ADPrep Error 0×80070002

When running ADPrep on Server 2003 from Server 2008 media you may get this error:

Error message: Error(110) while running C:\WINDOWS\system32\LDIFde.exe The system cannot find the file specified.(0×80070002)

<error message has been trimmed>

Pausing your AV software will likely allow the command to complete successfully.  If it isn’t your AV there is something else [...]

XenApp 6 Allow non-admin users RDP access

Courtesy the Citrix Forums: 1. Open Delivery Services Console 2. Edit the unfiltered user policy 3. Select ICA 4. Select Desktop Launches. click Add, select Allowed 5. Click Ok, click Save.

You should be good to go.

JRP Plant Wizard and Survey Wizard

Had an issue trying to get PW and SW working through Citrix.

I figured out that if I gave the app users local admin rights they would be able to launch the programs.

After I removed the local admin rights they were still able to run the programs.

It seems that waiting until after [...]

rel=”me” tag

I just found out about an interesting tag that help Google know what your primary site is.

Add rel=”me” to the end of an <a href> tag.

clintmcguire.com

VBScript for getting last logon of local user accounts

Very handy script.

I had issues with the comments on line 29 wrapping, turn off Word Wrap in notepad and double check the formatting before you save.

The script is written in VB, in case you don’t recognize it.  I had to ask around…

Dive into Excel Functions

I’ve been working on updating some reporting I do for a client.

We use Citrix reports to generate a list of logged in users by CPU time, I export that to CSV then start sorting.

The data is organized into 6 columns, the first column is the username, the second is the CPU time [...]

Userenv 1030 and 1058 Errors in Application Logs

Server 2003 DC, multi-homed, the second DC had been demoted and another promoted in it’s place.

A lot of possible causes for this issue…

Turns out all that the server needed was the DFS service to be restarted.

It is so easy, do it first.

VM’s pause for no reason in vSphere…

Check your power settings… The system is likely going into Hibernation/Sleep.

Tends to only be a default setting on a desktop OS. (Windows XP, Vista, 7)

SharePoint Server Migration

These are the steps for migrating SharePoint to a new server:

Backup the site using the STSADM utility:

stsadm –o backup –url http://<server name>:<port> -filename <path\file.bak> -includeusersecurity -nofilecompression

Create a new Web Application for restoring the site:

Go to Central Administration -> Application Management -> under SharePoint Web Application Management -> click Create or [...]

Folder Size tool

Nice plug-in for Explorer to show the size of folders and files.

Folder Size

Caution, I’ve seen this chew up a lot of CPU on Server 2003 boxes…