NetApp SnapManager for Hyper-V won’t install because KB2263829 isn’t installed

I’m deploying a new Hyper-V cluster on Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and trying to install NetApp SnapManager for Hyper-V 1.1. As part of the installation pre-requisites NetApp wants you to install the following KBs: KB2406705 KB2531907 KB2263829 KB2494016 KB2637197 KB2517329 Some of these KBs have been replaced with newer ones if you’ve already … Read more

Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003 displays “Loading…” when users login

This patch Tuesday after reboots we had users trying to login to OWA on our Exchange 2003 servers. They would authenticate fine and see their folder list but could not see the contents of their inbox or interact in anyway with the OWA interface. Users that chose the ‘Basic’ OWA interface could see their e-mail … Read more

Access denied when changing NTFS permissions on a NetApp CIFS share from Windows 2008

I suspect this problem isn’t limited to just managing CIFS shares on NetApp’s. I bet if you’ve got a Windows File Server and you’re trying to edit NTFS permissions on shares via a Windows 2008 Computer Management MMC you’ll get this error message. In our case we’ve got a NetApp FAS2040 joined to our new AD forest with a … Read more

Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RTM and SYSFER.DLL

We ran into the following problem after upgrading our servers (Windows 2003 through 2008 R2) to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RTM from Symantec Endpoint Protection 11. Our Symantec 12.1 RTM package  that we deployed on our servers had the following components in it: Virus, Spyware, and Basic Download Protection Advanced Download Protection Proactive Threat Protection … Read more