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Find who has files open in Windows Server 2008

I’m sure that I’m not the only one who has become accustomed to opening up Computer Management on a server, and looking in the shared folders in order to find out who has a file open. Well, that was Windows Server 2003. Now that we have Windows Server 2008, it’s just a little bit different.

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Here’s how you do it.

In Server Manager, expand Roles, then expand File Services, and click on “Share and Storage Management”.

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Server 2008: The Installer has insufficient Privileges to modify this file

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Sometimes the easiest things can be so difficult. I was just trying to install a simple update package, "Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1" to be exact. The installer returns the error "The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\RelNotes.htm".

Show 032: Zombies were people too.

Show 032: Zombies were people too.
November 19th, 2008

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What's Up?
Art is continuing with his C++ studies, playing the Left 4 Dead demo, and getting in to Facebook.

Mike migrated his domain controller to Server 2008. He also got a new Blackberry Pearl, and is playing Left 4 Dead as well.

Computer History
November 20th, 1955 - Ray Ozzie is Born
November 21st, 1969 - First Arpanet Link put into Service
November 22nd, 1985 - Apple Shares Mac Interface with Microsoft
November 23rd, 1992 - Business Week Predicts Computer Industry "On the Skids"
November 25th, 1997 - Pixar's "A Bug's Life" and "Geri's Game" is released.

News
Spam plummets by 40% (ComputerWorld) (Techdirt)
Intel Launches the Core i7 (ZDNet)
Left 4 dead - Comes out Dec 18th.

Interesting
Earl Commercial

This week's Topic / Our segments

Mike - Server 2008 Migration Woes?
Mike Loves RoboCopy
Know your FSMO roles - Understanding FSMO Roles
Some good links at the bottom, let's you know how to tell who has the roles, and how to seize them.

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Documentation? What good is that?

OldBooksGood documentation is really nice to have. I did a Server Migration, or transition this last Friday (the 14th). We went from Server 2003 to Server 2008, and now I'm realizing that my documentation was a little out of date.

Show 024: The two and a half year hiking spree.

Show 024: The two and a half year hiking spree.
September 24th, 2008

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  1. Rock on!
  2. Art's going senile.
  3. Two Guys Tech: Show Without A Pulse
  4. Thanks for nothing!

What's Up?
Watched a Star Wars Clone Wars Series pre-release Thanks to House Party.
Art repairs one computer, but not another one.

Computer History
24th 30th

- September 24th, 1986 - Computer Maker Honeywell seeks a partner.
- September 25th, 1989 - IBM Announces "Micro Channel Architecture".
- September 27th, 1996 - Hacker Kevin Mitnick indicted on Charges.
- September 28th, 1925 - Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray is Born.
- September 29th, 1994 - HotJava Demonstrated at Sun Microsystems

News
New Microsoft Commercials - Seinfeld part 2 and "I'm a PC".
Lego Batman is coming on September 23rd!
Star Wars Clone Wars series starts on Oct 3
Wrath of the Lich King release data announced. November 13th, 2008. Next installment of World of Warcraft.
EA addresses players concerns about the game.

MS drops Seinfeld ads.

Promo
The Nut Gallery - Movie Reviews
http://thenutgallery.com/

This Weeks Topic: Backup strategies for the home and office.

For the home:

For the office:

  • Backup Servers vs Agents
  • Disk to tape
  • disk to disk
  • disk to disk to tape.
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How to Install Windows Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008

I've been dying to check out Hyper-V, now that I finally have a server to run it on. I figured I would post this quick screen shot tour of how to install Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008.

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Open up Server Manager, which can be found in Start > All Programs > Server Manager

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In the left side of the management console, click on "Roles"

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