Just ran into a funny problem setting up Windows 7 fro a USB Stick and by concidence I ran into the following:

Clicked Cancel and went back to the Welcome Screen. Plugged the USB Stick into another USB slot. Waited 30 seconds to make sure it was recognized and clicked “Install” again.. BOOHYA!

Maybe this helps someone

I recently ran into a problem where File and Printer Sharing always turned off after a reboot.

The reason was that I have added an environment variable via GPO which extended the System PATH variable with a string containing a Network File Share and added a custom System variable with the same string (Tools) (\\SERVER1\Tools).

Turns out this is not a good idea, as the following Microsoft KB Article points out:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978856

On a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2, the Server service may not start. In this scenario, the following event is logged in the System log:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 03/11/2009 13:54:29
Event ID: 7023
Task Category: None
Level:        
Error Description: The Server service terminated with the following error:  The network path was not found.

I remember this was working perfectly with earlier versions of Windows, but maybe the Vista Kernel does not seem to like UNC paths to be added to the Path Variable anymore.

Resolution recommended by Microsoft:
“To work around this issue, delete the UNC paths from the system path variable. If the UNC paths must be added to the environment variables, use the user path environment variable.”

Applies to:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Vista

1. Open an elevated command prompt (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories, right-click on “Command Prompt”, click on “Run as administrator” and click ‘Yes’)
2. Type in the following and press enter: powercfg -h off
3. Close the command prompt.

Step By Step Guide to create SelfSigned Certificates for Mobile Devices

Common Error: Windows Phone 7 – error: 80072f0d (There is a problem with the certificate)

This Post is all about how to configure Microsoft Exchange 2007 / 2010 to work with dyndns.org or other dynamic service providers using a self signed certificate that is beeing aknowledged by a Windows Mobile Phone device or Browser (Outlook Web Access (OWA) / Outlook WebApp).

This certainly also works if you are using static public IP addresses to comunicate with your Internet facing servers.

Here is a step by step guide for how to configure a self signed certificate.

1\ Logon to your Exchange Server that hosts the internet facing “Client Access” Role (eg. SERVER1) and open Exchange Powershell

2\ At the Powershell type the following to get the ThumbPrint of your current Certificate

[PS] >Get-ExchangeCertificate

3\ Now type the following to create a new SelfSigned Certificate. Replace the values to match your requirements where as SERVER1 is your internet facing Outlook WebApp Server.

[PS] >New-ExchangeCertificate -Services IIS -Server SERVER1 -DomainName SERVER1, SERVER1.mylocaldomain.local, mydyndns.dyndns.org

Confirm you want to overwrite the existing Certificate if prompted

4\ Remove the old Certificate when you receive a sucess feedback from the command in Step 3. Replace the ThumbPrint with the String you have received in Step 1.

[PS] >Remove-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint 66E8FF61B680681465C6A4D1043E6DBD33A2FC60

5\ Open the Microsoft Exchange Management Console (EMC) and double-check if you have a valid certificate. The Thumbprint of the Certificate must match the Thumbprint you have received in Step 2 (DoubleClick the Certificate and Click the “Details” Tab)

6\ Export the Certificate to make it available to your mobile Device

Click Start, type “mmc” into the search box and hit enter (Alternatively you can use Start – Run or “Windows Key + R” to launch a Run box)

Click “File” – “Add / Remove Snap-In” and add “Certificates”

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In my case I used Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, installed from an ISO on a Network share.

I did the same thing, but used an ISO without SP1 and it worked like a charm.

Maybe this helps someone out there