Windows Server - Thomas Chester's Blog

Removing Old Windows Folder After Upgrade

April 5, 2016
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When you do an inplace upgrade of Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2, the old Windows system files are relocated to a folder named C:\Windows.old. This is to support a rollback to the prior version if necessary.

Fixing Windows Update Error 0x80072F8F

November 15, 2015
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The posts discusses a method of addressing Windows Update error 0x80072F8F in the context of SCCM and non-domain joined machines.

Monitoring RabbitMQ Hosted on Microsoft Windows

October 21, 2014
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This post will discuss how to monitor a Windows hosted RabbitMQ installation from a Linux based Zenoss monitor using the RabbitMQ plugin.

How To Add Drivers to a Windows Deployment Image

June 18, 2014
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This post describes the procedure for opening a Windows image and incorporating vendor specific drivers in it for the purposes of deploying that image on new equipment.

Transaction Response Timeout from Service Manager

January 13, 2014
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In this post we will discuss how to address a timeout error that occurs during a service startup.

How To Upgrade Windows Server 2008 from Standard Edition to Datacenter Edition

June 7, 2013
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This post describes a process for upgrading a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition to the Datacenter edition using generic Key Management Server (KMS) keys.