Entries by Robin Plomp

RES Workspace Manager 2012 Relay Server explained

With the release of RES Workspace Manager 2012 (RES WM 2012) came along a new server role in the RES WM 2012 architecture. Ok, but what does it do?, when do I need it?, what are the requirements and how do I install and configure this role? These are a few questions I will answer […]

Configuring Windows 2012 Core

Today I want to install and configure an Windows 2012 server, set the ip-address, change the default computer name and make the server a member of my study lab domain. No problem? But I want to do all of this in a Windows 2012 Core installation. Why? Because it is possible! Robin PlompWas once an […]

Windows 2012 VM on XenServer error

Today I want to install an Windows 2012 VM on my XenServer home lab environment. So I created the VM. Inserted the Windows 2012 ISO in VM. I start the VM. After loading of the Windows files I see the following error. Your PC needs to restart. Please hold down the power button. Error Code […]

Troubleshooting example with RES Workspace Manager

Today I am helping an IT department with troubleshooting on a Citrix XenApp environment that is managed trough RES Workspace Manager. The call I receive is that a user complains that when he opens an attachment in Outlook it appears automatically in his ‘My Documents’ folder and then disappears when the attachment is closed. This […]

Diskpart error

Today I was troublehooting the automated deployment (Altiris) for Windows 2003 R2 terminal server. A part of the deployment is changing de driveletter for the cdrom drive from D: to Z: and creating a second partition with the drive letter D:. The problem the customer invided me for is the failing of the job to […]

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation (mscorlib)

Today, I want to create an SQL Maintenance Plan in SQL 2005. In the folder three (under the SQL Server Instance name) I open the folder Management and right click on the folder Maintenance Plan and and select the option New Maintenance Plan. After doing so I receive the following SQL error message:   Robin […]

SQL Error: User group or role already exists in the current database

During an SQL database migration (from an physical to an virtual SQL server) I ran into the following problem. I first created a SQL backup from the application database , let’s call the database app1_db, on the physical SQL (2005) server. On the next step I’ve created a new database user (app1_dbuser) for this database […]

Restoring deleted items Outlook 2003

Currently I’m administrating an environment with office 2003. In this environment Microsoft Outlook 2003 is used as email client. Some of the users are complaining that they can’t restore there own deleted items once they emptied there recycle bin or “hard deleted” (SHIFT-DELETE) these items. When they try to restore trough Outlook the option Recover […]

Adding extra local storage space to XenServer 6.0

Today I want to add an new hard disk to my study environment. I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G5 server with a 72GB hard drive and 16GB memory. On this server I’ve installed XenServer 6.0. With the network I want to build I do not have enough disk space. After I’ve placed the new […]

Configuring Google Chrome on a Terminal Server

In this post, which is a follow-up to this post, https://peppercrew.nl/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-a-terminal-server/, I will describe how you can configure Google Chrome on a Terminal Server. After installing Google Chrome on a Terminal Server you want to configure Google Chrome with group policy’s. I used the policy from this site: The Chromium Projects. In this policy you […]