fixit my mesage error

i can't singhin my mesage and live mozilla go to windows explorer thanks

Migration from SBS 2003 to Windows server 2012

Is there any migration from SBS 2003 to Windows server 2012.

Let me know .

Thanks

Changed type Kim Zhou Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:58 PM

Reply:

Hi,

This type issue may be more related to Windows Server products. Please post the problem on server forum.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/windowsserver/

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Kim Zhou

TechNet Community Support

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Controlador de barramento SM

Esse drivers está danificado, não há nenhuma coisa que possa iniciar uma procura; Nem sei pra que ele serve, mas a falta dele tem prejudicado o uso do meu PC; tentei várias vezes atualizá-lo mas foi inútil; voces poderiam me orientar no que devo fazer? agradeço muito.

Changed type Jeremy_Wu Thursday, September 6, 2012 7:40 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Thanks for posting here.

However, this is an English forum. For other languages support, please visit http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx.

Thanks for your understanding and hope the issue will be resolved soon!

Regards.

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

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set administrator password on windows server 2008

Hello,

I need to change the administrator password on the server 2008 in our domain and When I go to Computer Management => System Tools => Local Users and Groups => Users then right click on the account I want to reset, then choose Set Password I get this message:

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\\\\\\\\\ PopUp Message ////////////

Resetting this password might cause irreversible loss of information for this user account. For security reasons, Windows protects certain information by making it impossible to access if the user's password is reset...You should use this command only if a user has forgotten his or her password and does not have a password reset disk...If the user knows the password and wants to change it, he or she should log in, then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and click Change Password.

Does any one know whats the best pratice to change password?

Thank you.

Reply:

Hi,

According to the information, log on and press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and click Change Password is the best way for you to change your administrator password.

Regards,

Yan Li

TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

Change administrator password on server 2008, You can see the methods from http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/thread/8f9b1c8d-7b83-4a69-96be-3500b0d494bc

I think it can help you.

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Spooler keeps stoping in my windows 7 Dell computer.

I have been having troubles with my printer for days. I have a Dell 64 bit operating system. The printer is a Cannon MX 850 multifunction printer. The scanner works but it will not print. The spooler keeps stopping and the printer keeps getting dropped from the list of printers when I restart the computer.

I have tried

1. restarting the spooler in services on the start menu. It stops again in about 30 seconds. The spooler is set to automatic.

2. I went to the windows/system32/spooler and deleted all drivers from the Driver folder. The printer folder was empty. I also enabled the hidden files.

3. I went to programs/features and clicked turn features on/off and under printer documentation services the LPD and LPR, and fax/scan are selected (they were unchecked first). Internet client is not checked.

4. I reinstalled the existing printer.

5. I tried the windows microsoft fix it troubleshooter.

None of these things have worked. I am stuck. I appreciate any help you can give me.

Edited by Leif.F.999 Sunday, August 26, 2012 9:15 PM
Changed type Jeremy_Wu Monday, September 10, 2012 9:30 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Please boot into Clean Boot Mode and test the issue again.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

Jeremy,

Thanks for getting back to me! I appreciate your help. I tried the clean boot mode that you suggested. I still had troubles with the printer and spooler in the clean boot mode. It didn't mattter whether I had all the boxes checked, half, the other half, or none checked in the services section of the clean boot. I then went back to the normal start up. I got the spooler to start for a few seconds and tried to print, but I got an error message. It said that windows cannot print due to a problem with the current printer setup. Then the spooler would need to be restarted as well. It looks like the default printer is a web document loader rather than the cannon printer. Anyway... do you have more suggestions? I would be grateful for any help you can offer.

Leif

Leif Flory

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Reply:

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

This time, let's try the following:

1. Uninstall the printer via Devices and Printers.

2. Clear Printer Spooler Files.

1) Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Search box and press Enter.

2) Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.

3) Click Stop and click OK.

4) Click Start, type "%WINDIR%\system32\spool\printers" in the Start Search box and press Enter, delete all files in this folder.

5) Click Start, type "Services.msc" (without the quotation marks) in the Start Search box and press Enter.

6) Double-click "Printer Spooler" in the Services list.

7) Click on Start. In the Startup Type list, make sure that "Automatic" is selected and click OK.

3. Reinstall the printer and install the driver for the printer from Cannon.

If issue persists, I'm afraid that you may need to perform an In-place Upgrade.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

Jeremy,

I tried the 3 steps above and it didn't fix the printer problem. There were no files in the spool/printers file to delete. I was going to try the In place upgrade next, but I thought that I would re-start the computer and try it the printer one more time first. The computer shut down and then froze when it was starting up again. I unplugged it and restarted it. When it came back on it told me that windows failed to start and I had 2 choices

1. launch startup repair (recommended)

2. Start windows normally.

I chose the first option first and it froze after a few minutes. Then I tried option 2 and it froze while windows was starting up.

This seems to have gotten worse. What should I do. The computer won't even get going now. I am on my wifes computer now. The computer is 2 or 3 years old. Windows seems to be freezing whether I choose option 1 or 2. The only way to turn the computer off is by unplugging it. I would love it if you have any suggestions that could get the computer running again (even without the printer). I was careful and followed your instructions very carefully. I didn't do anything dumb (besides unplug the computer when it froze maybe). Please help me if you can.

Leif

I did some reading on your website and thought that I might try starting in safe mode. I did the F8 and that gave me options about which safe mode to use. i chose the regular safe mode and then it started and then seems to have froze. It says please wait at the bottom of the screen, but it has been over an hour. I think it froze again. I'm just letting it stay that way for now. Should I bring this computer to someone to fix this? Do you think that we can resolve it here? Any help that you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Leif Flory

Edited by Leif.F.999 Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:18 PM

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Reply:

Hi,

Based on the current situation, firstly, please use System Recovery Options to perform a System Restore and see how it works.

If System Restore cannot help, please try to perfrom a Startup Repair.

If System Restore or Startup Repair can help you to bootup your system, please backup all your personal data.

And then, you can try to perform an In-place Upgrade to see if it can resovle your printer issue.

Note: To perform an In-place Upgrade, you need to prepare a Windows 7 installation media with Service Pack 1 integrated.

If all the above cannot help, I'm afraid that you may need to reinstall your Windows 7.

Hope this helps.

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

Jeremy,

Thanks for your help. I tried to use my system recovery discs, but had no luck. I brought the computer to a computer repair person to let him try and figure it out. This felt like it was beyond my depth. The repair person said there is a good possibility that the hard drive is broken. I will find out more after he looks closer. Thanks again.

Leif

Leif Flory

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Reply:

Hi Leif,

Thanks for the update.

If there is anything else that we can help you, please feel free to let us know.

Good Luck!

Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support

Edited by Jeremy_Wu Monday, September 3, 2012 2:19 AM

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Special folders interfaces are not working yet!

My tool called Special Folders Manager 2 that uses microsoft windows special folders unterfaces is not working even in release preview of windows 8

There are some problems with libraries so they are not copied correctly. Also

Microsoft suggested to be used interfaces instead to write directly to registries, and now are sabotaging me

On windows 7 when is enabled glass not works my tool called g-clockq now Special Folders Manager 2 is not working in windows 8.

When microsoft will release some windows that is working?

Reply:

Here is more info

AppData folder cannot be moved, because probably is in use.

Library files itself when moved cause some problems and library content cannot be viewed in windows explorer

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Bump post

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SqlCodeGuard - free addin for SSMS for static T-Sql analysis

Hi!

i'd like to introduce SqlCodeGuard - free addin for SSMS and VS2010.

It provides fast and comprehensive static analysis for T-Sql code (more than hundred rules), shows code complexity, code outline (with navigation) and objects dependencies.

Installation package and a little bit more information can be found at http://www.sqlcodeguard.com/

Your feedback will be invaluable

Thank you for your attention

Changed type SqlCodeGuard Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:54 PM
Edited by SqlCodeGuard Tuesday, August 28, 2012 4:15 PM

Reply:

Hi,

Looks like a nice tool to have.

Just want to know couple of things

1. If you create DB project, you can eveluate some many rules. So, Does this tool supoorts more rules?

2. How the complexities are calculated?

- Chintak (My Blog)

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Reply:

1. at present time only built-in predefined rules are supported. In future i can provide API to develop user-defined rules. Basically this API used by SqlCodeGuard itself to register predefined rules.

By now each "rule" is a class method that works with internal structures but it is possible to convert this structure to XML representation and implement custom rule as XQuery.

2. Each syntax element gets some "weight". Each complex statement consists from set of subsequent syntax elements and have "complexity" equal to total complexity of sub-elements. Complexity of each "nested" element is multiplied by factor from 1.5 to 3, so the deeper that element is the more "complex" it is.

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Reply:

SqlCodeGuard updated to version 2.1.4628

Major changes:

[+] added API to use in custom build process/tools/so on + Sample project

[+] added "isssue groups" to "Select issue window"

also minor changes, fixes and so on.

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Exchange 2010 Search and Search Indexer Services doesn't start

We recently had to migrate our Exchange to another H/W. everything went fine except Search services which aren't starting anymore

Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSFTESQL-Exchange
Date:          28-08-2012 07:40:21
Event ID:      10024
Task Category: MSFTESQL Service
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      MBX01.ABC.LOCAL
Description:
The full text search service failed to start. The system cannot find the file specified.   0x80070002.

Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSFTESQL-Exchange
Date:          28-08-2012 07:40:21
Event ID:      10016
Task Category: MSFTESQL Service
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      mbx01.abc.local
Description:
The global administration settings of full text search for instance Exchange are corrupted. If the condition persists after recycling the service, please restore the registry from the last Windows backup to recover. These settings are stored in the registry, not in SQL Server.

Anyone had similar issue?

Stand alone Exchange 2010SP2

Windows 2008 R2 EE

Cheers VP

Reply:

Install latest Update Rollup and see if issue persists.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=30478

- Sarvesh Goel - Enterprise Messaging Administrator (Exchange 2010)

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The justification for the Start screen

I am new to Windows 8 and I have just read http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/03/evolving-the-start-menu.aspx. Mr Sinofsky has some valuable data, but I am not sure he is using it correctly or whether he knows the reason for those data he is getting.

To many people, the PC is the main work tool. That is, they are at their computers all working day. Therefore, it does not make sense to be launching their applications they need again and again, but to pin them somewhere. If you need Outlook all day, and you need Outlook everyday, why do you want to search for them in the Start menu? I hope Mr Sinofsky can stop scratching his head now.

Next, the vast majority of PC users are not trained computer scientists. They do not know how computers work and it is not their job to invest in time to understand that there are faster ways of using Windows that is, rightly, configured to suit the majority of the population. Every time I stand behind a user I am helping, it is excruciating because the user is operating his computer, ie mouse clicking and looking for windows, at 1/20th to 1/100th the speed that I would be doing for the same computer and application. I am perfectly agreeable with Microsoft optimizing Windows 8 to better suit 80% of the users. But Microsoft must not cripple Windows for the rest of us.

Thirdly, there seems to be a major misunderstanding about the mouse and touch. The hotspot of a mouse cursor is exactly 1x1 pixel. The hotspot of a finger touch cursor has to be 50x50 pixels or more to reduce errors. Hence, it is perfectly fine for Metro apps to suit the child playing around with his chubby little fingers. But it is seriously wrong to force the rest of the working population onto a Windows only workable for giagantic mouse hotspot.

Edited by K.Kong Saturday, September 1, 2012 3:27 PM
Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, September 1, 2012 5:52 PM Discussion

Reply:

The telemetry case is published for professionals - allthough freely available online.

Try to think of the Start Screen as the NEW "Desktop/Taskbar" for Metro. Similar to the legacy taskbar you can pin shortcuts.
The metafor for the legacy desktop during the last 10-20 years has been the concept of a document - and on "file" somewhere. Today systems are more build around process and workflow. So the interactions need to be connected - i.e. in user domain "shared" data. Data goes in, data goes out.

Its a misconception that the Start Screen is a replacement for the Start Menu. The Apps List is the replacement for the Start Menu. So the Start Menu has not gone. But you never "started" in the "Start" Menu. You went to the legacy desktop after login.

Now you go to the new desktop after login.

At the "desktop" (but the Start Screen is not a desktop table with paper documents on it) or rather the Start Screen, you launch programs. Instead of loading documents, the programs consumes data. They read the data from somewhere where that data is generated or has been produced. And they can transform or manipulate data i.e the user - and output that data to another consumer i.e a service.

So launching a Metro app it cosumes data i.e from a service. It could also (still) load a file - the old way.

From the Start Menu or Apps List you just start programs - allthough for Metro Apps its indifferent. With legacy programs to use the document-oriented kind of launch you need to go to the legacy taskbar or desktop mode.

So bascially, what may confuse:

- The Apps List is replacing the "Start Menu" - not the Start Screen. Also, it was a preassumption to ever call the Start Menu a "Start" Menu - because you never Started there anyway, you went to the desktop and used launch (for instance the taskbar or file system (documents)), i.e. supported by the telemetry case and how we've used Windows.

- The Start Screen (replacing the desktop concept) is not document-oriented and thus does no longer envision a complex functional UI (i.e. shortcuts to programs) - it's a data oriented UI (Metro, i.e. the People tile) that hides complex functionality.

BTW But as we go from here with the Start Screen and pin legacy programs to it - we do get some of that legacy back during this conceptual transition i.e. we get a lot of functional icons (not data-oriented tiles) when legacy program are installed. We can also get a lot of functional tiles when application programmers create "pseudo-Metro" apps (i.e. really a kind of legacy app) that's does not follow the new comcept of structuring by data with virtualized functionalty - but structures functionalty (i.e. my app - Messenger no 101. That app (download) should extend for instance the Messaging tile instead). But it was the same with Object Orientation - before use of dynamic binding, programmers went musch about it using imperative programming for the first many years i.e. if-then code blocks. May be we should just drop those pure "functional" shortcuts (i.e. no live data on the tile) onto the taskbar instead? May be one could partition objects in the Start Screen into data-oriented and then functional-orientation (rahter than using categories (groups) intially because categories follows the functional orientation i.e. games, productivity). While i.e. keeping pure Metro tiles (i.e. live data) to the left, after that we could to the right on the Start Screen subdivide into groups or categoris whatever is pure functional icons (no live data across multiple data producing back-end services). The transtion to the new data concept is a challenge this way - because "Metro" embeds the concept of a virtualized UI - i.e. the Messaging app, rather than Windows messnger app, Yahoo Messenger app, Facebook messaging app and so). So there may also be a "branding" or syndication (business model) problem.

So its virtualized frontend stuff - with Windows 8 providing integration. Services are backend.

Let's see where it takes us. Some practical problems to deal with.

But the direction is right - beyond all the business legacy that needs to be dealt with practically, so business is innovated as well. Thats already going on with the patent wars btw. For computer science this is the right way. System interactions. Nice to see this going again since UDDI ...

Edited by Computermensch Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:45 AM

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Thanks for your insights. But I have just made another shocking discovery. If I am looking at the weather, I can't see my mail!! Even Bill Gates' Windows 1.0 could do that. It is too big a step backward. If I want to tell the time, sorry, I have to shut down my Metro Word?

This is my main grudge on my Android phone, and I wonder why Microsoft is following the same. The phone may have some serious power and display real estate limitations. But why do I need to read the time in full 1920x1080 glory on my PC? Even Android has the time in the top right corner most of the time.

I hope SP1 can have some real changes, otherwise I have to discourage all my friends from spending that $14.99.

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Reply:

I'm not sure why you are feeling 'forced' to use the new Start Screen?

The Desktop still works exactly like it did in previous versions.

You can still pin your most frequently used programs to the Taskbar and use the Jump Lists for those programs. If you need more programs than will fit on the Taskbar, simply create a new Toolbar and add shortcuts to even more programs. The Toolbars will still Cascade to give you a whole screen full of shortcuts to work with. There is no need to even see the Start Screen.

If you move the mouse to the lower/left corner of the screen and Right Click, you will see a new menu that contains shortcuts to many of the system tools and utilities.

When you have some extra time, try a few of the new Windows 8 Apps, they are pretty cool.

Regards

Edited by Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:28 AM

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But I have just made another shocking discovery. If I am looking at the weather, I can't see my mail!! Even Bill Gates' Windows 1.0 could do that. It is too big a step backward. If I want to tell the time, sorry, I have to shut down my Metro Word?

You can still do that. It's immersive so rather than "Window" it's "Screen" (or display).

You use the snap-to feature - so you can snap for instance the mail to the left or right side of the screen to display it persistently.
So you can have two apps displayed on the same Screen. To get more complexity than that you simply add more compexity - add another screen. Because of screen size that will probably be in a workstation kind of enviroment (rather than "personal" - that is "on your body" like a mobile phone). For instance I have 2 screens - many programmers or professionals have that - or may be more nowadays. So I can snap 4 apps in Windows Runtime (formerly named "Metro"). You can use snap-to on a small Windows 8 RT (ARM) form factor as well (??? ... havn't tried it) - but guess having 4 things there would not make sense. Probably somebody could do a WinRT app working as another display that could aggregate small stuff some users would be interested in - and that display could then snap-to as well ... it's all about display virtualization.

For the clock you simply hit the new context menu - charms bar - swiping it in from the right or press WinKey+C. To watch time persistently get some free clock from the app store and snap it to one of your screens.

The great thing now is, we don't implicitly get a lot of disturbing data from the Screen. You explitcitly select what you want "snapped" into the screen - what you do consider information yourself. So we're free from for instance all those 3rd party program update notications from the system tray - in Windows Runtime (the legacy desktop is still there however - but fading away). Everybody want to post notications to do so they can go the a tile that the poster control. That could be just be the an SMS or an email going to the messaging tile or mail tile. To get an overview of data notications etc. you can say the system tray also went to the start screen (the tile ... each).

Edited by Computermensch Saturday, September 1, 2012 7:14 AM

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Reply:

I may be missing something. Is there a way to launch, say, PowerShell, without going to the Start Screen? What I did was press Windows key, and type in power and then pick PowerShell. Is there a way to avoid the Start Screen? I would love to have everything I need pinned on the Taskbar but that is not possible.

I think we may be mixing Start button with Start Screen. I don't need the Start button, as I click it about 50 times a year all this time. I always use the Windows key. Having to move the mouse to the bottom left corner of a 1920x1080 screen and then having to right click is a big retrogressive step for me. It is more than one order of magnitude slower than what I am doing on older versions of Windows.

As I have written, I have no problems Microsoft optimizing for the masses. But the new version must not cripple what others have been doing all these years.

After a few hours of use, am I right to say that the only way to run legacy apps is to use the legacy desktop. If this is the case, then what were on the legacy desktop shouldn't be pulled off from under our feet. It should be like you say, work exactly like it did in previous versions.

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"It is a misconception that the Start Screen is a replacement for the Start Menu. The Apps List is the replacement for the Start Menu. So the Start Menu has not gone. But you never "started" in the "Start" Menu. You went to the legacy desktop after login."

" The Apps List is replacing the "Start Menu" - not the Start Screen. Also, it was a presumption to ever call the Start Menu a "Start" Menu - because you never Started there anyway, you went to the desktop."

A well written article, but I was not clear where you are going with these two remarks?

I have just published an article, in which I state, imo, that it is, indeed, a replacement for the start menu, and, for new users, if they accept that concept, it becomes easier to use. The "All Apps" is the extra selections you get, if you open the default folders in the Windows 7 start menu. You second observation, I could not agree with, either. I never regarded it as you have done. When I boot up, I arrived at a desktop - fine. (Exactly, even, as in a linux distribution) It has never crossed my mind that the little globe, bottom left, was any other than where I started to look to go further into my applications. ie. "The Stat menu".(Unless, of course, I had all my shortcuts set up in the taskbar and desktop - not my practice.)
However, for what it is worth, this is how I see the "Metro". The article does give support for Ronnie's post, also. The original title was (lol) How to try and like Windows 8.

---- --- --- ----- -----

I read, all over the web, comments regarding the dislike for the forthcoming Windows 8, and in particular, and in fact almost exclusively, criticism of the (as it was called) Metro.. I am urged to print my own thoughts on the subject.

My first comment is that, whilst, from the beginning, Microsoft and followers have touted the Metro as the new desktop, this was a mistake. I cannot see it as such. To me it is a new, graphical, Start menu. It is designed, primarily, for touchscreens, but there is no reason why it cannot, with a little compromise, be adjusted for normal mouse use.

The following is based on those thoughts. I am indicating how I have found a use for it, or an alternative method of successfully using Windows 8. The OS is an advancement on Windows 7, in performance, but not enough, in my opinion, to warrant the purchase of it - particularly for mass purchasers.
However. here I go. two basic methods. One for those who would like to try and use the Metro Start menu, another for those who want to be more familiar in old surroundings.

Metro users.
Let me ask, here, do you, users, really have a daily requirement for all of those apps which are put into the old legacy menu, and now Metro. Those who are heavily into graphic operations may need more than me, and there are other aspects of computer use with the same need. But I have eliminated mine to ten programs I use in my daily work.
So, on the Metro screen, let us right click an app icon. A bar menu appears on the bottom, like this:

Here, as you can see, you can Unpin it, which tucks it away. You can even Uninstall it if that is the way you want to go. Even better, which really is concerned with my next section, you can Pin it to the start.

When you have done this, you can rearrange the remaining icons, in your preferred order.

Now comes a partly hidden function. Click, over on the bottom right, the small minus sign. Now you will have a miniaturised picture of your Metro. Right click any of the groups, which you have prearranged. Another bar menu! You can name those groups.
As I stated, I have eliminated mine to a mere ten items, but for the purpose of this Demo, here is my full Metro, on a complete and new installation:

So, there we have a graphical start menu. What about all those unused apps. - Just right Click on the Metro, and, bottom right, is some text "All Apps". Click there and you have a whole bunch of every app on your computer.
Now, if you click any app, on your Metro all "All Apps" Window, it will open in the normal way. But, if you close it, you will find yourself on the legacy desktop. Bu***ger. But click the "Windows" key, and you are back in your Metro Start menu.
That is all, in the context of this post, there is to say on the use of the Metro

You don't want Metro.

Fair enough. If you click the Desktop icon, in Metro, you will find yourself on the legacy desktop. Darn, its totally empty. No problem, it is customisable in exactly the manner to which you ve been used to - right click and "personalise".
But where is the good old start menu? A big omission, on Microsoft's part, to omit that. But no problem again.
Download and install the well known "Classic Menu".

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

This is incredibly customisable,. It even has a choice of start orbs. Within the options is one which enables a user to boot straight through to the desktop, bypassing the Metro completely. Classic, can be set up almost 100% to emulate the old Windows 7 menu.

But maybe you would like to use one of the other third party start menus? There are several around, if you google, but I don't think, imho, that they compete with the Classic. If, again, that is the road you wish to take, forget about the "Classic" download and install the attached little gem. Select the option to bypass the Metro. Install your own menu. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Skip-Metro-Suite.shtml
One last. If you want to persist, and use the facilities available, right click in the bottom left corner of the desktop.. This popup has become known as the "Power" menu. It is also customisable, but this involves a little hacking and manipulation, and I don't consider it to be the subject of this post.
That's about it, but a comment for your thoughts.
In Windows 7, for example, you are in and using an App. You close it and wish to go to another App.
1. Click the Orb.
2. Click "All programs"
3. Click your desired shortcut.
3 clicks.
In Windows 8
1. Click the "Windows" key
2. Click your shortcut Icon.
-See the difference.
I should also add that my personal use of a computer, often takes me to a situation where I need to have several windows open on the desktop. This cannot be done with Metro Apps - so far. To me, the solution was simple - I don't use them. You can find a wealth of alternative, non metro apps on the web, which can accomplish the same things. I have weakened and downloaded a couple of time wasters from the "Store" Card games and Backgammon as two examples
There are other aspects of Windows 8, which users could comment on. IMO, it has a slightly improved performance. I would not consider that improvement enough to warrant its purchase, particular for an office with a multi purchase requirement. And, of course, even for a desktop user, I cannot grasp the idea of the average secretary typing on a touchscreen - lol. - but that is an option.

Good luck. I hope it will work for you, but do try and have fun exploring the possibilities I have mentioned

David Clarke

Edited by davehc1 Saturday, September 1, 2012 3:47 PM Altered Typo

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Reply:

The telemetry case is published for professionals - allthough freely available online.

Didn't someone famous once said that the user doesn't know what he needs or wants and then went to invent something that became a huge hit? ;-)

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Reply:

1) Is there a way to launch, say, PowerShell, without going to the Start Screen? What I did was press Windows key, and type in power and then pick PowerShell. Is there a way to avoid the Start Screen? I would love to have everything I need pinned on the Taskbar but that is not possible.

2) After a few hours of use, am I right to say that the only way to run legacy apps is to use the legacy desktop. If this is the case, then what were on the legacy desktop shouldn't be pulled off from under our feet. It should be like you say, work exactly like it did in previous versions.

1) As with the previous Start Menu: Winkey+Q > Apps List > Search: Power > Right-Click PowerShell > Pin To TaskBar

Tip! However, you can pin folders to the Start Screen as well from File Explorer. Unfortunately not scripts - but to do that anyway just pin a Command Prompt or PowerShell to Start (you can do that multiple times - just create a new instance of such a short cut). After that WinKey > Start Screen > right i.e Command Prompt > Open File Location. Then edit the shortcut i.e. program path, arguments, minimized, rename. !! You need to pin to Start using the Shell. If you just copy a shortcut through File Explorer into the folder location \AppData\...\Windows\Start Menu the shortcut file wont have been serialized with the right GUID inside relating it to the Start Menu. That's great by the way - because during testing the Start Menu would aggregate all kinds of stuff i.e. sync from a roaming server profile in a Windows domain without the user having pinned that explicitly.

What I am saying is - from when I began using Windows initially I've moved more and more to the Start Menu. One place to have the important triggers.

Prepare to experience. You wont figure out that one setup right now.

2) Regarding "the only way to run a desktop is to use the desktop" - you can say that, but the experience is not that distinct in use, since desktop only uses desktop. For a legacy app you just hit the icon (i.e. pesudo-tile) that you pinned to the Start Menu. The desktop app starts. So You use that app as you previously would.

So Desktop is Windows legacy - it just keep's working that way - it's signature is "Windows" ... and then we have the new stuff Windows Runtime (Metro)) ... it's signature is to take 360' degree responsibility for the display and entire experience. It also just works it's way. However in term of havimg "desktop" precendence, Windows Runtime rules or have precendence. So Start Screen, Sign in/out, Shutdown, Clock and so on is a Windows Runtime experience. The core user experience is Windows Runtime from now on. Alike with Windows 2000 (or for many consumers Windows XP) Windows stopped being a DOS experience at its core as with Win98, Win95 and so on with previous editions. So we still have desktop inside the basic Windows Runtime experience from a users perspective. From a technical perspective desktop apps run .NET managed on top of Windows COM API's and the new immersive apps run Windows Runetime also sitting on top of Windows COM API's (allthough I don't know if some of it got impl. in managed code like .NET. But I guess not ... performance).

But there is 1 distintion in use I feel seperates Desktop apps and Windows Runtime (Metro) Apps that users will have to be conscious about: If you use a Windows Runtime (Metro) app - you swipe from the right or press WinKey+C to get the context menu. Right-clicking gives you the main menu. In Desktop right click gives the context menu

One example is print. In desktop app you go Print - and you get the printer desktop dialogue. I.e. you can right-click and get the OO-context menu on a webpage and click print. In a Windows Runtime ("Metro") app, you also use the context menu - you swipe that in from the right or press Win+C. It has 4 standard action depending on whether you want to retrieve (Search), interact (Share), access device (Devices) or configure (settings). You want to access a device - so you select Devices and then Print. The context menu in Metro is much better though because it holds a promise of being uniform across application differences.

However desktop apps does not use the great integration features in Windows Runtime - because it's not a Windows Runtime app. The great integration features are especially the transparent networked integration. I.e. when you use the file picker, it can work across web services. So Windows Runtime knows how to access data on other remote locations - which Means you see that a local ressource on your system. The way to add this to their application this for application programmers is great and very simple. A problem that used to be complexed into protocols, standards and stuff. Now it's just reusable. That said Native is kind of back. WinRT components can run C++ against the Windows COM API's instead of going platform with .NET. Managed code was used for reliability but today we also have test-driven development around to focus on both flexibility and reliability.

Edited by Computermensch Saturday, September 1, 2012 8:12 AM

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You use the snap-to feature - so you can snap for instance the mail to the left or right side of the screen to display it persistently.

The snap feature is not at all intuitive. I had to Google and read carefully for a few minutes. From http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-feature-focus-snap-142986 it says:

"Snap seeks to address what could be a major issue with Metro-style apps, in that while full screen experiences can indeed be immersive, they can also be quite limiting on large PC screens. But Snap isn't particularly powerful: It only provides for two apps on screen at once, and one of those two apps is generally pretty limited. While Microsoft does requires app developers to support the snapped mode in even minimal ways, some apps currently offer next to useless snap experiences."

Unless I am missing something big, it is a joke. Max two apps? And totally dependent on what the two app writers did? Do I sound like a 5-year old looking for something to do with his electronic crayon toy?

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davhehcl: "Fair enough. If you click the Desktop icon, in Metro, you will find yourself on the legacy desktop. ... But where is the good old start menu? A big omission, on Microsoft's part, to omit that." I think this is the root of the problem. Microsoft provides a legacy desktop but the root of all legacy operations - the Windows key (or the Start button) -is completely broken. Imagine the frustration when every legacy operation starts off with a crippling activity.

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But where is the good old start menu?

Remember its there: Apps List

You can now even go there directly if you used the Start Menu often: WinKey + Q

or indirectly: Swipe/WinKey+C > context > apps (>search) ... so search also added.

In Apps List you get a flat full overview as default without filtering like search or semantic zoom. Search (information retrieval) and semantic zoom are first class concepts in Windows Runtime.

BTW

Remember you have semantic zoom as well in Apps List - it projects what you got from a hierarchal view, i.e. "folders" only (without touch screen use CTRL+- to zoom out ... CTRL + "+" to zoom in).

In Start Screen you also can do Groups and name them (without touch screen use CTRL+- to zoom out).

Edited by Computermensch Saturday, September 1, 2012 9:10 AM

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I think all the unhappiness wouldn't be there if the whole Metro gimmicky thingy was implemented as a full-screen .NET 5.0 application from the traditional desktop, instead of a legacy desktop implemented as a dumbed down Metro app.

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davhehcl: "Fair enough. If you click the Desktop icon, in Metro, you will find yourself on the legacy desktop. ... But where is the good old start menu? A big omission, on Microsoft's part, to omit that." I think this is the root of the problem. Microsoft provides a legacy desktop but the root of all legacy operations - the Windows key (or the Start button) -is completely broken. Imagine the frustration when every legacy operation starts off with a crippling activity.

Thanks for you input. But perhaps you did not read my post through?

I will agree, perhaps, for good relations, it would have been wise of Microsoft to include the old start menu on the legacy desktop. But, you still have a choice, as I said, of downloading start menus from third party sources, and installing your preference. This exactly as we have done in the past, when we have found some of the default, and built in programs, on Windows, which we did not find to our satisfaction.

David Clarke

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Hi

I'm not sure why you are feeling 'forced' to use the new Start Screen?

The Desktop still works exactly like it did in previous versions.

You can still pin your most frequently used programs to the Taskbar and use the Jump Lists for those programs. If you need more programs than will fit on the Taskbar, simply create a new Toolbar and add shortcuts to even more programs. The Toolbars will still Cascade to give you a whole screen full of shortcuts to work with. There is no need to even see the Start Screen.

You're forced to use the start screen if you rely on the old start menu. There are many reasons that a user will not want to use taskbar pinning or toolbars.

I guess MS just doesn't give a damn about the other 10% of users who use Windows "differently." SHUN THE NONBELIEVERS. THEY CAN USE LINUX IF THEY'RE NOT LIKE US!!!

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Agree. The inability to window Metro apps is a huge step back in productivity. So is the separate taskbars from desktop and Metro.

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Try to think of the Start Screen as the NEW "Desktop/Taskbar" for Metro. Similar to the legacy taskbar you can pin shortcuts.

That is what I am doing, and I am facing a major problem.

Imagine you are in a fighter jet moving at 500mph and you have just got the enemy in visual range. You prepare to launch a missle. When you push the button to select weapon options, a black curtain falls in front of you covering every gage, dial, the HUD and the enemy plane. I can only say that the useability experts that Microsoft hired must be useability idiots.

Every window on my desktop has a good reason why it is there and of that certain size. That is the whole purpose of a windows-based OS. Now when I press the Windows key, every single window gets obliterated from view.

I am willing to compromise. Is there an option to make the Start Screen transparent? I can pack all the tiles to one edge to have a poor man's Start menu.

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Hi

I'm not sure why you are feeling 'forced' to use the new Start Screen?

The Desktop still works exactly like it did in previous versions.

I have to disagree with that. The Desktop is nice. But the moment I press the Windows key, the Start Screen obliterates my desktop. This is not how the desktop from Windows 95 to Windows 7 behaves.

The Windows key is the starting point of every desktop application. If legacy applications can only be run in the legacy desktop, then the most primary function of the legacy desktop cannot be missing.

I am sorry I have to unpropose this as an answer.

Edited by K.Kong Saturday, September 1, 2012 3:19 PM

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When you push the button to select weapon options, a black curtain falls in front of you covering every gage, dial, the HUD and the enemy plane.

Good point - the analogy of a HUD. In jets - for instance F-16, you move your head away from the HUD (i.e. the Black curtain on the HUD) to focus on operating the weapons system. In some jets your can delegate tasks to the system - i.e. automation, since you can not manually do every task yourself. There has been a problem with information overload in jets also. Going to autopilot, the pilot would end up being a process operator simply monitoring output from gauges and checking those numbers against checklist, i.e. errorcodes and notifications.

Concerned with the basic mission, i.e. not flying/operating the aircraft, the vehicle or machine, you need automation. In that respect there actually seem to be an abstract mission focus in the UI of Windows 8.

Rest goes under the hood. So the UI of Windows projecting a Computer vehicle rather than the framework of a mission is coming to an end.

So youre right - airspeed, altitude, heading, engines, lights and so on goes away from being unmanaged. It becomes managed and automated.

It all depends on role. If you consider your basic mission to "fly" the computer, you could run system center as your UI monitoring all those errorcodes and having process monitor on the side. I have process monitor running often.

But most users are not in the cockpit of the vehicle. They do have a mission of going from A to B using the vehicle to speed up work or to access something like B, i.e. data transport, data change.

It's all just analogy with the limitations of that. But it gives the picture.

Our problem as Pro's is we tend to live in the cockpit enjoying the complexity of operating the vehicle ...

Windows 8 is one step in direction of making Howard Huges vision of any Family flying a helicopter come true - however with computers.

Nobody still knows how to fly computers - except Pro's, Business users (Company paid their certificate) and hobby users.

"Helicopters for all" demands the Vehicle flys itself ...

No Huds. If you have a certifcate you can decide to get it on screen. I.e. buy or create a Hub - a Metro app with indicators and snap it to a side of the screen.

Seen "Men of the right stuff?". Old movie. There is a remark in that movie about those test pilots going into the Space program not considering the Space vehicle a flying machine - since they would not in manual control - like a "real" pilot. It's all automated. As a pilot you're just a sitting duck in a can.

Nobody will fly to Mars with a control stick in their hand ...

Windows 8 is going into space ... hyperspace. No need for manual flying controls - only a few will be able to take decisions on that without crashing down. Nobody has gone into Space and connected all sorts of stuff yet. Because it's too complicated - even for Pro's. It really needs automated flying, so to speak ...

With computers we have or are going to get an artifical host enviroment (data nature?) ... it's going to be automated. We're going there. It's all about automation looking at vehicle and engine Development - the application infrastructure-

But in for the sports? Get a hobby plane where you can do all those maneuvers and acrobatics ... But we're just talking the UI only here. I still feel you can acrobatics in Windows 8 as long the desktop is there. Hopefully we'll get more leverage for that in "Metro". With Windows Phone 8 comes USB mass storage ... soemthing left out of all that coherent automation. There's a tendency in Microsoft to be good at listening. May be not instantly. But we do get the stuff at some point.

Edited by Computermensch Sunday, September 2, 2012 7:34 AM

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You're forced to use the start screen if you rely on the old start menu. There are many reasons that a user will not want to use taskbar pinning or toolbars.

I guess MS just doesn't give a damn about the other 10% of users who use Windows "differently."

I won't argue with your statement about the numbers, because you are correct. Usage statistics can be very powerful.

I have a cousin who is a politician and the first time he ran for a city office he was relatively unknown by the voters. Out of 27,000 votes that were cast, he had 3 more votes than the incumbent who had held that office for 18 years. This is less than 0.0111% of the voters who decided who would represent them.

Every user is important, but using your numbers, for any business to ignore 90% of their customers in favor of the other 10% would be completely irresponsible.

That being said, it is a fact that the real power of Windows has always been in the easy customization that anyone can use to make it fit with the way they use the computer and Windows 8 continues this tradition.

Regards

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Stock market ... and raising expectations ...

Q2 2012: 35.0 B (AAPL)

Q2 2012: 18.0 B (MSFT)

Bubble time ... the future of computing hopefully is not calculators for all. Even though it seems we may go there for a while ... because of those numbers. Computing for all starts with calculators? Or are people getting to understand they cannot run computing on top of calculators - even though they just themselves a new "powerfull looking" machine. Bigger batteries won't do it. Here comes computing for all. Let's see how it plays out. Things will change ... the future is not now. Just one step ...

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As I stated, I have eliminated mine to a mere ten items, but for the purpose of this Demo, here is my full Metro, on a complete and new installation

Let me ask, here, do you, users, really have a daily requirement for all of those apps which are put into the old legacy menu, and now Metro. Those who are heavily into graphic operations may need more than me, and there are other aspects of computer use with the same need. But I have eliminated mine to ten programs I use in my daily work.

Nice touch. Somewhere above I argued to put the Windows Runtime (Metro) apps in their own collection because of their difference (data-oriented) from the more functional desktop apps - when those Windows Runtime apps were really behaving as Windows Runtime apps ("pure Metro"). If not the Windows Runtime app would be like the desktop app and go into one of your special groups - like a Windows Runtime game titled "Trains" would go into Entertainment.

I think that one of the big misses - that Microsoft are too silent on how to layout the Start Screen to handle new and old. They have had people thinking about this and should present some reference layouts to help people off. Hopefully, when released it was all about how this would play out during test - and when released much more directions will come on this for IT Pros - i.e. certification and for consumers. Reference layouts. Microsoft could have done templates for the Start Screen that users could decided to subscribe to - i.e. with named groups and so on. Even with programmed logic to place i.e. the Word icon.

Initially my layout looked much like the "beginners demo" you did - quoted just above. Probably exactly how many will start out coming from the legacy Start menu. My Start Menu was more or less partitioned into the same categories - i.e. the classification of programs ... kind of tool etc.

The prerelease testing also helped me boil the number of pins down to the stuff I use in my daily work - so we kind of agree on that. But why is that so?

So my initial layout looked similar to your "demo" - but across time - a year - and as I started to perceive the Apps List as the Start Menu - I decided to pin onto the Start Screen as I would with the taskbar (i.e. rationalize - less space on the taskbar than in the Start Menu - the Start Screen has more space but it will grow beyond that overview if used as a new Start Menu). So with respect to organizing pins I began to perceive the Start Screen as a better taskbar. It led me to a visual group or collection of creative pins like Word, Photoshop, Visual Studio and so on - instead of for instance Office, Developer, Graphics and other tools. So only the shortcuts I use on a daily or weekly basis are pinned to the Start Screen. I.e. not Character Map or Publisher.

In my case I work with groups of pins named: Information, Data, Creative, System Management, Devices and then all the Media use stuff (video editing goes into creative rather than media). I would only have Visual Studio and may be 1 tool in a software development group - so it goes into creative. Same for Photoshop - the only graphics program I use on a daily or weekly basis. Same with Office - just Word, Excel. If I see completely to online mail - no Outlook - but anyway that goes to Information with Internet Explorer, Chrome and so on. When you get rid of the quantities of application shortcuts coming from the perception that the Start Screen is the Start Menu rather than the taskbar - and then begin treating the Start Screen as you would the taskbar (quick launch?) ... you discover that you can not have for instance a Graphics group for just 1 pin. Thus trying to find some new group names such as above i.e. Information, Data, Creative, System Management, Devices and then all the Media (Pictures, Videos) followed by a lesser qualitication towards the right i.e. Games and eventually unamed Groups - with incoming stuff towards the far right (i.e. put the AppStore icon there to keep those incoming tiles stick far right) . Anyway Microsoft could have done that - i.e. Start Screen templates.

For the last container bit - Media - it's like anything else or too much is just some media, webpage of whatever. Also many of those intial Windows Runtime apps available in the App Store right now. So I basically took whats in your Entertainment group of more general shortcuts and put in Media. Then after that just started "flowing" everything else media-like such games to the right and started not to name the groups or even do collections. So towards the right it just becomes more "unsorted". What comes in goes to the right anyway.

The rest of the programs - which are not pinned - like if only available in the legacy Start Menu ... those programs I can just start from the new Start Menu: Apps List. All though I like navigating folders - and was anoyed with the complex flat view at first as it grew - I have begun to just search the program. If I don't know what to look or search for - scrolling the flat complex view and finding is still faster than navigating a complex menu hierarchy without knowing what to search for - i.e. going into any folder worst case.

What confuses is the news media keep talking about the Start Screen as a replacement for the Start Menu - when they tell the Start Menu has been abandoned - while Microsoft keeps telling nobody used the Start Menu that much - they used the desktop. So now the new desktop Start Screen has taken over the "Start" word heading its title. Then comes the conceptual switch that Windows Runtime apps are basically not about desktop and documents.

So now we have a new default Screen - which is not a Desktop (i.e. so we can not launch documents directly - only if we pin them). May be the Start Screen should have had better support for that like the legacy desktop taskbar.

I hope Microsoft will provide more clarification for ways to go handling legacy and Windows Runtime apps in the new Start Screen. Especially for legacy desktop - since the Start Screen was build for Windows Runtime apps. It could have had better support for desktop apps - i.e. more of the legacy taskbars functionaly but then we go back to small the popping Windows different for the new Windows Runtime concept, right?

But great you wrote that article with that inspiring layout to help users layout their stuff - people will need that help as we go.

Edited by Computermensch Sunday, September 2, 2012 2:05 PM

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SQL 2012 FileTable Query Locking Issue

Let me start by saying that the SQL 2012 FileTable/FileStream was a great improvement for managing files within an application.

The only issue that I have come across is during the editing of a file that is be managed by the SQL FileTable feature. It appears that when a file has been opened for edit, all queries against that specific folder within the tree seem to lock / timeout during the time a file is being edited. I have narrowed it down to the query, because once the file that has been opened for edit is saved and closed, the query completes as expected.

I have reviewed table locking / row locking / read committed, etc... and have made some configuration changes, but they do not seem to help, so I am reaching out to see if this issue is common or I just have not found the correct configuration combination.

Background:

We are using Linq to Sql / SPROCs / Entity-Framework to populate a TreeView that was built from the new FileTable feature. When a node is selected in the TreeView, we display a list of files in that folder to allow a user to download or open for edit. Keep in mind that the query that populates the TreeView is the one that appears to hand when a file is opened for edit.

Anyone have any ideas?

Changed type RSigmond Thursday, August 2, 2012 6:54 PM Looking for feedback...

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Change the query to have a WHERE clause, possibly. Please submit the query used.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqldenengine/thread/3886e200-e54a-45e7-92be-d2205827dfde

http://www.infosysblogs.com/microsoft/2012/03/in_simple_words_unstructured_d.html

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2667/new-filetable-feature-in-sql-server-2012/

Edited by JoeC814 Sunday, September 2, 2012 2:31 PM

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FIM Password Reset on Windows 8

I haven't attempted this in my lab yet, but wondering if there is any documentation (beta or otherwise) on using FIM Password Reset with Windows 8 (RTM) ?

Thanks
john

John Wildes | Hitachi Data Systems | Director - Microsoft Technologies | Converged Platforms

Changed type johnwildes Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:14 PM

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works using sspr, rich client didn't install, for me at least.

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Ok thanks, any one have any info on the Rich Client version for Password Reset?

John Wildes | Hitachi Data Systems | Director - Microsoft Technologies | Converged Platforms

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it's being worked on

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More fun, but useless info...

Strange - I had a Win 7 box that had an in-place Win 8 upgrade with the FIM client 4.0.xxxx. I uninstalled it and installed 4.1.2273.0 client without issue, at least for the install portion. That being said, the "Forgot your password" link only appears for a "Other" or "Local" user account, not a domain account. You can enter a registered domain user in the "Other" and it will fail if you don't have something in the password field. Additionally, you have to enter the "DOMAIN\user name" in the password field to get to the reset screen, or you'll receive a "user not registered" message. But alas, even doing that, my process did get past the first gate (OTP email) then presented the first Q gate and failed on submit...

Terry

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issue related to interface?

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Future of Small Business Consulting

This might not be the best place to post this question, but how do you folks see the future of small business consulting? I have worked in IT since the late 90's in big corporation but frequently thought about going the self employed small business consulting route. It seems that the cloud and the general VMware direction things are heading make small business consulting on its way out..or significantly changed in the future. Thoughts?

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I think you're safe for a while.

In all the small businesses I deal with, not a single one is remotely interested in the cloud. We just don't have the internet bandwidth in the UK (especially outside cities) to utilise anything in the cloud. They're also not interested in virtualisation as they simply have no need for it.

That's why it's so frustrating that Microsoft has lost the plot and canned the SBS stream. All my clients are single-server, on-site setups (a couple have a second server for SQL), and all are utilising broadband connections between 2Mb and 8Mb. So VMWare and Cloud have no value to any of them.

My 2p....

Jim

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Some points in my perspective.

1. Continuous improvement and self learning is the only (in any business)way to survive . ( Financial aspects are out of scope here for discussion I won't discuss those).

2. We have all been through Internet bubble , online marketing , social networking and dozen of others , I have stopped counting. Do what you do best , keep an eye on market and decide , you will survive.

3. Best option, keep reading and learning. At the end of the day it's not the corporate who are going to decide what best for consumers but the feedback end users provide for the product. Hope for the best that others also have same opinion as you have otherwise get into same boat .

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In my opinion, these are exciting times for small business computing. New products like Windows Server 2012 Essentials, and Windows Server with 1+2 virtualization rights, are going to afford small businesses more deployment flexibility than ever before. Cloud is another thing - while many small businesses aren't interested, as Jim says, others are. Tablets, smart phones, remote access - new opportunities in client devices will be as disruptive (in a positive way) as those in Server. Those who can provide a tailored solution to each business's needs, rather than trying to wedge the same old solutions in everywhere, will succeed.

I also agree with everything Mohitkapoor said - keeping up with the current state of small business computing will differentiate you from someone who is still trying to do the same things he/she did in the past.

Dave Nickason - SBS MVP

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Interesting topic. I think the standard 1-2 server SBS setup for 25 employees or less will never go away. I know the push is to "cloud" everything, but I can see their motivation which is $$$$ To have a constant revenue stream that will NEVER go away is pretty inticing for a marketing guy. At around $15 per person a month to cloud exchange and office a firm of 25 employees is looking at a cost of $375 a month or $4500 a year. That's a lot more than what it would cost for purchase SBS 2011 software with 25 cals with office for a perioud of 5 years. Not to mention that same company would probably need to have sometype of server anyway for things like file sharing, and other various software they would need to run.

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I recently lifecycled a friends SBS 2003 and installed a new server SBS 2011 etc. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed having a hand in everything...which is not the norm in a corporate job. One group does the build, one group does the DC portion another does the email server etc. He looked into virtualizing everything, but cost and loss of control stopped him.

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I think the reality is that you can do well at the two ends of the market - very small or very large. Very large allows the application of scale but it is volume business. You need to keep growing. At the small end you need to specialize and do something better than everyone else. That typically mean 'business consulting' rather than 'break-fix'.

The losers, in my books, will be the businesses or 2 - 8 people who simply stay static and don't move with products and solutions clients want.

The good thing is that the choice is your but I see the middle ground as become as wasteland.

Thanks Robert Crane [MVP-Office365] www.ciaops.com

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DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) - BSOD - Multiple offending drivers

This DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) issue is unlike any I've read about after many hours of research. I'm using an HP8530W notebook with Windows 7 Professional-64 bit. Like most BSOD threads related to this error message, my machine randomly, but frequently, fails to complete the process of sleep/hybernate and generates a blue screen after 10 minutes. I identified the offending driver by analyzing the minidump file, and it related to the Intel WiFi card. I tried both updating and rolling back the drivers, which did not resolve the issue (although the offending driver switched to the newer/older driver for the card).

As a "last resort," I uninstalled the device in device manager, disabled the card in the BIOS and switched to a USB WiFi device to see if that would work, but BSODs continue. The new offending driver is the ethernet device. I found an updated version of that driver, and installed it. Now, the BSOD minidump points to the new USB WiFi device driver (for which there is no update). Seems that no matter what I do, one of the networking devices is going to trigger a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) error.

I've also read posts suggesting that DropBox can cause this problem, but I have followed correction recommendations on their forum and updated to their latest version. No luck... I am NOT running any Norton/Symantec products with the exception of Norton Ghost 15. The only antivirus program is Microsoft Security Essentials. I've disabled all power saving options in device properties and BIOS for WiFi devices. Nothing has worked.

All of this leads me to conclude that perhaps something has become corrupted in a Windows system file or in the registry, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know where to go or what to do to evaluate/fix those possibilities.

HP's solution is flush the hard drive, do a fresh install of Windows and call them if the problem persists. Unfortunately, it would take me several days to reload/update/configure my system from scratch, and with no guarantee that the problem would be fixed, that doesn't seem to be a viable option. I'd rather figure out where the problem is coming from.

One thought is to copy this entire installation to a .VHD file and run it as a virtual machine, which I'm thinking might buffer/separate the installation from the hardware.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. I'm at the end of my rope!

The following is a copy of the latest minidump file:

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Loading Dump File [C:\Windows\Minidump\082812-19125-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\users\jeffrey\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 7 Kernel Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (2 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 7601.17835.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`03859000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`03a9d670
Debug session time: Tue Aug 28 16:39:22.417 2012 (UTC - 5:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 3:12:04.181
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa8006354060, fffff80000b9c4d8, fffffa8004338010}

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for RTL8192cu.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for RTL8192cu.sys
Probably caused by : RTL8192cu.sys

Followup: MachineOwner
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0: kd> !analyze -v
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*                                                                             *
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DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f)
A driver is causing an inconsistent power state.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been blocking an Irp for too long a time
Arg2: fffffa8006354060, Physical Device Object of the stack
Arg3: fffff80000b9c4d8, Functional Device Object of the stack
Arg4: fffffa8004338010, The blocked IRP

Debugging Details:
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DRVPOWERSTATE_SUBCODE: 3

IRP_ADDRESS: fffffa8004338010

DEVICE_OBJECT: fffffa8006337050

DRIVER_OBJECT: fffffa8006070870

IMAGE_NAME: RTL8192cu.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4c614d72

MODULE_NAME: RTL8192cu

FAULTING_MODULE: fffff88006a82000 RTL8192cu

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x9F

PROCESS_NAME: System

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

STACK_TEXT:
fffff800`00b9c488 fffff800`039426c2 : 00000000`0000009f 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`06354060 fffff800`00b9c4d8 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff800`00b9c490 fffff800`038e2e3c : fffff800`00b9c5c0 fffff800`00b9c5c0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x34050
fffff800`00b9c530 fffff800`038e2cd6 : fffff800`03a7ff20 00000000`000b45a4 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiProcessTimerDpcTable+0x6c
fffff800`00b9c5a0 fffff800`038e2bbe : 0000001a`d4f27c89 fffff800`00b9cc18 00000000`000b45a4 fffff800`03a4e708 : nt!KiProcessExpiredTimerList+0xc6
fffff800`00b9cbf0 fffff800`038e29a7 : 00000008`040d71c1 00000008`000b45a4 00000008`040d7130 00000000`000000a4 : nt!KiTimerExpiration+0x1be
fffff800`00b9cc90 fffff800`038cfeca : fffff800`03a4ae80 fffff800`03a58cc0 00000000`00000000 fffff880`00000000 : nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x277
fffff800`00b9cd40 00000000`00000000 : fffff800`00b9d000 fffff800`00b97000 fffff800`00b9cd00 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiIdleLoop+0x5a

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_IMAGE_RTL8192cu.sys

BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_IMAGE_RTL8192cu.sys

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

Debugging Details:
------------------

DRVPOWERSTATE_SUBCODE: 3

IRP_ADDRESS: fffffa8004338010

DEVICE_OBJECT: fffffa8006337050

DRIVER_OBJECT: fffffa8006070870

IMAGE_NAME: RTL8192cu.sys

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4c614d72

MODULE_NAME: RTL8192cu

FAULTING_MODULE: fffff88006a82000 RTL8192cu

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR: 0x9F

PROCESS_NAME: System

CURRENT_IRQL: 2

STACK_COMMAND: kb

FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_IMAGE_RTL8192cu.sys

BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_IMAGE_RTL8192cu.sys

Followup: MachineOwner
---------

0: kd> lmvm RTL8192cu
start             end                 module name
fffff880`06a82000 fffff880`06b94000   RTL8192cu T (no symbols)
    Loaded symbol image file: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image path: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image name: RTL8192cu.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Aug 10 08:00:34 2010 (4C614D72)
    CheckSum:         000B7B38
    ImageSize:        00112000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
0: kd> lmvm RTL8192cu
start             end                 module name
fffff880`06a82000 fffff880`06b94000   RTL8192cu T (no symbols)
    Loaded symbol image file: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image path: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image name: RTL8192cu.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Aug 10 08:00:34 2010 (4C614D72)
    CheckSum:         000B7B38
    ImageSize:        00112000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
0: kd> lmvm RTL8192cu
start             end                 module name
fffff880`06a82000 fffff880`06b94000   RTL8192cu T (no symbols)
    Loaded symbol image file: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image path: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image name: RTL8192cu.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Aug 10 08:00:34 2010 (4C614D72)
    CheckSum:         000B7B38
    ImageSize:        00112000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
0: kd> lmvm RTL8192cu
start             end                 module name
fffff880`06a82000 fffff880`06b94000   RTL8192cu T (no symbols)
    Loaded symbol image file: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image path: RTL8192cu.sys
    Image name: RTL8192cu.sys
    Timestamp:        Tue Aug 10 08:00:34 2010 (4C614D72)
    CheckSum:         000B7B38
    ImageSize:        00112000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

************************************************************************

Please don't reply to suggest that I update the RTL8192cu driver! As I said, this is only one of several drivers that have caused the issue. They're all reinstalled and up to date.

Reply:

Hi,

In order to narrow down the issue, please unplug all unnecessary hardware, and logon with Safe Mode or Clean Boot for test.

According to the dump file, about bugcheck 0x9f, you can refer this article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff559329(v=vs.85)

And the issue should be related with rtl8192cu.sys, I notice you have update the wireless driver but issue persists, so you can also try to update BIOS and Chipset to the latest version.

Furthermore, try to disable all network (both wireless and Ethernet) for test.

Regards,

Leo Huang

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Reply:

Thank you for replying. I will look at the linked article. The BIOS and chipset drivers are already latest versions. Disabling all wireless/ethernet to test isn't beneficial because I know that more than one of these will cause the BSODs (fixing one would just leave another to cause the failure) and I can't live entirely without networking on this computer.

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Reply:

Furthermore, you can go to computer management\device manger, select Network adapters and press view\show hidden devices, remove all unnecessary network drivers.

Regards,

Leo Huang

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Reply:

I tried the suggestion of disabling all visible networking devices before sleeping and enabling them after waking up, and the computer went two days without a BSOD. I had BSOD's at least once per day before that, so it appears that the problem is with networking devices. Disabling/enabling before/after sleep may be a satisfactory work around since it doesn't take a lot of time if that continues to work.

For those who read this post in the future, there are two other things I found. Leo's suggestion to view hidden network devices in device manager revealed many devices installed by Applian Capture Suite, which I occasionally use for video/audio capture. I found information via Google that these may cause BSOD sleep issues, particularly with Skype (although that conflict isn't my problem since Skype has never been booted when my machine crashed). Also, for those who, like me, are not skilled in using the various commands in Windows Debugger (I've only been learning that program to troubleshoot this issue on my machine), I found this string http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1859765 when searching how to use the "dt nt!TRIAGE_9F_POWER" command in Windows Debugger, and it had some good info on some of the debugger command line options that are useful in tracking down more info from the minidump file.

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Reply:

It appears that Applian Media Catcher is the culprit. This program installs a hidden network device for each legitimate hardware network device on the system. There is some history of Applian Media Catcher causing this type of issue when Oracle Virtual Box is installed (http://forum.applian.com/showthread.php?7328-Blue-Screen-of-Death-after-installing-Replay-Media-Catcher-4.3.0&highlight=bsod), but I have never had that program.

I uninstalled Applian Media Catcher, but the hidden network devices remained. These could not be uninstalled by device manager, even as an administrator, but I found a procedure for editing the registry to remove the devices at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1041235229 . This string recommended editing the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" by deleting the devices in the registry key, in my case, all of the Applian devices, then I was able to uninstall them from windows device manager.

Since uninstalling all of these devices, my system has gone through numerous sleep/wake cycles without any further BSODs over the past day. Unless I post another message here, that was the problem and the resolution that worked for me. Thanks to Leo Huang for sending me in a direction that finally got this fixed after almost 2 years of misery and worthless tech support at HP who had no clue how to troubleshoot an issue like this.

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How to print unicode by CrystalReport?

Hi,

I am using Crystal Report 2010 and want to print some text which may contains some unicode. But it is unable to do this. Its printing some square boxes for unicodes. What is the solution for this problem?

Changed type Moloy Adhikary Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:34 PM Its helps

Reply:

Is this question related to SharePoint? If not, you've got the wrong forum.

- cawood

blog | twitter

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FIM: TROUBLESHOOTING: FIM Services do not start during upgrade and/or new installation:

FIM: TROUBLESHOOTING: FIM Services do not start during upgrade and/or new installation: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13359.fim-troubleshooting-fim-services-do-not-start-during-upgrade-andor-new-installation.aspx

Tim Macaulay Security Identity Support Team Support Escalation Engineer

SecurityToken issues in my SharePoint

I've done some research on this and tried different settings to fix the issue, so currently I am quite frustrated:

I am running Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 Sp1

I am running SharePoint Server 2010 standard with the latest service pack - I installed it as a standalone, but since that did not fix my problems (see below), I decided my next step is to install SQL Server and run the SharePoint configuration wizard after

I am running SQL Server 2008 with the latest service pack

DNS settings not configured since this is test only

----------------------------

The problem I am having is with the SP-Security Token - in the health analyzer. I figured since the Security Token is not available, this is the reason why I cannot create site collections or view certain links in Central Administration (I get an "unexpected error has occurred") and perhaps also the reason why I cannot open URLs in SharePoint Designer 2010 (I verified the server farm settings for Designer and they seemed OK)

I also enabled the web publishing features in SharePoint and gave the farm admin and regular admin the permissions to publish (this is only a TEST environment to learn SharePoint)

I checked to make sure the Web Services website in IIS is working, and that had a question mark so I removed the multiple bindings (tcp and pipe) and just left the http and https bindings then recycled the app pool but that didn't fix my issue

At this point I installed SQL Server 2008 - the SharePoint features were ignored by the installation as "not applicable", and then I did the Windows Update to verify anything new

I tried adding the Powershell commands to fix my problem, but I was given the error that the Add-SPShellAdmin cmdlet isn't recognized (!) - being a newbie to Powershell, this was disappointing :(

I tried the WCF hotfix, but got the error that the following hotfix is not for my OS (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976462)....

I don't know what else I could try, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Reply:

Hi!

You need to start Powershell in "SharePoint Mode" from the Start Menu => Microsoft SharePoint ... => SharePoint Management Console

Than "Add-SPShellAdmin" should work.

From a "normal" PowerShell run

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

This loads the SharePoint extensions to the PowerShell session.

Then try:

Get-SPSecurityTokenServiceConfig

Post the results of the command.

Regards
Ingo

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Reply:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-SPSecurityTokenServiceConfig

SecurityTokenServicePublicUrlSuffix         : /_vti_bin/spsecuritytokenserviceactive.svc
SecurityTokenServiceMetadataPublicUrlSuffix : /_vti_bin/spsecuritytokenserviceactive.svc/mex
LocalLoginProvider                          : Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPLocalLoginProvider
TrustedLoginProviderNames                   : {}
TrustedLoginProviders                       : {}
TrustedAccessProviders                      : {}
UseSessionCookies                           : False
WindowsTokenLifetime                        : 10:00:00
FormsTokenLifetime                          : 10:00:00
ServiceTokenLifetime                        : 10:00:00
MaxLogonTokenCacheItems                     : 250
MaxLogonTokenOptimisticCacheItems           : 100000
LogonTokenCacheExpirationWindow             : 00:10:00
MaxServiceTokenCacheItems                   : 250
MaxServiceTokenOptimisticCacheItems         : 100000
ServiceTokenCacheExpirationWindow           : 00:10:00
Name                                        : SecurityTokenServiceManager
TypeName                                    : Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Claims.SPSecurityTokenServiceManager
DisplayName                                 : SecurityTokenServiceManager
Id                                          : 5994d9b1-4c49-4fb8-baa7-4eb14d67f293
Status                                      : Online
Parent                                      : SPSecurityTokenService Name=SecurityTokenService
Version                                     : 2496
Properties                                  : {}
Farm                                        : SPFarm Name=SharePoint_Config_db4b4e41-e348-40f9-bf39-2579703e0416
UpgradedPersistedProperties                 : {}

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Reply:

I checked to make sure the Web Services website in IIS is working, and that had a question mark so I removed the multiple bindings (tcp and pipe) and just left the http and https bindings then recycled the app pool but that didn't fix my issue

This action is definetly a problem! - You should not modify the Security Token Service IIS app!!! You need to restore this first before further troubleshooting.

Ingo

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Reply:

Ok thanks. How do I restore it?

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Reply:

hi!

I cannot try out this at the moment. Please try this:

1. get the ID of the Secure Token Service App

get-spserviceapplication

2. execute

$sts = get-spserviceapplication -identity <id>
$sts.status
$sts.unprovision()

3. execute

$sts = get-spserviceapplication -identity <id>
$sts.status
$sts.provision()

4. Check IIS

5. Open the Health Analyzer Rule and then click "Run Now" in the Ribbon.

Please report your results here.

Ingo

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Reply:

Step 2 Results:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $sts = get-spserviceapplication -identity 03408ffb-0c82-4678-b9be-b69c1b22a839
PS C:\Users\Administrator> $sts.status
Online
PS C:\Users\Administrator> $sts.unprovision()
Exception calling "Unprovision" with "0" argument(s): "This service application is required for the farm to function co
rrectly and cannot be deleted."
At line:1 char:17
+ $sts.unprovision <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

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Also is there a way to send the results of commands to a text file (like in DOS commands) - I'm having a bit of trouble copying and pasting results

Edited by ianna09 Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:46 PM

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Reply:

:-( - You may need to resetup the farm. You modified the SharePoint Web Services sub system. Thats a major issue...

On a test system...

Check IIS

The bindings should be:

protocol: HTTP port: 32843 IP:*

protocol: HTTPS port:32844 IP:*

type: net.tcp binding: 32845:*

type: net.pipe binding: *

Don't spend to much time with that. - Think about re-setup. - It's possible that you cannot fix this!

Sorry.

Ingo

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Reply:

Ok thanks, I will give that a try. I'll uninstall SP and get back to you :)

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Reply:

:-( - You may need to resetup the farm. You modified the SharePoint Web Services sub system. Thats a major issue...

On a test system...

Check IIS

The bindings should be:

protocol: HTTP port: 32843 IP:*

protocol: HTTPS port:32844 IP:*

type: net.tcp binding: 32845:*

type: net.pipe binding: *

Don't spend to much time with that. - Think about re-setup. - It's possible that you cannot fix this!

Sorry.

Ingo

I was wondering what the net.tcp and net.pipe bindings mean to SharePoint?

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Reply:

It's used for WCF...

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Reply:

Ok so I uninstalled and re-installed SharePoint and went through the configuration but still have some of the same problems.

I added the commands from step 2 and got the error that Unprovision requires an argument. What should I put in there?

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $sts.unprovision()
Exception calling "Unprovision" with "0" argument(s): "This service application is required for the farm to function correctly and cannot be deleted."
At line:1 char:18
+ $sts.unprovision <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

Thanks

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Reply:

Hi!

Seems that you cannot remove STS. The command is right, but cannot do what you expect to do ("This service application is required for the farm to function correctly and cannot be deleted."). No arguments are required.

Please use ULS Log to monitor whats going on in the farm while trying to hit the Central Admin pages.

Post your results here.

STS should work OOB after install. I have never had problems with that after setup.

Regards
Ingo

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Reply:

I've been going through some of the logs in Windows Event Viewer and one of the most common error in the ULS is:

An exception occurred when trying to issue security token: The requested service, 'http://localhost:32843/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc/actas' could not be activated. See the server's diagnostic trace logs for more information..

After clicking on the URL, I got the following error:

WebHost failed to process a request.

Sender Information: System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment+HostingManager/17653682

Exception: System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The service '/SecurityTokenServiceApplication/securitytoken.svc' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation. The exception message is: The extended protection settings configured on IIS do not match the settings configured on the transport. The ExtendedProtectionPolicy.PolicyEnforcement values do not match. IIS has a value of WhenSupported while the WCF Transport has a value of Never.. ---> System.NotSupportedException: The extended protection settings configured on IIS do not match the settings configured on the transport. The ExtendedProtectionPolicy.PolicyEnforcement values do not match. IIS has a value of WhenSupported while the WCF Transport has a value of Never.

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ChannelBindingUtility.ValidatePolicies(ExtendedProtectionPolicy policy1, ExtendedProtectionPolicy policy2, Boolean throwOnMismatch)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelListener.ApplyHostedContext(VirtualPathExtension virtualPathExtension, Boolean isMetadataListener)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpTransportBindingElement.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext.BuildInnerChannelListener[TChannel]()

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.MessageEncodingBindingElement.InternalBuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BinaryMessageEncodingBindingElement.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](BindingContext context)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingContext.BuildInnerChannelListener[TChannel]()

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.Binding.BuildChannelListener[TChannel](Uri listenUriBaseAddress, String listenUriRelativeAddress, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, BindingParameterCollection parameters)

at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.MaybeCreateListener(Boolean actuallyCreate, Type[] supportedChannels, Binding binding, BindingParameterCollection parameters, Uri listenUriBaseAddress, String listenUriRelativeAddress, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, ServiceThrottle throttle, IChannelListener& result, Boolean supportContextSession)

at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.BuildChannelListener(StuffPerListenUriInfo stuff, ServiceHostBase serviceHost, Uri listenUri, ListenUriMode listenUriMode, Boolean supportContextSession, IChannelListener& result)

at System.ServiceModel.Description.DispatcherBuilder.InitializeServiceHost(ServiceDescription description, ServiceHostBase serviceHost)

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.InitializeRuntime()

at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WSTrust.WSTrustServiceHost.InitializeRuntime()

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostBase.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)

at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.ActivateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath)

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath)

at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.EnsureServiceAvailableFast(String relativeVirtualPath)

Process Name: w3wp

Process ID: 4320

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Reply:

I am doing a little bit of research about how the server should be configured and it seems I need to enable the AD FS server role in order to allow sessions to be stored.

I went in to add it, and it turns out that the server has to be part of a domain...

How the heck are you supposed to test out SharePoint's capabilities in a stand-alone if practically every link you click on [in your web application and in Central Administration] will cause the "An unknown exception has occurred" - the reason of which could be because you don't have AD FS enabled and are not part of a domain.

Am I missing something here or did Microsoft completely mess that one up? :-\

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Which version is better, windows 7 or 8?

For the sake of this question the main use of the operation system will be for my family which range from 2 to 30+ years old. I am worried about suggesting them getting windows 8 because I heard it is hard to use(no start button) and they used windows xp with no problems except for the mom that already has problem with computers. Should she get windows 7 to understand the os more easily or windows 8 is not as bad as people say it is?

Changed type Nicholas Li Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:10 AM

Reply:

On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 10:58:46 +0000, Shippou5 wrote:

>For the sake of this question the main use of the operation system will be for my family which range from 2 to 30+ years old. I am worried about suggesting them getting windows 8 because I heard it is hard to use(no start button) and they used windows xp with no problems except for the mom that already has problem with computers. Should she get windows 7 to understand the os more easily or windows 8 is not as bad as people say it is?

Horses for courses.

If your current machine has a touch-screen, you may find that Windows

8 is better for you.

If your current machine is a traditional desktop or laptop, then stick

with Win7

Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

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Reply:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of windows 8 in comparison to 7? I have a traditional desktop with no touch screen

Thanks

Edited by Shippou5 Saturday, September 1, 2012 7:11 PM

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Reply:

Consider win 8, win 7 sp-2 with mobile device support.

For the average user (IMHO) win 7 is a smaller jump from a previous OS. If you have or will shortly get a mobile device (smart phone, tablet, etc) Win 8.

I was an ardent win 7 supporter till Win 8 came out and have been using it as my sole OS since.

MS-MVP 2010, 2011, 2012 Sysnative.com Team ZigZag

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Unable to uninstall Windows Intune Monitoring Agent - "The Specified Path 'Health Service State\Connector Configuration Cache\WIntuneMonitor' is unavailable"

Hello all

I am trying to remove all Intune-components from a Windows 7 SP1 x64 computer since the Intune-account is not active anymore (deleted and unprovisioned at Microsoft). The client had the October 2011 release installed. I the uninstaller script did not seem to do a good job, so I decided to remove all components individually as specified on the Remove the Client Software page. I can successfully remove all components BUT the Windows Intune Monitoring Agent - here, MSI just spits out

"The Specified Path 'Health Service State\Connector Configuration Cache\WIntuneMonitor' is unavailable" (Eventlog shows error 1314)

I turned on move verbose logging for MSI but I cannot see any more useful information. The log is here.

It looks like I definitively need to remove the Monitoring Agent in able to install a different anti-virus product. Microsoft Security Essentials won't install as long as the Monitoring Agent is present.

Any hints on this?

Thanks for reading, and have a good day
/Maurice

Reply:

Hi Maurice,

Can you open a support case? We need to gather some further logs to start troubleshooting the issue.

https://support.microsoftonline.com/default.aspx?productkey=intunesupp&wa=wsignin1.0

Thanks,

Jon L - MSFT

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Reply:

Hi Jon

Intune support was finally able to solv it by pointing me to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651. This Fix It should be first stop for all (un)installation issues!

Thanks everyone involved!

/Maurice

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MDS Import Staging Batches size limitation?

Hi,

I have run into a problem which looks like a size limit on what can be imported into MDS.

When I run the query below with "top 110" (and then the import batch in MDS) the attribute "location" is updated to "test2". When I run it with "top 300" (and then process it in MDS) the process runs, there are no errors, but the attribute is not updated.

Is there indeed a size limit on the import process?

Many Thanks,

Ludi

INSERT

INTO [MDS].[mdm].[tblStgMemberAttribute]

([ModelName],[EntityName],[MemberType_ID],[MemberCode],[Status_ID],[AttributeName],[AttributeValue])

SELECT

top 110 'DataMart' , 'Property Mapping',1,[Property],0,'Location', 'test2'

FROM [Data_Mart].[dbo].[Mapping$]

Changed type Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Monday, January 19, 2015 7:45 AM

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