After I replaced my Windows 2003 Domain Controllers for fresh new Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers, I was starting to have problems at my remote offices.
In the eventlog on my remote pc’s, I found the following events:
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Event 40960 and 40961 after upgrade to Windows 2008 R2 domain controller
Error 8004100E when installing SMS Advanced Client
During installation of SMS Advanced Client (SMS 2003), the following error occurred:
Setup was unable to compile the file SmsClient.mof
The error code is 8004100E
Error 80070005: can’t create object ‘Scripting.FileSystemObject’ in Windows Script Host
After applying a few Microsoft patches to one of my desktops, I could not load my login script (.wsf) anymore. When I ran my login script, the following error occurred:
Windows Script Host
Error: Can’t create object: ‘Scripting.FileSystemObject’
Code: 80070005
Source: WScript.CreateObject
Turn off thumbnail caching (thumbs.db)
The file thumbs.db is a thumbnail cache. Windows uses thumbs.db to store thumbnail images for Windows Explorer’s thumbnail view. When a folder with images and movies is opened for the first time, Windows creates thumbnails for all these media files. The thumbnails are saved into one file, thumbs.db. This speeds up the display of images as the smaller images do not need to be recalculated every time the user views the folder.
How to fix a black Windows logon screen
Last week one of my servers had an strange issue. After pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE to log on, the log on window turned almost completely black (as you can see in the screenshot).
Google gave me the answer, but I still have no idea how this could have happened.