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IE keeps going to http://go.microsoft.com the second time you start Internet Explorer

I’ve been toying with Internet Explorer on Terminal Server. I kept running into this issue:

KB932375 & KB935926 increase memory usage…is that bad?

While searching for the golden hotfix (does it even exist..?).I tried installing KB932375 & KB935926 post windows 2003 sp2 hotfixes (which didn’t help btw) but I found that these fixes change the memory usage of my Terminal Server but that was not all…

Use your eventlogs as CSI material

When troubleshooting an issue, the eventlog is the first place one would look. If you’re lucky you might find a clue what is happening, on that troublesome server. POW! There, I found it…cool! Now you want to know since when this error has been occurring or if it has occurred before. How would you go [...]

Using the "For" command to change settings on a list of servers

I’m still working on this strange issue where a random terminal server with Citrix will suddenly stop working. You can ping the server,telnet to 80,1494,3389 works,browsing to the administrative share works but logging on is a no-no. I have 2 MS hotfixes installed that might help but these fixes also add some "additional features" which [...]

Getting MS Hotfixes the easy way

Tired of having to call MS Support to get your hands on the latest hotfix xyz? I found a faster way to access the downloads without having to call support

Microsoft releases SNP rollup pack hotfix

Microsoft has released a rollup pack for the dreaded SNP features that were introduced in SP2 for Windows Server 2003. If you don’t use the SNP features (or don’t want to)the 948496 KB is all you need. If for some reason you DO decide to use SNP have a look at this KB Article.  If [...]

Which process is keeping this file in use in Windows 2003?

Have you ever found yourself wanting to replace a file but you couldn’t because Windows (2003) kept saying it was in use in Windows? Well today was one of those days where I was struggling to replace a corrupt Softgrid package on the Softgrid Server but kept getting: "File is being used by another person [...]

RDP 6.1 Client finally arrived

Yippie..Microsoft has now released a final version of the RDP client in which you can administer 2008 machines from XP. These are some of the supported features of Remote Desktop Client 6.1 for Windows XP SP2: Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista feature support TS Web Access support TS Easy Print support TS Remote Programs [...]

Windows Server 2003 Slow network (TOE) patch now globally deployed

I saw that the autoupdate feature on one of my Windows 2003 boxes, installed a “hotfix”(which simply edits 3 registry keys) that disables some added features which came with SP2. These Scalable Networking Pack features have been under discussion ever since there where introduced. I’m very curious why MS has decided that now is the time to deploy [...]

Problems with viewing helpfiles (chm) on the network

If you have problems with showing .chm files (page cannot displayed errors when opening chm files) you might want to checkout these articles: