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Free Disk space on Windows drive

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Starting with Windows 2012 (R2), it is no longer necessary to install the desktop experience to remove the different file versions left update after update. The following command can be used:

Options used here are: StartComponentCleanup: removes superseded and unused system files from a system ResetBase: all superseded versions […]

Automated maintenance for SQL Server Express

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One of the drawbacks of using Express Editions of SQL Server is the lack of working SQL Agent Jobs. In particular when you are using Ola Hallengren’s excellent maintenance solution for backups and other maintenance tasks. His FAQ just suggests that you use sqlcmd to execute the stored procedures, but […]

Moving Active Directory database related files to another location

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Here’s your problem for the day: your active directory files are on the system drive, perhaps because you inherited some Active Directory domain controllers, perhaps because a junior Windows system administrator did the DCPromo… You’re a professional Windows system administrator and you want to have them located elsewhere, say D: […]