I got these errors when starting both Search Services from sharepoint central admin. The problem occurred because I just defined the username, not the computer name or domain name. The services started working after I entered username like domain\username.
Archive for category Windows Server 2008
Sharepoint wants to save it’s address to the computers HOSTS-file (%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS) and that’s a file that windows server 2008 by default does not even have and really does not want any users writing to it. Even if your user (running sharepoint as admin is not recommended) has admin rights, sharepoint is unable to write anything to the HOSTS-file. You need to take ownership of the folder etc and then add either the sharepoint farm admin or the WSS_ADMIN_WPG group.
Joseph Davis has written a step by step article about this here.
I needed to install Nokia PC Suite to my laptop (Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard), because I couldn’t get my mobile phone to work as a modem. I downloaded the latest version of PC Suite from Nokia and tried to install it, but as I kind of expected, the operating system was not supported. PC Suite supports Vista and Windows Server 2008 is quite near Vista.
UPDATE: Shiguan Wang commented about much easier method: Just right click on the installer and click properties->compatibility. Choose compatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 2. Start the installation and it works 
I have left the more harder, but technically more satisfying method here for version history
I found help from forum that’s specialized for making Windows Server 2008 a working workstation OS. Site admin with the alias of Arris had a solution like this:
- Download PC Suite from Nokia (I downloaded Nokia_PC_Suite_7_1_18_0_fin_web)
- Download and install 7-Zip
- Extract the PC Suite package with 7-Zip (right click on the package => 7-Zip => Extract to…)
- Browse to the extracted folder and to packages-folder and install these packages:
- CCD/setup/Nokia_Connectivity_Cable_driver.msi (If you need to use USB)
- PCSS/setup/PCCS.msi (PC Connectivity Solution)
- Nokia_PC_Suite\setup\Nokia_PC_Suite.msi
- The installation is done and you can run the Nokia PC Suite
I tested this with my Nokia E51 and it worked perfectly. I still have to get the software updater to work, but that’s another story
Thank you Arris for the help!
It was a shock for me when I tried the “new” Windows Server 2008 Core edition. After installing and rebooting the OS I was left with a nice empty desktop with just a command console, but for a few minutes I waited for the explorer.exe to fire up and give me something to work with I started my career with computers during DOS and Windows 3.1, but I preferred DOS back then. Now, after 10 years or so, I was once again staring at the black and empty command line.
The “One Microsoft Way” had teached me very well to use the GUI every time, but now I did not even have the option to use it! For a few minutes I browsed the file system and checked that all the familiar folders from vista where there, but that was about it. I had to install active directory, DNS, DHCP etc all the usual stuff for basic domain controller. I had no idea what to first so I turned to my loyal friend, Google.com.
I found something that could save my day easily, CoreConfigurator from Guy Teverovsky. Unfortunately I found out, that Guy was “forced” to let go of this great tool because of some contract issues with his employer (read about it from here).
You can read more about the tool from here and download it from here.