 R2 Live Migration – “The devil may be in the networking details.”
Windows Server 2008 R2 has been publicly available now for only a short period of time, but we are...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/10/2009
Windows 7 Useful Links
Common questions we get asked in the Setup/Core team is where can I find some useful links regarding...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 12/07/2009
Using Pass-Through Disks in Conjunction with Clustered Shared Volumes (CSV) in Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clusters
This blog is essentially an update, or follow-up if you will, to the original blog I wrote for...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 12/07/2009
Creating a Virtual Machine to be stored on a Cluster Shared Volume
Cluster Shared Volumes is a new feature of Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering intended to...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/30/2009
Resource Hosting Subsystem (RHS) In Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters
In this blog, I would like to explore some of the inner-workings of the Resource Host Subsystem...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/23/2009
MDT 2010: Incorrect wimgapi.dll version causing WIM mounting issues
Today’s blog will cover an issue we have seen with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. You may...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 11/19/2009
Unable to select an attached VHD as a Shadow Copy Storage location
You may notice that you cannot choose to store Shadow Copies on an attached VHD, and that when...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/27/2009
The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth
In my quest to better understand the interworking of how NTFS stores information on disk, I have...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/16/2009
KMS Host Client Count not Increasing Due to Duplicate CMID'S
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/16/2009
How to run a Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence From MDT 2010
Hello, my name is Kevin Ledman. I am a Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and today’s...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/06/2009
Invalid Product Key Error Specifying MAK key in unattend.xml
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 10/05/2009
Top Issues for Microsoft Support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (Q4)
It is time for the final installment of a year-long segment on the top issues in Hyper-V. It...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 09/14/2009
Update to KB968912
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 08/27/2009
Adding New Timezones to Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 Sysprep.inf deployments
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 07/13/2009
How to Use The Migratedatasourcedatafromdpm.Ps1 DPM Powershell Script to Move Data
The Migratedatasourcedatafromdpm.Ps1 DPM Powershell Script is Included in Service Pack 1 of...
Author: Tom Acker x-msft Date: 06/21/2009
Running Hyper-V in a lab? Use Snapshots? Check this out!
The Hyper-V Snapshot feature(Checkpoint in SCVMM) is a very useful feature for Support Engineers....
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 06/03/2009
Expected Snapshot Merge Behavior for a Highly Available VM
Hello my name is Sean Dwyer, and I'm a Support Escalation Engineer working in the Windows CORE team...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/29/2009
Top Issues for Microsoft Support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (Q3)
It is time to update everyone on the issues our support engineers have been seeing for Hyper-V for...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/27/2009
Active Route Gets Removed on Windows 2008 Failover Cluster IP Address Offline
We have received calls adding static routes on Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering nodes and...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/26/2009
CLU-Server Clusters and Failover Clustering
Description Troubleshooting methodologies for cluster issues, whether in Windows 2003 or Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
VIR-Hyper-V & Virtualization Technologies
Description Microsoft’s Hyper-V technology has been available for a relatively short period of time....
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
DEP-Business Desktop Deployment (BDD)
Description This update to Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 adds support to deploy Windows...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
DEP-Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Description Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1 is the recommended process and toolset...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
DEP-Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
Description Automated Deployment Services (ADS) is add-on to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
DEP-Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)
Description The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) helps you to install, customize,...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
ACT-Windows Activation
Description Activation, also known as Microsoft Product Activation or Windows Product Activation, is...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
DEP-Windows Deployment Services
Description Windows® Deployment Services is the updated and redesigned version of Remote...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/12/2009
Introduction to SharePoint Search Indexes for DPM Administrators
This blog introduces the basics of SharePoint Search capabilities to DPM Administrators. Initially,...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 05/11/2009
SharePoint Content DB Mirroring for DPM Administrators
In this blog post, we will cover the mirroring of an existing SharePoint content database using SQL...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/29/2009
Recovery of a Mirrored SQL Database
Recovering a mirrored database, whether it is to a SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 installation,...
Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/28/2009
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Author: Jeff Hughes (MSFT) Date: 04/28/2009