How can we install MSDE

You need to set the sa password, but there is no graphic interface to let you do this. So, to install MSDE:

1. Open a command window
2. Change to your MSDE install directory
3. Enter: setup SAPWD="YouPassword"

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The connection cannot be completed because the remote computer that was reached is not the one you specified

Error message while running RDP on Remote Desktop Virtualalization Enverioment :

"The connection cannot be completed because the remote computer that was reached is not the one you specified. This could be caused by and outdated entry in the DNS cache. Try using the IP address of the computer instead of the name"

Solution :

Updated the time and date on the server. Once it was updated we were able to connect to it successfully.

Setting Up Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 in Workgroup

I read an article from http://mshowto.org/server-ailesi/server-2008/476-hyper-v-remote-management and i did everythings in article but this article had been writen for domain enverioment and i have to add a lot of extra steps for workgroup enverioment. For example if you work in a workgroup enverioment you should get following error :

"Cannot connect to the RPC service, make sure your RPC service is running"

For solution:

I added a manual entry in host file and then it worked

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USMT fails to install on Windows Server

Problem:

When attempting to install USMT 3.0, 3.0.1, or 3.0.2 on Windows Server 2003 or Windows Sever 2008 the installer exits with the following error:

“There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.”

Resolution:

Install and use USMT on one of the supported client versions of Windows. Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista are all supported.

Error message while upgrading from Sccm 2007 R1 to R2 Beta

I got an error message in recomend checking that

"It is recommended to specify a Fully Qualified Domain Name(FQDN) for site systems in mixed mode Configuration Manager sites. It is required to specify an FQDN for site systems in native mode sites to allow clients to authenticate with site systems."

Solution:

1. Start SCCM Console
2. Click Site Database
3. Click Site Management
4. Click on Site
5. Click Site Settings
6. Go to Site Systems
7. Click on SCCM Server (where State Migration Point is located)
8. Right click on “Configmgr Site System”
9. Click on Properties
10. In the "Specify a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for this site system on the intranet” change the Intranet FQDN to something like my example here it was MSHOWTO-SCCM I changed it to MSHOWTO-SCCM.EMREA.LOCAL and clicked apply.
11. Solved.

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Error Message when install Hyper-v Integration Services

When i tryed to install Hyper-v Integration Services was getting error message that Hyper-v integration services is not supported on this version of Windows.

Virtual OS: Server 2008 R1 (Virtual)
Host OS: Server 2008 R2 RC (Physical)

My solution for this problem:

I added a new legacy ethernet card to virtual OS and then my Virtual OS reached to internet then i installed all windows updates to this virtual machine after first restart i tryed to install Hyper-v Integration Services and i saw what problem solved.

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Error Code 0xC3EC794D when wanted to create Enterprise Pool

Problem:

When i wanted to add a new pool my OCS structure, i was getting an error message that:

There are no pools available for this operation. Please make sure you have sufficient privileges. If a pool was recently created, please wait for active directory replication to finish and try again. error code: 0xC3EC794D

Solution:

It must be running SQL Client software because of creating a new pool on SQL Server (your back-end server) before running wizard of Add Server to a Pool.

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