March, 2006 Archive

How can I migrate shares and their data between servers?

Microsoft provides the Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT), which you can download from Here . The tool lets you migrate shares and data from any server running Windows NT 4.0 or later to a Windows Server 2003 (or Windows Storage Server 2003) machine. The utility also interfaces with DFS, which lets you maintain the […]

When you attempt to install Office 2003 on Windows XP, you receive ‘ERROR 1921’?

While installing Office 2003 on Windows XP, you receive a message similar to: ERROR 1921 Service ‘MDM’ could not be stopped. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services. This behavior occurs if the Machine Debug Manager service is not configured to start automatically. To resolve this problem: 1. Open a CMD.EXE window. […]

Are there any registry keys or files that the account specified for a performance alert requires?

When you create a performance alert, by default it runs as the Network Service account. However, you can specify a different account for its execution. If you specify another account, ensure that the named account has the following rights: * Read access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib * Full Access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSysmonLog and its subkeys * Read […]