When setting up a new Moodle install with LDAP authentication I was finding that my test users wen’t able to login with the normal Active Directory user name/password (sAMAccountName). After a little playing I found that they could login fine if they used what is known as the container name (cn). After a little digging it turns out this is… Read more
Category: Software
This section looks at what is new in the world of software (Operating Systems included) and how to take best advantage of what is out there.
Force remove a server from the DPM 2012 management console
On occasion it maybe necessary to forcefully remove a server from the DPM management console. Maybe you have taken the server out of use without first uninstalling the DPM client through the console or have some kind of weird issue with the server you are protecting. Regardless if you want to force remove a server from the DPM management console it… Read more
Sequencing Adobe CS6 for App-V – Part 3, the testing/how/why
With any luck if you have followed the previous instructions to the letter you should now have a perfectly working App-V package for any of the Adobe CS6 applications, to confirm that the licence is applying correctly you should see a command prompt window appear just before any of the Adobe applications load just as you see in the series… Read more
Sequencing Adobe CS6 for App-V – Part 2, the sequencing
The next stop in this series of posts is your App-V Sequencing machine, in this case I will be running the sequencer as a virtual machine running in Hyper-V with a snapshot created to restore back to a clean machine quickly if needed. 3. Get the App-V sequencing going (but in a particular way) Getting your Adobe software through the… Read more
Sequencing Adobe CS6 for App-V – Part 1, the prep
First off to get one thing clear – YES YOU CAN PUT THE ENTIRE ADOBE CS6 PACKAGE THROUGH APP-V!! I won’t say its easy or simple and you won’t be able to put the entire master collection in a single package but by following the instructions in this series you will be able to do it. As a little background… Read more
Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition – A valid installer could not be found
Lets say you have downloaded the files for Adobe CS6 from the Adobe Volume Licence (VL) Site, just installed Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition to get a MSI made with your serial number/ect setup and ready. However, every time you try to point the Product Installation Folder at your download from the Adobe VL site all you get is the… Read more
Connect to a Particular RDS Server in Load Balanced Farm
Sometimes you will want to connect to a particular server in a RDS load balanced farm (maybe you want to perform a particular update on that server or something similar) however when you RDP onto it the load balancer kicks in and you may not get the server you were after. The simple solution is to start a remote desktop session to… Read more
Windows Update Error 800B0001
A few days ago some of our Windows 7 clients were having a Windows Update error, the specific message was Windows could not search for new updates An error occurred while checking for new updates for your computer. Error(s) found: Code 800B0001 Windows Update encountered an unknown error. The funny thing was the clients could still get updates from Microsoft Update however… Read more
Installing the product key into an evaluation version of System Centre 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
So you’ve got your shiny new System Centre 2012 Virtual Machine Manager install up and running, Virtual Hosts are running, you’ve done P2V migrations of a few old machines all during the while you are watching the ‘Evaluation Version – xyz days remaining’ ticker counting down. So where do I put this product key? You may think its in settings,… Read more
MMC could not create the snap in – Server 2008
After recently performing an in place upgrade from Server 2008 Standard to Server 2008 Enterprise (I was after using the DFS features on this particular server) I started receiving an odd error message when trying to load server manager. The full message is MMC could not create the snap-in. The snap-in might not have been installed correctly. Name: Server Manager… Read more