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How to manage Out-of-Box Drivers with the use of Selection Profiles in...
Hello. My name is Bill Spears and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer / Premier Field Engineer in the Windows/Platforms group at Microsoft. In today’s blog I will discuss the approach that I...
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Windows Performance Monitor Disk Counters Explained
My name is Flavio Muratore and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer with the Windows Core team at Microsoft. If you ever find yourself analyzing storage performance with Performance Monitor, this...
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FIXED: Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in redirected access mode after...
A fix for the above titled problem has been released. If you are running into this problem, please downlaod and install the following fix on all Clusters running McAfee and wanting the updates they...
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Why is the CNO in a Failed State?
Hello, my name is Steven Graves and I am a Support Escalation Engineer (SEE) in the Platforms Support group here at Microsoft. One of the technologies I support is Windows Server Failover Clustering....
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Troubleshooting Boot Issues due to missing Driver signature (x64)
Today, I am going to discuss how to troubleshoot a scenario where the system does not boot in normal mode; however, boots up fine upon selecting F8 -> Disable Driver Signature Enforcement. In 64-bit...
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How to: VSS Tracing
How VSS Tracing Works! Where to start? Well this depends on your current level of knowledge on the topic. So let’s start with a basic understanding of what VSS is. If you are just starting to work with...
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MDT 2010 & 2012 – My deployment failed. What and where are logs I should review?
One of the most common questions I get is “What logs should I look at if my deployment fails?” So here is a little summary of the logs you will be most concerned with when troubleshooting a failed...
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EVENT ID 55: When Good Bits Go Bad
My name is William Effinger, and I am a Senior Support Escalation Engineer with the Windows Core team at Microsoft. Some of the most common questions we get here at the storage team center around...
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Windows 8 and .Net Framework 3.5
With each new release of Windows, it's a challenge to balance keeping the OS footprint small with maintaining forward compatibility for applications and devices. The .Net Framework is at the heart of...
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Requirements to save Bitlocker Recovery Key to AD using MDT
My name is Naziya Shaik and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Windows Core team @ Microsoft. I would like to share information about enabling BitLocker while deploying operating system via MDT...
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MDT 2010 / 2012 – My deployment failed. What logs should I review and where...
One of the most common questions I get is “What logs should I look at if my deployment fails?” So here is a little summary of the logs you will be most concerned with when troubleshooting a failed...
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Exchange DAGs and Cluster Networks
One of my colleagues here at Microsoft wrote a couple blogs on managing Exchange networks on a cluster so I thought I’d post the links since they are tied into behavior you would see in a clustered...
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Setup cannot continue because one or more prerequisites required to install...
Today’s blog is going to cover some issues regarding the installation of MS12-034 (2686509). When installing this update you may encounter the following error message: Setup cannot continue because...
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FREE CLASS: Windows Server 2012: Preparing for the Datacenter Evolution.
Windows Server 2012 provides a dynamic, highly available and cost-effective server platform for the modern datacenter and the cloud. Its impact scales from a few servers all the way to...
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Windows 2012 Release Candidate now available !!
May 31st marked a special day for Microsoft and our customers worldwide. Our Windows team announced the release of our latest preview of Windows 2012 - Windows 2012 Release Preview (RP). This includes...
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Incorrect file versions getting restored on removing patches
Hello. My name is Digvijay Nath, and I’m a Technical Lead with the Windows Performance team at Microsoft. This is a short blog on installation and removal of updates and hotfixes and its effects....
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Keeping backups of Cluster Logs
In a previous blog, Understanding the Cluster Debug Log in 2008, you were given the information on how Cluster logging in Windows 2008 Failover Clustering and beyond has changed from the earlier...
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Having a problem with nodes being removed from active Failover Cluster...
Welcome to the AskCore blog. Today, we are going to talk about nodes being removed from active Failover Cluster membership randomly. If you are having problems with a node being removed from...
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Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Sessions at TechEd
Start getting familiar with Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering by viewing the sessions that were delivered at TechEd 2012. These sessions are posted online now for your viewing pleasures. For...
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Announcing public availability of MBAM Compliance Data Cleanup Tool
Hello!! My name is Himanshu Singh and I am a Support Escalation Engineer with Windows Core Team at Microsoft. I am writing today to provide a solution to a particular problem many of you have faced...
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