Archive for July, 2009
SIM 5.3 EmailAlert: HP Virtual Partition Configuration
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on July 30, 2009
Keep getting these emails every now and then about the Virtual Partition: Event Name: HP Virtual Partition Configuration URL: https://<server>:2381/ Event originator: <server> Event Severity: Warning Event received: <date> Event description: If this system is not being identified as HP Virtual Partition or not correctly associated to its host, please ensure that HP Virtual Partition [...]
HP SIM 5.3 killed my iLO…wtf?
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on July 30, 2009
Just installed HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 on one of my servers and now I have an error that says: Remote Insight/ Integrated Lights-Out Interface Error. The host OS has detected an error in the Remote Insight/ Integrated Lights-Out interface. The firmware is not responding. Not sure what that’s all about, but there’s a blog [...]
Self-Update is not working WSUS 3.0
Posted by Mitch in Network Admin on July 29, 2009
Found the fix for an error in my Windows logfile on Jeff Guillet’s Blog here but I will repost the instructions just in case that link goes bad for some reason. Basically, I have a WSUS 3.0 Server that had this error in the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: Windows Server Update Services Event Category: Clients Event [...]
Verizon wants you to break the law…kind of
Posted by Mitch in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009
As much as I would like to enjoy the “latest headlines” as I’m driving to work, I can’t because in California, it’s illegal to be on your phone and driving at the same time. Thanks for the tease Verizon =] click headline for an image of their popup…
The COM+ Event System could not marshal the subscriber for subscription {GUID}
Follow this link for more info: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726305(WS.10).aspx Anytime I have an error in the logs that refers to COM I will open up the DCOM configuration window and see if it will sort itself out by recording missing entries in the registry. To get to the configuration window, open a command prompt and type: “dcomcnfg” [...]
Recovering Deleted Facebook Emails
Posted by Mitch in Social Networks on July 14, 2009
UPDATE 9/2009 : This no longer works. If I were you I would enable Facebook to email you whenever you receive a message or comments from friends. This is also a cool way to see what people write and then later delete because you have a record of it that they can’t affect! bwahahaha [...]
TCP/IP has chosen to restrict the scale factor due to a network condition
Event ID: 4228 TCP/IP has chosen to restrict the scale factor due to a network condition. This could be related to a problem in a network device and will cause degraded throughput. This error isn’t a dealbreaker but it is something to be concerned about. The TCP Window Scale is an option that is set [...]
Compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device cannot be found…
TPM error – A compatible Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Device cannot be found on this computer. TBS could not be started. Interesting warning right? The short answer is that you either have a TPM that is older (not Version 1.2 or greater), or your TPM is not enabled in the BIOS or has some [...]
i8042prt failed to start.
This driver is used for PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard operations. Some people suggest installing the latest drivers for your attached mouse/keyboard, but really this error can be ignored completely without consequence. It just indicates that you are using USB devices and not PS/2 devices.
The content source <mapi://{GUID}/> cannot be accessed.
Fix this error the easy way…..more