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DCPROMO demote error on Domain Controller

On trying to remove a old server from the directory (2003 server in a 2003 forest) I received this error > Failed to configure the service NETLOGON as requested “the wait operation timed out.” [https://www.fishbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dcdemoteerror.png] The root problem was that this domain

Another reason SharePoint could prompt for authentication on anonymous sites

I see a lot of people saying they are getting auth prompts for public anonymous content on SharePoint sites. Once you have anonymous enabled in Central Admin and in the site collection, you'd expect it to be all good right? I discovered one more resaon beyond the obvious permissions problems.

OCS 2007 R2 + Microsoft Update breaking boxes

Update 6/22/09: KB972041 is out with a hotfix that resolves this issue [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972041]. I guess you install it before, or in lieu of KB967831. OK so this blog post [http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1867-RtcQmsAgent-fails-to-start-on-OCS-2007-R2-server-and-causes-KB-967831-April-2009-update-for-Front-End-Server-components-install-to-fail.html] explains it well but it has

DPM with Firestreamer Virtual Tape Library for Tape-less Offsite/remote long term backups

So far DPM 2007 with SP1 works well with Firestreamer Media Changer [http://www.cristalink.com/fs/changer.aspx] 3.95.8. It acts like a fake/virtual tape library with 5 drives and 200 tape slots. Those “tapes” can be anything that accepts native windows storage… USB, local drives,