Step-By-Step Screencast of Installing Windows Server 2012 R2

Download the Source ISO, here I used MSDN download “Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) – DVD (English) ” and respective Product keys to move on with the installation. Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Boot the system with the Windows Server 2012 R2 bootable disk. If you are running your system in virtual environments have the downloaded ISO attached as the CD disk. Choose the Language, Time & Currency and Keyboard layout and then Click Next Click  “Install Now”   button             Key-in your “Product key to activate Windows” either purchased or eval, without the product key installation doesn’t move any further & […]

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The Sentinel64 service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the device specified.

You notice that below event is repeatedly logged on your Windows System event log upon every restart of the system.  Here are couple of details I gathered which may come handy for someone looking for it. Error: Log Name:      SystemSource:        Sentinel64Event ID:      19Task Category: NoneLevel:         WarningKeywords:      ClassicUser:          N/AComputer:      TESTSRV2Description:The description for Event ID 19 from source Sentinel64 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer. If the event originated on another computer, the display information […]

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Fix: Windows has encountered a critical problem and will restart automatically in one minute. Please save your work now.

Fixing Windows has encountered a critical problem and will restart automatically in one minute. Please save your work now. Today, I’ve been greeted with this message on my Windows 7 laptop and just after every logon it kept on restarting itself by giving this message.  Here are the steps I discovered to address this without loosing the system install and the data files on it.  Hope this may come handy for someone dealing with this message.   Environment: HP ProBook 4530s Laptop System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 bit 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 Running Symantec Endpoint Protection No […]

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