FYI Rebuilt

Not mentioning for any particular reason...

Just completely & totally rebuilt my 8.1 this afternoon. The front yard, the back yard, the garage, the whole house all back to the status quo

All systems, now, 'good-to-go', again. Yea! Had to do 8.0 first & then 8.1 to finish the install.

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

Build 10130 is released.

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/05/29/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10130-for-pcs/

Deduplication file cloning

Take a golden generalized VHDX, with the intention of creating a few billion copies of it. Can this be done in a few milliseconds with deduplication, using no additional space until the VM's are launched? I was googling for this feature and it is described as a btrfs feature in an Arstechnica article, and this is the command in btrfs:

me@server:~$ cp --reflink=always 200GB_virtual_machine_drive.qcow2 clone_of_200GB_virtual_machine_drive.qcow2

Changed type MedicalSMicrosoft contingent staff Monday, June 1, 2015 8:59 AM

Please help! Godaddy Domain Provider Information/Access Credentials Cannot Be Verified

For the past week, I have been having a problem with SBS 2011. My Godaddy account cannot be verified under Internet domain name properties. This has ceased me from setting up my internet address and website/sbs 2011 sharepoint servers and email.

The Domain Name Properties Page (Click Network, Connectivitiy, My domain "remote.xxxx.com", View Internet Domain Name Properties [right hand column under "Tasks/Domain Name Tasks"]

Batch Script open IE with last browsing session.

Hello,

I have created a simple script to close IE, run ipconfig, release flushdns, renew, the open IE again.

This works fine. IE normally prompts the user to restore browsing session.

Is there a way to open the last session without prompt from IE? Automatically in the batch?

Anyone have anything else useful to add?

Many thanks

andy

Andy Walker

Changed type Bill_Stewart Thursday, July 9, 2015 4:52 PM
Moved by Bill_Stewart Thursday, July 9, 2015 4:52 PM User should not be doing this

Reply:

Post in IE developer forum for info.

On the IE options start page tab select the button "Start with tabs from the last session". This will cause IE too open with previous tabs.

\_(ツ)_/

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Reply:

You can also set this value:

(get-itemproperty HKCU:\'Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer'\ContinuousBrowsing).Enabled

\_(ツ)_/

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Reply:

aye aye but can I script it?

id "rather" ie opens with home tabs in normal operation,

If the user has to run this script to give ie a kick in the face due to a hang then id rather it reopened with the tabs it closed with.

thanks for your help

Andy Walker

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Reply:

@ECHO OFF
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 1: Closing Internet Explorer . . .
echo.
echo.
TASKKILL /F /IM iexplore.exe
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 2: Flushing the DNS . . .
echo.
echo.
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 3: Starting Explorer . . .
echo.
echo.
start iexplore.exe
echo.
echo.
echo Completed: Internet Explorer cleaned and running.
echo.
echo.
PAUSE

Andy Walker

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What is the purpose of doing this?

-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]

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Driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal FIX

If your machine suddenly wants to restart due to "having a problem" and w/ Drive_IRQL_not_less_or_equal on a light blue screen, here is the FIX:

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

Reply:

Obviously copied from another source. When doing this its good form to credit the original author.

Jerry

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Reply:

The same instructions can be found from several sources. In this case happened to be from Tom's Hardware.

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

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HOWTO: Getting 5K quality from 5K iMac to Windows 8 via RDP

This is for those of you with a 5K iMac trying to connect to a remote Windows 8 box at near 5K resolution. If anyone has any improvements to this process (ahem, Microsoft), please share.

Caveats:

The cursors will be absurdly large. I haven't figured out a way to fix this.
It's a pain in the ass procedure, so hopefully you're staying connected most of the time.
This will probably be too annoying to deal with if you're regularly connected to Windows machine in person, since you'll have to keep changing the scaling modes around and signing in/out.
MICROSOFT: Please make the RDP app work better when connecting from a 5K iMac!

One time setup:

Install Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac on a 5K iMac.
Setup your connection to your Windows 8 box, choosing "Native" resolution and "Full screen mode" of "OS X Native." Check all 3 buttons at the bottom: Start session in full screen, Scale content, and Use all monitors.
Install Display Menu (free app in the Mac App Store), and consider upgrading with in-app purchase as it'll save you time when switching resolutions back to Retina later.
On the Windows 8 computer, right-click on the desktop, choose Screen Resolution, click on "Display" in the top navigation bar to jump up one level, and change the scaling to 200%. If you don't see that option, check the box for "Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays." Let it sign out and back in. (NOTE: Obviously if you're not near the computer you'll need to do this step via RDP, but it's still just a one-time thing, assuming you're not regularly connecting to your PC in person.)

When you want to connect to Windows at 5K quality:

Using Display Menu, set your resolution to 5120x2880.
Connect to the Windows 8 computer via RDP.
Once connected to Windows, you can return the Mac to normal retina resolution: If you've upgraded Display Menu to the Pro version, choose the "2560x1440" option from Display Menu to return your iMac to normal retina mode. If you didn't upgrade, you can accomplish the same thing by opening System Preferences, then Displays, then choose "Default for display" instead of Scaled.
OPTIONAL: If everything looks great on your Windows connection, you're done. If everything looks giant, you may need to select "Scaled" from the RDP menu to get it to scale correctly.

When you're done with these steps, you should be looking at 5K quality on your remote windows desktop, albeit with absurdly large pointers/cursors.

Edited by TomTomTomTomTom55 Friday, May 29, 2015 6:09 PM

Windows 7 Backup and Restore won't display

I don't know how else to describe this but with a picture. When I open Backup and Restore on my windows 7 pro computer it shows the image below. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Reply:

Have a look : http://www.sevenforums.com/backup-restore/114415-windows-7-backup-restore-blank-screen.html

Arnav Sharma | http://arnavsharma.net/ Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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I had the Windows Backup service turned off for some weird reason. I enabled it and it looks to be working. Thanks for the help.

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Surface 3 Power issues

My surface 3(build 10041) seems to be having quite a bit of power issues like:

Not shutting down when I tell it to shut down then draining the battery to 0%
Terrible battery life. Fans always running, some kind of process is just eating up the cpu usage. with no applications running.
Can't wake up from sleep: Using the lock(power on the top) button won't allow it to wake up after awhile. I have to pretty power button plus volume several times.
After shutting off the display with the lock button, the screen turns back on after a second.

Anyone else experiencing these issues?

Edited by slycoder127 Thursday, March 26, 2015 7:52 PM

Reply:

I am having the exact same issues, will keep an eye on this thread.

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well at least I know I'm not alone. Hoping for a response from devs :)

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Reply:

The SP3 should have some power config reports you can pull using the command line or powershell

try something like this with admin privileges:

powercfg /batteryreport /output %tmp%\battery-report.html

the reports you generate should give you a good idea of what's using the most amount of power etc.

Also, the SP3 is setup to be in a standby connected state for 4 hours after you close the keypad or shut it off as you can click the end of your pen's button to wake the device, after the 4 hours of standby connected state it should shut down if you haven't told it otherwise, if anything is in between the the touch screen and the keyboard it may prevent it from shutting down as well.

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I'm using hyper v also so I think that messes with connected standby

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I too having this problem so I did as you suggest here, I looked into the battery report and it said lockapphost had used 50% of the battery over night.

It seems to me that windows 10 will not let the surface go into full sleep at any point.

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Incorrect SQL 2014 SP1 version at the Eval Center

Just wanted to let you guys know that even when selecting the x64 download of SQL 2014 SP1 version at the Eval Center, you still get the x86 version (SQLServer2014SP1-FullSlipstream-x86-ENU.iso).

The quick workaround is of course just to change the URL to ...SQLServer2014SP1-FullSlipstream-x64-ENU.iso but it would nice if the issue could be corrected.

/ Johan

Regards / Johan Arwidmark Twitter: @jarwidmark Blog: http://www.deploymentresearch.com FB: www.facebook.com/deploymentresearch

Changed type Shanky_621MVP Friday, May 29, 2015 10:33 AM not a question

Reply:

Thanks Johan but I guess it would be correct to create connect item for the same. MS employees dont visit this forum too oftem.

Anyways there was problem with SP1 for 2014 I guess its still not fixed

Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it

My Technet Wiki Article
MVP

Edited by Shanky_621MVP Friday, May 29, 2015 10:32 AM

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Anyways there was problem with SP1 for 2014 I guess its still not fixed

No, it is fixed and re-released on May 14th
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2958069
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46694

Olaf Helper

[ Blog] [ Xing] [ MVP]

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Applying Filters on DNS Queries using Windows DNS Server Policies

http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2015/05/18/applying-filters-on-dns-queries-using-windows-dns-server-policies.aspx

DNS policies can be used to create query filters based on certain criteria. One of the example of such filters are DNS black holes for known malicious domains. Another example is to create a whitelist to allow only a specific set of clients to resolve certain names. The filters can be created with any logical combination (AND/OR/NOT) of the following criteria.

Name	Description
Client Subnet	Name of a predefined client subnet. Used to verify the subnet from which the query was sent.
Transport Protocol	Transport protocol used in the query. Possible entries are UDP and TCP.
Internet Protocol	Network protocol used in the query. Possible entries are IPv4 and IPv6.
Server Interface IP address	IP address of the network interface of the DNS server which received the DNS request
FQDN	FQDN of record in the query, with the possibility of using a wild card.
Query Type	Type of record being queried (A, SRV, TXT etc.)
Time of Day	Time of day the query is received.

Changed type Kumar Ashutosh ShrivastavaMicrosoft employee Friday, May 29, 2015 10:01 AM

How to build a Pivot Table with 3 Row Totals

The Table is Below:

Country	Project Num	Developer	Dc13	Ja14	Fb14	Mr14
India	IND 10	John Doe	240	240	240	240
India	IND 1	John Doe	120	120	120	120
India	IND 11	John Doe	1200	1200	1200	1200
India	IND 30	John Doe
India	IND 29	John Doe
Tanzania	TAN 1	John Doe				240

Desired Result:

Totals	Jan-14	Feb-14	Mar-14
Unique Countries	1	1	2
Total Projects	4	4	4
Total	1560	1560	1800

install and setup FTP in Windows 7 from command line

I want to do the following things from command line in Windows 7.

1. Enable IIS and FTP. The command in the following link installs only the IIS: http://www.iis.net/learn/install/installing-iis-7/installing-iis-from-the-command-line

2. Create ftp site and edit bindings as well

Thanks,

Lina :)

Moved by Paul E Long Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:14 PM
Changed type Vivian_Wang Friday, May 29, 2015 9:02 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Thanks for your post.

It seems like the issue is more related to IIS. I suggest you could ask in IIS forums:

https://forums.iis.net/

Regards.

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Converting Word to PDF

I don't really have a question. I just wanted to take the time to acknowledge whoever designed the system that lets us use the "Save and Send" option to turn the word document into a PDF. The code is so efficient that when we click "Send File as PDF" it automatically opens a new email in outlook with the word document converted into PDF as an attachment. The funny thing is that this transformation is actually quicker than the one available in the Print to PDF option in the print section. Cudos to whoever deserves the credit.

Changed type William Zhou CHN Monday, April 2, 2012 7:07 AM Gerneral Discussion

Send-MailMessage : Unable to connect to remote server Line 1 character 17 error in PowerShell 2.0

After running below code

Send-MailMessage -to "c-druparel@pa.gov" -from "c-druparel@pa.gov" -Subject " Test message" -Body " Test message" -SmtpServer " 172.18.183.66"

If you run into error given below

Send-MailMessage : Unable to connect to the remote server
At line:1 char:17
+ Send-MailMessage <<<< -to someone@somedomain.com -from "DhimantR@someDomain.com" -subject " Troubleshooting" -Body "Some Text or file attachement" -sntpserver "smtpserver"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient:SmtpClient) [Send-MailMessage], SmtpException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SmtpException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Send MailMessage

Try this solution

Solution: one of the possible problem is your anti-virus software blocking to connect SMTP server using PowerShell

In my case it is McAfee

Steps:

Right click on McAfee icon
Click on Virus Scan Console
Double click on Access Protection on VirusScan Console
On Access Protection tab
Go to Anti-Virus Standard Protection
On right hand side, double click on Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail
On process to exclude tab, add PowerShell.exe at the end
Click ok
Click apply on Access Protection
Click ok

That's it and try again to send mail using Send-MailMessage

Dhimant

Moved by Script Explorer Administration Friday, June 14, 2013 4:25 PM

Reply:

one of the possible problem is your anti-virus software blocking to connect SMTP server using PowerShell

Steps:

Right click on McAfee icon
Click on Virus Scan Console
Double click on Access Protection on VirusScan Console
On Access Protection tab
Go to Anti-Virus Standard Protection
On right hand side, double click on Prevent mass mailing worms from sending mail
On process to exclude tab, add PowerShell.exe at the end
Click ok
Click apply on Access Protection
Click ok

That's it and try again to send mail using Send-MailMessage

Dinesh S.

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Fixed my issue.

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thank's ,solved for me.

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Reply:

This was perfect. Fixed my issue. Because I was using the ISE, I also had to add PowerShell_ISE.exe to the exclusion list.

Thanks a million!

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Thanks It worked for me

ManojK

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Windows Classic Theme Elminated along with Windows XP and Windows 7 Themes?

I know Microsoft has been focusing more and more with it's 3D and Touch Screen Functions and Windows Metro which seems to be a HUGE Focus in Windows 10, and I know Word Microsoft is not revealing why the Themes of "Windows Classic" "XP" and "Windows 7" was eliminated except some at TechNet reported Crashes that used those themes, and old bug that remained from Windows 7 that kept Crashing the Desktop Windows Manager, as a result those themes are Eliminated and the Service can not be disabled, Is there Ever likely a Chance the Management at Microsoft will restore the Themes of Windows Classic" "XP" and "Windows 7" to be restored in the Future when more Bug and Security Corrections are made to those 3 themes?

Changed type Michael_LSModerator Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:21 AM feedback

Reply:

We can dream.

Microsoft seems to be turning Windows into something that resembles Office 2013, without options.

I don't know - nor can I imagine - what advantage it is to them not to provide user-selectable themes. Maybe it just makes the Metro/Modern subsystem look less poorly integrated, I don't know. But what they're doing is on purpose, and it DOES reduce usability.

Does anyone - could anyone- really think having flat-colored, square-cornered buttons and controls somehow makes them easier to use?

Microsoft doesn't realize how much people care about how their desktops look and feel, and if their goal is to win the hearts and minds of Win 7 "holdouts", the way to do it is not to propose "you can have any color you like as long as it's white".

-Noel

Detailed how-to in my eBooks:

Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options

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Reply:

Well, that is hard to say.

But we could submit our suggestions using the Windows Feedback Tool.

Updates and feedback

Regards

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Reply:

Excellent advice, Michael, and rest assured already done by me (as well as logging "Me Too" on appropriate suggestions).

I have just recently heard some good things from those running leaked builds. I don't partake, but I do hope that Microsoft listened when many thousands of insiders pining via the Feedback App for the return of a nice Aero Glass theme choice.

-Noel

Detailed how-to in my eBooks:

Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
Configure The Windows 8 "To Work" Options

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Recommendation for archiving projects / 5000 limit

Considering the use of Project Online only (not project server 2013), how would you recommend getting around the 5,000 project count limit ? I need to make sure my organization can have a record of projects that completed, and some information about them like the name, major dates, and other high level information like planned start/planned finish, actual start/actual finish, planned hours, actual hours, etc... along with timesheet data about who tracked how much time to what tasks when.... all that should hopefully be maintained. Is that a possible scenario today? Or do we just hope that by the time we hit 5000 projects that Microsoft has raised, or removed that limit... or introduced archiving? I suppose an alternate solution is to export all the information we'd like to report on to another reporting service, but that kind of defeats the purpose to having one tool / one pane of glass for the solution, no?

Ian

Changed type Ian Bruckner Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:04 PM

Reply:

Hi Ian,

I would suggest to write down a procedure for archiving projects. It could be for example as following:

in a first step, you flag the completed projects as "completed' through a project custom field, you lock and unpublish all tasks, you add the project into an "archived" security category.
in a second step, you could delete year-1 "archived" projects from the draft/publish DB and only keep them in the archived DB.
in a third step, you could totally delete year-2 projects from the archived DB and keep a local copy on a shared repository.

Keeping a report is another solution.

Hope this helps,

Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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Reply:

Thank you for the reply, Guillaume. Unfortunately it is my understanding that no such ability exists in Project Online. Unless I am mistaken, the strategy you describe requires Project Server.

Regarding keeping a report... my intent is not to just export a static report about a project that can be viewed later. Instead, I would like the ability to pull reports across projects and across my organization... Things like, "where did all the time go in FY 2015" (by project, resource type, individual, etc), "What projects had actual hours that were close to their estimated hours, or the other way around", "What projects did we do for Department XYZ in years 2015, 2016, 2017", "How many projects did each person work on during a timeframe", or any number of other things executives would want to know, or that the PMO would like to know so that we can help ourselves and our organization get better, promote what we've done well, and otherwise have a historical record of the work we've done... in a format that's interactive. Today I can't imagine what type of report an executive will find useful in 2018, but if I delete the data today, I'll never be able to pull it for the executive tomorrow.

Ian

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Reply:

Hi Ian,

Indeed just the steps 1 and 3 are applicable for Project Online.

That being said, for keeping the projects historical data, I think that 5,000 projects should cover a reasonable timeframe. If exporting the mpp files as local files does not suit your need, you can always use a 3rd-party tool to migrate the project online data to a Project Server 2013 on-prem development environnment.

Hope this helps,

Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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Reply:

Ah, yes, looking back... step one regarding a security approach is certainly accomplishable in Project Online. Thank you for bringing that up... That's a great idea.

However, steps two and three you mention an archive DB. No such thing in Project Online, right?

And you're right, 5,000 should be a reasonable timeframe ;) I suppose by the time we hit that, Microsoft will make some improvements in the limit or we'll have had ample time to move the data to a warehouse.

Ian

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Reply:

Yes you're right, no archived DB in Project Online. But you could just delete the project after having saving it locally.

I do agree with you that by the time you'll reach 5,000 projects, Microsoft will probably have reased the limit.

Hope this helps,

Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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Reply:

I'm still uncertain about the tie between time reporting and projects. For example, time can be reported at the top-level project if so enabled, and not to project tasks. Further, there exist administrative timesheet entries unrelated (directly) to projects. So if there is a 5,000 limit on projects, and you delete the 5,001st, what information do you lose? If a timesheet had actual time attached to a project, certainly the name of a project could be retrieved? Or does that timesheet information that's tied to a specific project get deleted?

Saving a local copy of the .mpp will allow us to keep information like project name, tasks, schedule, and other attributes about the resources, tasks, and projects... but it would lose the link to the cohesive nature of a common reporting solution, no?

Can you or someone else speak to what we might lose the ability to report on in Project Online if a project gets deleted, and what would we still be able to report on? I'm thinking about the examples I provided in the above comment and now below:

Again, I do understand that 5,000 is a pretty high number... 25 years of 200 projects a year. Maybe we do more or less, but that's a starting point... even if it's only 10 years worth, that's an eternity in which Microsoft could either add functionality or drop out of the PPM market entirely. However, I think it's a good idea to discuss some basic eventualities assuming no changes.

Ian

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Reply:

Timesheet and projects are stored in different Project tables. If you delete a project, you will not delete the timesheet entries done against this project. The timesheet entry status will change to "rejected" but the timesheet will remain (project name and all project related datain the timesheet), such as the timesheet actuals.

Hope this helps,

Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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Reply:

Thanks, that helps a lot.

Assuming we don't have status updates submitted to project managers, but instead timesheet managers approve the timesheet as a whole, would the approval status really still change to rejected if a project gets deleted?

Ian

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Reply:

I would say it will be the same behavior but it should be tested.

Hope this helps,

Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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Reply:

Ian,

FluentPro has a solution for Administrative Backup for Project Online - we backup / restore configuration, projects and project sites (http://www.fluentpro.com/project-online/configuration-management/backup-for-project-online/)

With this approach you can delete projects and sites and on-demand restore them from backup.

Let me know if you have questions.

Anton

Products for Project Server 2010/2013: Business Intelligence, Management and Migration. Implementation & custom development. http://www.ProjectServerBlog.com

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MdxScript (SSAS CUBE) (3998, 1718):The level '&[XXX]' object was not found in the cube when the string, [Version].[Version].&[XXX], was parsed

Hi,

I am new to SSAS development. I come across this error (MdxScript (SSAS CUBE) (3998, 1718):The level '&[XXX]' object was not found in the cube when the string, [Version].[Version].&[XXX], was parsed), when I tried to process the CUBE.

After Analyzing, I have found the reason behind it.

1. The level that I defined in in the MDX script ( &[XXX]) is not available in the Dimension Dim.Version. So when cube is processing it will try to reach the level .&[XXX]. As the level is not present in the Dimension, it throws error that " The level is not found".

Hope it helps to the new MSBI developer who wants to explore the CUBE .

What if scenarios for repairing missing/corrupted files on any Windows partition.

So I have various problems that occur from time to time with corrupted files and other issues that make a previously working Windows partition unbootable. Common lately is failing to load the winload.exe on attempts to boot to a Windows parition. I'm using multiboot system with multiple OS partitons on different individual HDD or SSD's. In my example I have a couple of Windows 7 partitions that do not want to boot with the winload.exe error. I have copied and replaced files already using Robocopy so that both partitions are essentially the same. One is on a HDD and other on SSD. My intention is to remove the SSD once I get it fixed and place it in another computer. It looks like all the files are there and when booted to a Windows 7 install disk and running SFC, it's reporting "No integrity violations found".

I'm pretty sure at this point that the drives are physically OK, and that all files are good but I still get the winload.exe error when I try to boot to them. I've tried booting to safe mode (with and without networking, command prompt etc). On those attempts I get to the screen where Windows 7 is loading, depending on safe mode or not will sometimes get the boot log/drivers loading screen, others just the Windows loading splash screen. What is happening is that it all appears to be working but instead of getting the logon screen next, the computer will just reboot. No BSOD or errors are shown and can't see anything in the logs about it.

I've been through the boot repair options, bootrec, bootsect, bcdboot, bcdedit, etc and appears everything is like it should be. Startup repair from the Recovery Console is indicating that Windows booted as normally. Usually run that at least 3 times. Have ran chkdsk many times using /f /r /v /b options, both together and indepdndently.

I've been wondering what would happen if after I booted to the Windows Install is I just used Robocopy and copied the entire Windows temp directory (default x:\) to the c:\ partition with the Windows install that I'm trying to fix. I typically use this command with Robocopy as I don't necessarily want to delete files on the source or destination partitions until I'm sure what the problem is. Assuming X:\ for the Windows Temp Directory off boot disk and C:\ for active Windows 7 partition that is not booting. for this example I'm thinking of running

Robocopy x:\ c:\ /create /mir /e /s /r:0 /w:0 /xx /xo /eta /v (with maybe /zb)

What would this accomplish? if anything..or any better solution would be appreciated.

Reply:

You need to obtain a disk utility to check the status of your HDD. It is not common for Windows to self-destruct. This situation is normally caused by bad sectors on the HDD and Windows is not designed to cope with defective hardware.

If you don't replace your HDD is will eventually fail completely and you will lose all data on that HDD.

Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "

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I think that after all research I have to attribute it to the hardware of the computer itself. After numerous calls to Dell they are insisting that this computer (Optiplex 760 Mini-Tower) is not able to run Windows 7 very well (actually they said not support and won't run Windows 7). . I don't really believe it, and if so, then Dell is even worse than I thought if they can't have a computer made in 2009/2010 compatible to Windows 7. They state that that system was made for XP and Vista and the original operating System is Windows Vista Business. (I wouldn't know, I got it on a trade after my Opti 755 motherboard shorted out). That still asks the question of what is so different in Win 7 that isnt in Vista? I always thought that if the hardware could support Vista then it would at least support Win 7 also even if there are some minor issues. Dell made it sound like it would absolutely not work with Windows 7 and I know that to be false.

I have asked and tried to find out why a company would release a computer like the Optiplex series in 2009/2010 that wasn't compatible with what would have been then the current most widely used opearating system, Windows 7. I don't ever really believe a word that comes from anyone related to Dell, as they have shown before that they will tell you what they want you to believe and not nesessarily the truth. My Otiplex 755 and Studio 540 are both much older than this Opti 760 and all worked fine with Windows 7 and above.

In addition, the 760 comes with AHCI as the default, standard mode. I did have a version of XP on it for a while, XP 64 bit though, and it was just as plaugued with stop 7B BSOD errors as any other newer computer I've had if you try to run XP in AHCI without other significant tweaks or changes. In fact it is so misengineered that the onboard eSATA port only works when in AHCI mode and if legacy or ATA mode then it's disabled. I still do not understand the reasons what that would be the case, other than Dell just likes to make stupid proprietary modifications to their systems for no other reason than they are spawned from the Devil's toilet. I love how they don't publish those modifications either.

If you really want to waste a weekend, try adding a non WD or Seagate HD or any HD 1 TB or over and try to install it on the Opti755 in particular and the keyboard detection error is on (default). You will get a lovely message, basically indicating that if you didn't get the HD from Dell or don't immediately remove it then your entire system will burst into flames and self- destruct and to call them immediately. Funny enough, if you do call for that reason and with the specific code it gives you, they seem to have no knowledge of such a restriction. (BTW, the fix for that issue is to just simply disable keyboard error detection in bios).

So getting back to this issue.,..the System works fine in ATA mode. Currently have Windows 10 Tech prev in addtion to Win 7 and no issues, just no ACHI. So I'm guessing that it has to do with that SATA mode setting. The HDD's ive used are from Various manufacturers and different models and builds, both SSD and regular HDD. So far this computer has killed 3 drives trying to get it to work smoothly in the default setup. I already have new motherboard and processor, may just use the Opti case but completely rebuilt insides and UEFI bios/mobo.

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I voluntarily removed what could be offensive (if you work at Dell) And no one asked me, but I saw someone barked it as offensive. Fine. It's edited. A quick Google reveals many others Who have said almost exactly the same thing about This computer in regards to Win 7 and above with AHCI enabled on this model. What I think is more offensive Is this computer manufacturer is still listing this model As Windows 7 compatible yet will tell you if you call Them that it's not for some reason. And yes, drivers , bios, etc were updated and All the other jazz you'd do for troubleshooting.

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I have a subscription microsoft Intune (evaluation 30 days).
Upon entering Management Console, an error message appears:
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Anyone have any idea why this happens ??

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Are you logging in with the admin account that you have setup? username@domain.onmicrosoft.com is usually how the username is setup for Trial tenants unless you have added a domain.

Also have you assigned the licenses?

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