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I've got a server that is very low on disk space, on the C: drive.  It's a critical server, that we're working on replacing, but still need to rely on it.  In order to free up disk space, I've rebooted it in an effort to get a couple 100 MB back.  Normally this works, but today when I attempt to do it, for some stupid reason it is installing some update (I have no idea which one, how large, etc).  I'm concerned that there might not be enough disk space on C: to install this update, that it will sit there for hours, perhap says, attempting to install this update, etc.  I'd like to know, as a rule, do updates that insist upon being installed, always make certain that there's enough disk space to install, or do they totally ignore irrelevant things like making certain there's enought free disk space so they can be applied?

I'm having to do sys admin work, without the training.  (Long story.)  We've got a tape drive in one of our Windows 2003 R2 servers.  The former sys admin setup a backup job in the Windows Backup and Restore utility, which we've been running, by hand, for a long time.  Last week I couldn't be there to fire off the backup job, so I tried to schedule it within the Backup and Restore utility.  How do I determine that the job ran?  I got onto the server, and got into the event viewer, looked at Applications for the relevant time period, but didn't see anything.  Does that mean it didn't work?  Or do I have to look elsewhere?

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@fabian: OK, I've gone ahead and stored the credential information in a folder on my D: drive. 

I'm working on getting Windows XP Mode installed on my 32-bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine.  I've made sure that the BIOS is OK, downloaded and installed both Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode.  Next I started setting it up.  I got a message  talking to me about where to set up the credentials, an administative account, etc.  My problem is that my C: drive isn't big enough for how large I want to make my virtual PC.  However, my PC does have 2 HD's, and my secondary HD (my D: drive) has plenty of free disk space, so I want to put as much as possible onto my D: drive.  My question is how do I make certain that as much as possible gets onto the D: drive?  Will putting the credentials under my profile, put the virtual drive there?

2 hours ago, Dr Herbie wrote

The back button should take you out of the app (when you've backed out of any nested pages that might have been created). A this point the app is stopped; at worst, the app will set up a background agent which will either work at full tilt for 10 minutes, or will make a brief poll every half hour. Either way you're not going to drain your battery while you sit at work.

If you go to the Phone settings screen and swipe over to 'applications' the first entry is 'background tasks' where you can check what's running in the background.

 

Herbie

Thank you, Dr. Herbie, good info here.

I've had my HTC Trophy for a year now.  Love it!  I've collected a modest amount of apps, one of the newest being MyWalk.  I want to start tracking my walking, distance, speed, etc.  It is my understanding that app uses location services (which makes sense), and I'm guessing it polls the location frequently.  That's OK, while I'm walking, but I don't want it doing that while I'm sitting at my desk working.  So, how do I shut it off, when I don't need it?

I decided to download the SkyDrive Windows app.  I went to the URL ( https://apps.live.com/skydrive ) and clicked on the Get The App button.  I was immediately sent to the myMSN website.

Huh?  Why's that?

12 hours ago, cheong wrote

Step 1: Follow instructions here to join the domain.

Step 2: Add "Application Server" Role from the "Server Manager". (See "How do I open Server Manager?" section near bottom of the page if you don't know where to find it.)

Is the Application Server Role automatically in place, with Windows Web Server 2008 R2, or do I have to install/enable it?

I'm what I guess you might call an accidental sys admin.  I don't have the training, and the guy who used to do this left last month, so I'm it.

Before he left, he requisitioned a new Windows Web Server 2008 R2, which just arrived today.  So, I've got to put it into the rack and get it joined to our domain.  We're using a Windows 2003 R2 Active Directory.  Naturally, I want this join this new server to our domain as a member server, but I've never set up a server before, so what steps do I have to do, to get this up and running?