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Windows Server 2008 is something every admin likes to work with (sense the sarcasm over the internet, Dr Cooper?).  The Problem Believe me or not, but an essential (Windows) tool, cleanmgr.exe, is not present in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 by default. This is by Microsoft’s, at the very least hard-to-explain, design, who likely believe it’s more of a desktop experience feature than a must-have tool. Why on Earth would I want to install Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Media Player on a server just to have Disk Cleanup? Moreover, it requires a server restart. Bonus: if you want to use WebClient service, you need to have Desktop Experience feature installed too. The Solution Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) Copy the following files: > copy C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_c962d1e515e94269\cleanmgr.exe C:\Windows\System32\ > copy C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31b

Compress WinSXS: A Script to compress WinSXS folder resided in Windows directory. if you are concern about the growing size of WinSXS folder taking so much of space then you can use this powershell script to reduce the size by compressing WinSXS folder data. This script is very usefull in the case when you need to compress WinSXS folder in large number of Servers/Desktops environment. #——————————————– # Script to compress WinSXS folder try { $winDir = “$($env:windir)” $winSxSDir = “$winDir\WinSxS” $aclPath = “$winDir\WinSxS.acl” $serviceMSI = “msiserver” $serviceTI = “TrustedInstaller” Stop-Service $serviceMSI Stop-Service $serviceTI Set-Service -Name $serviceMSI -StartupType Disabled Set-Service -Name $serviceTI -StartupType Disabled icacls.exe $winSxSDir /save $aclPath /t takeown /f $winSxSDir /r icacls $winSxSDir /grant “$($env:USERDOMAIN)\$($env:USERNAME)”:”(F)” /t compact /s:$winSxSDir /c /a /i * icacls $winSxSDir /setowner “NT SERVICE\TrustedInstall

Guys, Here is another script with which you will get the uptime of multiple workstation or server in just seconds. once you download the folder just copy list of server names in the notepad  named "ListOfServers"and run the batch script named "checkuptime" with elevated privileges once you run this script the result will be stored in the folder named Log. Please find the script below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0hon0rsek7x1sn/Uptime.rar?dl=0 Thanks for reading this. Enjoy Maddi........

Guys,Today I am going to share you a script which will help you create multiple folders. Just add the names of the folder which needs to be created in the FILE.TXT file. Copy Both the Text file and script in the folder where you want to create new folders and then run the script and see the Magic. All the folders will be created in seconds. Below is the link to the script. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fv01s5ipemgh00e/Folder%20creation%20script.rar?dl=0 Thanks for reading  more scripts will be coming up.

On one of the servers (running Windows Server 2012 R2) I faced a problem with the lack of free space on a system drive. I have cleared all resource-consuming locations ( WinSxS , TEMP directories, user profiles,  outdated updates , etc.), but it didn’t have any evident effect. At last, I have found that a large part of a system disk has been occupied by  System Volume Information  folder. Let’s consider why we need System Volume Information folder in Windows systems, what is stored in it and how to clean up it. Note . The instructions given in this article are applicable to other Windows versions as well:   Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 / 2012 R2. System Volume Information  folder is in the root of each disk. System data related to system recovery and Shadow Copy Service are stored in it. By default it is hidden and only the SYSTEM has access to it. Even the administrator cannot open it and look through the contents of the folder. To view the co

If your getting the above error means that the microsoft silverlight is not installed correctly or the installation is corrupt. If your getting the above error follow the below steps and create a script or I am pasting a link with the script you can download and continue. Click  Start  and type  N otepad  in the  Search  box Double-click on  Notepad  from the list of results above Copy and then paste the following text into Notepad. reg delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Silverlight /f reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\D7314F9862C648A4DB8BE2A5B47BE100 /f reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D7314F9862C648A4DB8BE2A5B47BE100 /f reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{283C8576-0726-4DBC-9609-3F855162009A} /f reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\install.exe /f reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AgControl.AgControl /f reg delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AgControl.AgControl.5.1 /f reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFT

IF your login to windows 2003 and your getting the below error then do the below steps and you can login to the PC. login to any server in the same subnet. open CMD in elevated permission open registry editor go to File---------->connect to network registry type the effected server name and open it go to the below location and create a new DWORD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server Create a new key selecting Dword and name it as IgnoreRegUserConfigErrors now double click it and give a value as 1. after that do the RDP and it will work.