Archive for the ‘Windows 2008’ Category

System State Backup fails with error code 2155348237

Since upgrading one of my domain controllers to Windows 2008 I had noticed a couple of errors related to VSS around the normal backup times, so I decided to investigate these. The primary message I was receiving was:
Backup started at ‘dd/mm/yyyy time’ failed with the following error code ‘2155348237′ (Enumeration of files failed.). Please rerun [...]

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Acrobat Reader 9.x Causes a Runtime error

The latest versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader have seemed to have introduced an annoying bug. When you open a PDF attachment from Microsoft Outlook 2003 after about 5 seconds an error appears and closes Acrobat Reader.
“Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error!” or some variation of it.
The problem is associated with folder redirection in the user profile. [...]

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More Windows Deployment Services Information

Since my last post about the Windows Deployment Service (wds) I have been using it a little. Partly because the legacy images would no longer update the precompiled INF files and partly because I thought I should move the images I use to the current version.
When I first configured the server I was a little [...]

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Upgrading your RIS server to WDS

Remote Installation Services (RIS) is a useful service for distributing images through the use of a PXE capable network card. I frequently use RIS to build new servers or rebuild older ones. Now granted it is not as fast as image based technology it suits me just fine.
If you are planning to upgrade to Windows [...]

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