For the enterprise sys admin by the enterprise sys admin
9
Aug
We had an interesting problem on a recent project where SQL Server 2005 wouldn’t install on a Windows 2008 R2 failover cluster. The cluster validates properly however when installing SQL Server 2005, the install threw an “User has cancelled the installation” error. The logs showed that communications to the remote node were failing: [...]
Tags: cluster, failover, No process is on the other end of the pipe, SQL, SQL 2005, task scheduler, User has cancelled the installation, windows 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
6
Aug
After years of using Office 2007 & 2010, sometimes I still wish to go back to the menus of Office 2003 where there were no ribbons. I’ve recently come across a free (for personal use) tool called UBitMenu which allows us to do this. After downloading the setup from http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/ , close all of your [...]
Tags: classic, menu, no ribbon, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010, theme, UBitMenu
5
Aug
I’ve spent some time over the last few weeks catching on my Microsoft certifications for some of the areas I focus on and passed the following exams: 70-401: TS: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Configuring 70-400: TS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring 70-638: TS: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring [...]
Tags: 70-400, 70-401, 70-638, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, OCS, SCCM, SCOM