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How to Configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 as an Internal NTP Server for Cisco Devices

Here we are Configuring a Windows Server 2008 R2 as an NTP Server, I am configuring my Domain Controller as an NTP Server in my Production Environment. So you must be easy while changing some registry values as stated below to make the Windows Server as an NTP Server. (but only do what is directed here). Go to you Domain Controller Server,Click  Start , In  Run , Type  Regedit  and press  Enter Navigate to the default Registry Value of NTP Server in Windows Server HKLM > System > CurrentControlSet > Services > W32Time > TimeProviders > NtpServer A default installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 can be seen in below picture Change the Registry Value of  Enabled  from 0 to  1 . Close the Registry Window Go to Command Line Window and Type this Command in it  w32tm /config /update  and you are done. Now go to your Cisco Device (switch/Router), and configure it to get time from this newly configured ...

SCCM Error – The Microsoft Software License Terms have not been completely downloaded and cannot be accepted

This error message has been captured from the Log wsyncmgr.log in System Center Configuration Manage 2012 SP-01 installed on Windows Server 2012.The error occured while synchronizing updates from Microsoft, and the solution I found was to change some settings in Software Update Point, so compare your SCCM Settings as follows and try to sync updates once again. Set the proxy Server settings Correctly in Internet Explorer. Go to SCCM Site System properties (Administration >Site and Site System Roles> Site System) Check “Use a proxy server when synchronizing internet sourced information”. Leave “Use Credentials to connect to the proxy server” blank.

Access/Copy/Modify Ubuntu Files From Windows

If you have installed dual operating systems i.e. Windows and Ubuntu then you are unable to access files stored on Ubuntu Drive from Windows operating system. This is because file system of Ubuntu is not supported by Windows (NTFS or FAT32). Here is a small tool  Ext2Explore  that can be used to access, copy or modify files stored on Ubuntu Drive from Windows. If you are no more using Ubuntu and want to convert the drive with ubuntu installed into the NTFS file system to use the drive to store you files See How to convert Ubuntu drive partition in to Windows Supported (NTFS) files system.

Clock Skew Error While Connecting Cisco ACS 5.x to Active Directory

You may Get  clock skew erro r while connecting from Cisco Access Control Server (ACS 5.x) to Microsoft Active Directory selecting it as an External Database. The Clock time should be the same on both Cisco ACS server and Microsoft Active Directory Server to avoid this error. You can configure the ACS Server with three command so that the Clock is matching with the Active Directory Server. Command are; 1. clock set Nov 04 05:05:05 2013 2. clock timezone Asia/Karachi 3. ntp server 10.0.0.1 Once set these command Save the configuration in ACS server, reload the server and try connecting external database again.

Solved-The schema is not upgraded in Windows Server 2012

This is the detail of the error message in adprep log file Adprep failed to verify whether schema master has completed a replication cycle after last reboot. [Status/Consequence] The schema is not upgraded. [User Action] Check the log file ADPrep.log in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20130613165022-test directory for possible cause of failure. [2013/06/13:16:50:22.392] Adprep encountered an LDAP error. Error code: 0xc. Server extended error code: 0x20ae, Server error message: 000020AE: SvcErr: DSID-03210384, problem 5010 (UNAVAIL_EXTENSION), data 8610 My domain scenario is that I have main domain controller on Windows Server 2008 R2 (DC1) and a backup domain controller on Windows Server 2008 (DC2), I am upgrading my company’s domain controller to server 2012 and for this i installed windows server 2012 on one of my machine in a Hyper-V role and wanted to make it as another backup domain controller before making further up gradation. But it was failing on pre-requisite checks wi...

Allow Remote Desktop Connection from Internal Network to TMG

A simple tutorial to show how to allow  Remote Desktop Connections  from all of you internal network clients to the TMG Server. 1. Go to TMG 2010 Server 2. Click Firewall Policy 3. Click Edit System Policy  and System Policy Editor Window is Opened,  (Find the link at Bottom Right after click Firewall Policy) 4. Click Terminal Server under Remote Management 5. Click the Tab From and ADD internal Network 6. Save the Changes and Try to access TMG through Remote Desktop from any of your internal Network Client