by skufel | Apr 4, 2013 | Databases, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
Recently I had issue which occured without any particular reason on SQL Server 2012. All of the sudden I start getting error message: Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that you can only manage SQL Server 2005...
by skufel | Mar 25, 2013 | Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
Unfortunately there is a problem when you try to add .Net Framework 3.51 to Windows Server 2012 using Server Manager. In order to fix that issue and get .Net Framework 3.51 installed (which is required by majority of applications and servers) issue following command...
by skufel | Mar 22, 2013 | Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
In order to assign static IPv4 address to Windows Server 2012 Core using power shell use: New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 172.16.48.11 -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -DefaultGateway 172.16.48.5 -AddressFamily IPv4 -PrefixLength...
by skufel | Mar 15, 2013 | Infrastructure, Network, Scripting, Windows
If you want to use Windows Server 2012 Datacenter on workstation/laptop (sometimes it is handy to have mobile workstation with server operating system) you might experience issues with wireless networking. Even if driver for wireless network adapter is installed you...
by skufel | Jan 3, 2013 | Hardware, Scripting, Windows
When upgrading drivers on HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet important is to keep in mind that HP Quick Launch Buttons package might disable screen auto-rotation. In order to restore that functionality remove HP Quick Launch Buttons and install older version of that package...
by skufel | Jan 2, 2013 | Automation, Scripting, Windows
From script repository I did use in the past, VBscript which allows to clear EvenLog on Windows machine. I did use that on computers with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. however, this script will work also on Windows 7 and Windows server 2008. By default script...