There are some cases when working with AWS hosted Windows systems, all of a sudden the network related issues start to trigger These issues may relate to; Lack of network connectivity. Low throughput No connectivity with the Windows based VPN solutions. to fix all the above issues, you just needa to update the Para-Virtualization Drivers on…
Server 2012 Hang on Startup TiWorker.exe causing boot loop
The TiWorker (This is an automated scheduled task that comes pre-configured in Windows Server 2012 R2) process is related to the following services; Windows Update service TrustedInstaller.exe Windows Modules Installer service The symptoms for this issue that your Windows 8 or Server 2012 system runs slowly and applications lag. If you press CTRL+ALT+DEL and check the…
Change Windows Evaluation to Standard/Datacenter
DISM to fix issues that SFC can’t
SFC, which stands for System File Checker, is a built-in administrative tool to verify the integrity of operating system files and to repair files that are corrupt, damaged or changed. SFC scans have three possible outcomes: The scan did not find any issues. The scan did find issues and fixed them. The scan did find…
How to change default snapshot location in VMware
By default the snapshots which are taken for any vm are stored with their parent in the same directory or storage. Sometimes you may run out of space and you might not be able to take anymore snapshots so in that case you can always use some other location for the storage of snapshots. But how…
Converting a VMware Linux Guest to HyperV
There are some situtaions where we fail to move Linux based Guest VMs to Hyper V from VMware. If you haven’t figured it out already, the basic problem here is that the Linux VMs (that came from the VMware environment) don’t have the Hyper-V drivers configured because they weren’t needed at installation (again, on VMware), but the…
Correctly Install Applications on a Remote Desktop Server
When installing an application on a Terminal Server, because multiple people will be using the application at once, there is actually a special method that you should use to install the applications. Here’s two methods to do it the right way. The GUI Method [Starting from Server 2012] To get started open control panel. Switch…
Troubleshooting Windows Fail-over Clusters and CSV
Generating the comprehensive Cluster Diagnostic Report; Get-ClusterDiagnosticInfo The above command Gets diagnostics for a cluster a cluster that contains VMs and produces a zip file containing the data. Example: PS C:\> Get-ClusterDiagnosticInfo -WriteToPath “C:\Users\MyUser\HealthTest\” This cmdlet enables you to view the state of your CSV. Understanding the state of your CSV is useful in troubleshooting failures…