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When running a Windows 2003 server with .NET Framework 2 installed, you might find the following error in the event log:

On our Sharepoint server, the following DCOM error message kept returning in the event log (bold text is Event ID-specific information):

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10016
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
(there may be situations in which the user is NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE)

When you’re running a Windows 2003 server without an internet connection, you may get the following event in your eventlog (bold text is Event ID-specific information):

Defragmenting servers can be quite a time-consuming task if you have plenty of servers and plenty of disks. Most system administrators will have scheduled tasks on every server to defragment every month or so. A disadvantage of this way of working is the lack of overview what servers need to be defragmented. Microsoft’s Scriptcenter has a solution for this ‘problem’: Defragment all servers from one location with WMI. When running the script, it gives you return codes so you know the result of each defragmentation.

Server defragmentation isn’t a task you can do, or even want to do, every day. It can lead to performance loss during defragmentation, so you may want to use some hints and tips, before you run it on a monday morning at 9:00 AM.