Archive for May, 2010

Windows 7 unspecified error

When right clicking a Windows 7 machine on a domain and clicking personalization you receive an error ‘unspecified error’.
This occurs due to ‘personalization’ not being accessible from the control panel.
To resolve this:
1) Access User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Show only specified Control Panel items
2) Add Microsoft.Personalization
3) Log off Windows 7 machine, [...]

Windows 7 not loading desktop wallpaper via Group Policy

When logging into a Windows 7 machine, a black desktop appears instead of your wallpaper.
This is a known bug and can be resolved by applying the below hotfix.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977944

The shadow copies of volume C: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time

Computer:  servername
Source:       VolSnap
Category:  None
Type:         Error
Event ID:  25
Description: . 
Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not being shadow copied.
Resolution:
Note: Always take a backup before making any changes.
Check where the Shadow Copies are located and the current size of the shadow copy cache. To do this, logon to [...]

MetaFrame Presentation Server has entered the grace period. You have hour(s) remaining before this server stops accepting connections from client devices.

All is well with your citrix farm and then you receive the below log within your event log.  
Error: MetaFrame Presentation Server has entered the grace period. You have xx hour(s) remaining before this server stops accepting connections from client devices.
This means that your Citrix server can no longer communicate with the license server but will still allow [...]

Exchange 2007 – number of emails sent and received internally

Using Exchange Powershell you can run the below command to obtain the number of emails sent internally between users. The below script will output the results into a text file and store it on disk C.
Amend the code as required. Amend @domain.com to your internal domain and the dates you require the report running. Please [...]