published by whitemice on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 06:31
I have several Windows 2012 VMs in a cloud environment and discovered I am unable to install certain roles / features. Attempting to do so fails with an "The source files could not be found." error. This somewhat misleading messages indicates Windows is looking for the OS install media. Most of the solutions on the Interwebz for working around this error describe how to set the server with an alternate path to the install media ...
published by whitemice on Thu, 08/06/2015 - 07:06
Yesterday I encountered a user who could not cut-and-paste in Microsoft Excel. The options to Cut, Copy, and Paste where disabled - aka 'greyed out' - in the menus. Seems like an odd condition.
published by whitemice on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 08:23
You are provisioning a Window 2008R2 server for remote desktop service; you've configured the terminal services license manager in one mode [ device | user ]. But when you receive the license documentation you discover that the CALs purchased were for the other mode. Then the Windows terminal license server manager tells you to change the mode of the license server.... but there is no obvious way to change the mode [because Windows is user-friendly!]. One option is to go old-school - hack the registry!.
