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Excel 2010 64bit tuning under Xenapp 6

hi there am publishing desktop through xenapp 6 it's vmware virtual machine 2008 r2 12gb ram 4 vcpu's has office 2010 professional 64bit installed. noticing performance poor can 4 5 users on box without cpu taking real hammering , box slowing halt bad when running excel. have tuning tips office under xenapp 6?   hi, do have installed integration services vms? for case, please using performance monitor monitor performance of server status, if ram or cpu loading high. can find process id causing problem. more information: using performance monitor http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749115.aspx performance monitor wizard http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=31fccd98-c3a1-4644-9622-faa046d69214 this xenapp issue. if necessary, may still need initiate new thread in citrix forum detailed , precise information product. http://forums.citrix.com/category.jspa?categoryid=151 this response contains reference third part...

Unable to add File Services role in Server 2008 R2

hi all; i have 2008 r2 x64 server unable install file services role to. has remote desktop services role installed. one of strange things when go add role, 'file server' role service missing list. dfs , subcategories first items. sur log follows: ================================= checking system update readiness. binary version 6.1.7601.21645 package version 15.0 2012-08-13 13:19 checking windows servicing packages checking package manifests , catalogs checking package watchlist checking component watchlist checking packages (f)    cbs registry error    0x80070002    microsoft-activedirectory-powershell-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7600.16385        failed visibility (f)    cbs registry error    0x80070002    microsoft-activedirectory-webservices-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7600.16385     ...

windows 2003 server updates could not taken place

while trying update windows 2003 updates, updates not taken place. regards laxman hi,   are using wsus install updates? if so, please discuss issue in our wsus forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/winserverwsus/threads   otherwise, behavior typically occurs when of following factors true.   1. windows update components missing or corrupted. 2. temporary folder of windows update contains corrupted files. 3. local windows update services have not been configured correctly.   at time, let’s try following steps troubleshoot problem. after finishing each suggestion, please go microsoft windows update site , check result there.   step 1: rename softwaredistribution folder. =============== 1. click start, run, type: cmd , press enter. please run following command in opened window.   net stop wuauserv   2. click start, run, type: %windir% , press enter. 3. in opened folder, rename folder softwaredistribution sdold. 4. click start, run, type: cmd ,...

What is the best NIC configuration ?

imagine hyper-v server 3 running vm's... on physical server installed 4 x nic ... what best configuration: 1) team 4 nic's appear 1 single nic virtual switch or 2) assign 1 nic each server (1x physical + 1xvm1 + 1xvm2 + 1xvm3) ? or 3) assign 1 nic physical server , team 3 remaining virtual switch ?   marc hi marc, this tricky question , answer (it depends). form opinion recommend teaming (although not supported microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968703 ) "since network adapter teaming provided hardware vendors, microsoft not provide support technology thru microsoft product support services." teaming provides ha solution , prevents single point of failure. if in shoes that, assign 1 nic server management "updates, monitoring, etc" , team 2 nics vms external access gives ability not share connection management os, , make use of rest of nics other purposes dmz access or nlb between vms, iscsi san access or other needs...

Offline Domain Controller Build

i looking for method can build ad dc's when not connected ad forest/domain. have vendor builds bunch of servers (vblock) which needs ad installed first. hence want vendor securely install copy of our ad , install other servers dependent on ad in premises , ship our datacenter. once these servers come our datacenter , plug them in , have replicated out. is there secure way of doing this? may clone in windows server 2012? would there issues doing domain joins offline built dc @ vendor premises? currently, our issue every vblock shipped shipped separate ad forest pre-built, hence have islands of ad forests , getting difficult manage them. hence query. you run dcpromo , use install media (ifm) option. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816722(v=ws.10).aspx i think might looking for, read link above --  paul bergson mvp - directory services mcitp: enterprise administrator mcts, mct, mcse, mcsa, security+, bs csci 2008, vista, 2003...

How to grant local user Full access to manage IIS without granting local admin access ?

i want grant users complete access iis management console without making them local admin on server. there access control matrix users in iis ? similar management roles admins in sql hi, thanks post. as far know, if it's iis6, need local admin. if it's iis7, please refer article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/david.wang/archive/2006/05/09/thoughts-on-delegating-iis-configuration-and-administration.aspx regards. vivian wang Windows Server  >  Management

Robocopy Windows Server 2008 version Changes Destination Directory to System Hidden

i have been living bug in new version of robocopy awhile now, need better solution adding a-:sh parameter robocopy commands.  i noticed posted before in windows 7 forum http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprogeneral/thread/8dcb6432-6ae0-4816-92e8-2599e5e638f5 , moderator "answered" question saying couldn't reproduce it.  however, see many other people have had same problem, , can confirm behaviour everytime use windows server 2008 r2 version of robocopy, regardless of whether source/destination folders usb hard drives, internal hard drives, or san drives!  have consistently found result on every windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 r2 machine have in our network. of course, workaround remove system hidden attributes work, if command interrupted, have run attrib -s -h <directory_name> unhide it, real pain.  well, want maintain directory structure exists in source, have go through , determine files system hidde...