May 28, 2011

Windows Client Experience in Server OS

Windows General,

To enable the windows vista/windows 7 experience (theme) in server three things should be considered: 1. Installing Terminal server Role 2. Installing Desktop Experience 3. Modifying Group policy to take effect the theme for the users Installing Terminal server Role: RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) no longer supports desktop ecpereince service for the server. So it is mandatoy that…

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May 28, 2011

FTP Problems in Virtuozzo Servers

Windows General,

When connecting to VPS via FTP( Say File zilla ) which results in Could not connect to server. But the settings will be perfect. You check with server FTP settings, Permissions, ports, FTP modes etc and see everything is fine to avoid FTP Problems in Virtuozzo. Cause of FTP Problems in Virtuozzo After uploading large…

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May 28, 2011

Shrink 2008 MSSQL database

Database,

Shrinking SQL 2008 database is nowhere related to SQL 2000/2005 Method. Because SQL Server 2008 no longer allows you to truncate the transaction log using the no_log syntax But here is the special code to shrink the database: USE MASTER GO ALTER DATABASE database_name SET RECOVERY SIMPLE GO USE database_name GO DBCC SHRINKFILE (database_name_log, 1)…

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May 28, 2011

SQL Server Port

Database,

Scenario 1: SQL Is Not Connecting via Management Studio Locally After a Fresh Installation Step 1: Verify SQL Installation and Firewall Configuration After completing a fresh SQL installation and opening the required port in the firewall, you might still be unable to connect through SQL Management Studio.However, it’s important to note that installing SQL Server…

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May 28, 2011

Backup all MSSQL databases

Linux General,

You can use the below stps to backup all your mssql database at ease. We at actsupport, provide backup solution. 1. Log into your server through Remote Desktop Connection. 2. Open SQL Server Management Studio and select the server name 3. Click the New Query button and enter in the following data: DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50)…

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May 28, 2011

[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Invalid Instance()).]Invalid connection Error when binding MSSQL database with plesk 10

Plesk,

Connection to a named instance of SQL server 2005/2008 should be made using the format ‘VirtualServer\Instancename’. if the IP address of a machine running a named SQL server instance (ONE)is 192.141.128.140, you can connect to the named instance using  192.141.128.140\ONE for the servername. To avoid a client app from using the above convention for a…

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May 28, 2011

MSSQL – Enabling “Service Broker protocol” for a DB

Windows General,

To determine whether or not Service Broker is enabled for a particular database, execute the following T-SQL: SELECT is_broker_enabled FROM sys.databases WHERE name = ‘Database name’; — Enable Service Broker: ALTER DATABASE [Database Name] SET ENABLE_BROKER; — Disable Service Broker: ALTER DATABASE [Database Name] SET DISABLE_BROKER; Database Mirroring will be enabled after installing  Service Pack…

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May 28, 2011

Event viewer error message “Metabase Key 7041 is out of range. using 1 as default”

Windows General,

When you access a website in Event viewer there is a error message "Metabase Key 7041 is out of range. using 1 as default". Metabase Key 7041 - AspExecuteInMTA AspExecuteInMTA Metabase Property(ASP pages to run on multithreaded apartment (MTA) threads instead of single-threaded apartment (STA) threads. Analysis If your COM components are primarily free-threaded or…

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May 28, 2011

When I open File Manager I get “Operation failed” error.

Plesk,

Symptoms When I open File Manager I am getting the following error:FileList::init() failed: ls_dir_wrapper() failed: Unable to logon user (PLESK900W2K3\USER1): (1326) Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. ———————- Debug Info ——————————- 0: plib\ui_common\FileManagerUIPointer.php:709 FileManagerUIPointer->accessItem(string ‘GET’, NULL null) 1: plib\ui\client.domain.hosting.file-manager.php:86 plesk__client__domain__hosting__file_manager->accessItem(string ‘GET’, NULL null) 2: plib\UIPointer.php:599 UIPointer->access(string ‘GET’) 3: htdocs\plesk.php:42 Resolution Make sure that…

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May 28, 2011

Common Errors and Fixes in IIS and its applications

Windows General,

Service Unavailable: If you face the error ‘Service unavailable’  while accessing the domains in the browser. Cause: Application pool gets stopped for that domain. Fix: In this case you have to  to start or restart the application pool belongs to that domain. If you are undable to start the applicaton poll and if you get…

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