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Thursday, July 30, 2009 1:18 PM

Error with event id of 17052 reports Access Violation

Now this is one was a thrilling issue! Consider the following scenario: You have a SQL 2000 SP4 server running on Windows 2000 SP4 server. After you install some updates, you get an error like this error reported in the event viewer: Event Id 17052 –
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:29 PM

Error 5042 (000013b2) when trying to failover an Exchange cluster group

Recently we came across an interesting issue. When trying to failover an exchange cluster group, the operation failed with error : "The cluster node was not found", Error ID:5042 (000013b2) This problem has two common causes: 1. One common cause is that
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Monday, July 27, 2009 12:40 PM

How to add an additional node to a SQL Server failover cluster

Sometimes a two-node cluster configuration is not enough for your SQL Server, as you may want to create new SQL instances, which will reside in a different node than the existing SQL instances. So in this case you may want to add a 3 rd or a 4 th node
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:29 AM

URL Rewrite Module may not work as expected when redirecting to file://

The URL Rewrite Module is part of the Microsoft Application Request Routing for IIS 7: Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 1 for IIS 7 (x86) http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&i=1709&g=6 Maybe you have been trying to
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Monday, July 06, 2009 12:29 PM

Recovery of database 'XXXXXXXXX' (X) is X% complete

Recently I received a question regarding SQL Server database Analysis and Recovery. It seems that a pretty huge database got into recovering mode, due to a huge transaction that was taking place, when suddenly the disk ran out of space and the transaction
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Monday, July 06, 2009 11:38 AM

How to identify the version of Sharepoint you are using

At first glance, this seems to be a very simple question, but after a long research in the internet I could not find a clear answer!!! Thankfully, one of my colleagues had the answer and shared it with me :) Strange as it may seem, there are actually
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Monday, July 06, 2009 10:04 AM

How to allow a user to view a file over a network share, but at the same time stop him from copying this file?

Recently we had a strange support request that had never occurred to me before: “Is there any combination of NTFS and share permissions that would allow a user to view a video file over a network share, but at the same time stop this user from copying
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Monday, July 06, 2009 9:17 AM

How to export events from SQL Server 2005 and send them to the Windows Event Viewer Log

Recently I was asked how to export events from a SQL Server 2005 and send them to the Event Viewer Log, so that the SCOM administrator could see these events. As I found out, there existed no “out of the box” solution for SQL Server 2005. The workaround
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