Server 2003

Windows User Profile Deletion Utility

August 15, 2014, by No comments yet

Useful tool from Microsoft to delete correctly old and unused profiles.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5405

 

FLV 404 Error On Windows 2003 Server IIS

August 7, 2012, by No comments yet

I was working on a streaming video file for a client this morning using Flash and a linked FLV video file. Everything worked nicely – the Flash media player is so badass – until I uploaded it to the production server. Suddenly, the movie didn't play at all. Nothing I did seemed to work; cleaning the cache didn't do anything; all the paths were right. It wasn't until I tried to access the FLV file directly and got a 404 File Not Found error that I realized something was fishy.

After some Google searching, I came across this Adobe Tech Note that says that:

When Flash Player movie files that stream external FLV files (Flash videos) are placed on a Microsoft Windows 2003 server and then viewed in a browser, the SWF file plays correctly, but the FLV video does not stream. These files work correctly if tested on other operating systems. The issue affects all FLV files played via Windows 2003 server, including files made with the Flash Video Kit for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

 

The good news is that there is any easy solution:

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The operation failed. The error is: This operation cannot be performed on the current domain

November 3, 2010, by No comments yet

Keep getting the following error message while trying to configure trusted relationship between domains 

"The operation failed. The error is: This operation cannot be performed on the current domain" ?

 

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Specifying users / group with Remote Desktop permissions through Group Policy

November 3, 2010, by No comments yet

Grant terminal services log on permission using GPO

To grant log on permission for a user or group, create and apply the following policy:

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment\Allow log on through Terminal Services