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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 (RHS) which is responsible for monitoring the health of the various cluster resources being provided as part of highly available services in a Failover cluster. Read More...
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 see one or more of the following error messages when generating or updating boot images and other actions in MDT that involve the Lite Touch Images: Unable Read More...
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 configuring Shadow Copy protection on an attached VHD, there are no other locations available to store the copies on, other than the protected VHD volume. This Read More...
The Four Stages of NTFS File Growth
In my quest to better understand the interworking of how NTFS stores information on disk, I have been researching what happens to a file as it grows in size and complexity.   The reason I’m after this knowledge is so I can better troubleshoot certain Read More...
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 today’s blog will cover an issue involving KMS activation and deployment of images.     This issue seems to be more prevalent today Read More...
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 blog will cover how to run the new Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence included with MDT 2010. If you choose to deploy an operating system manually or need Read More...
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 group and today’s blog will cover an issue involving specifying MAK Product Keys during setup of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.   When deploying Read More...
Failover Cluster Validation Firewall Error in Windows Server 2008 R2
An issue involving a firewall configuration error in the cluster validation process just surfaced here in Microsoft Support so I thought I would post a quick blog in an effort to not only inform our readership, but to ‘nip this in the bud’ before we start Read More...
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 is appropriate since Windows Server 2008 R2 has finally released, and we can look forward to tracking\reporting any issues we may find in the new version Read More...
Update to KB968912
Hello, my name is Scott McArthur. I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Windows group and today’s blog will cover a number of issues we have encountered here in support with the following update. These updates will eventually be incorporated Read More...
Working on an Application Compatibility Issue? Let us Help!
Windows 7 is only a few weeks away!  The buzz is building!  However, if your applications aren’t quite ready for Windows 7 (or even Vista) and having you’re having issues, then maybe you’re not quite as excited as I am.  But – there is Read More...
DPM 2007 - Troubleshooting protection for Hyper-V
This post is about Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role installed, that are being protected by System Center Data Protection Manager 2007.  There may be one or many Virtual Machines on each Host/Parent Partition, and they may be running Windows Read More...
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 today’s blog will cover specifying new and updated timezones in sysprep.inf for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. When deploying Windows XP or Windows Read More...
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 Data Protection Manager 2007. The MigrateDatasourceDataFromDPM is a command-line script that lets you migrate DPM data for individual “data source(s)” Read More...
Why is my 2008 Failover Clustering node blue screening with a Stop 0x0000009E?
John Marlin here from the Windows Cluster Support Team again and today I want to talk about the Stop 0x0000009E and hang detection in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. Just to set some expectations for the blog, I am not going to tell you exactly Read More...
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