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Resolved: Fix WSUS Server Cleanup crashing on deleting unneeded updates

WSUS has always been the bane of every IT Admin existence. How many threads do you find all with the same issue - the Server Cleanup wizard failing. The text below worked for me. I've tried multitudes of SQL scripts both from Microsoft and in the…
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Cannot Disable Client Computer Backup, or Delete/Cleanup

My Client Computer Backups folder is over 1.2TB in size. There were total of 14 workstation, which I were able to remove 10 of them and delete their backups. But that only freed up about 30GB. Now when attempting to remove or customize backups…
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How to Clean up a messed AD the smartest way possible?

I helped out a friend and we are trying to clean up an AD with messed up userdata. The upn, firstname and lastname and E-Mails are correct. But fields like "manager" or something like cost center are not filled in correctly. Now I thought about a…
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Do I need to do some "cleanup" if an installation is terminated due to disconnection?

I was trying to install php7.3 to my ubuntu 16.04 machine. The SSH connection got dropped while the installation was running. I've been trying to search whether I need to do a "cleanup" before I go ahead and re-install it, but all I get from google…
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Find items having missing bitstreams in DSpace 6.0/PostgreSQL

I tried to export a collection through the dspace packager but that leads me to a java exception: Exception: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/dspace/dspace/assetstore/24/53/70/24537062703407880406826961992454636643 (There is no such file or…
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Maintenance Cleanup Task(s) running 'successfully' but not deleting back up files

I have a maintenance plan setup for all my user databases on a particular server, which does all the usually things at various intervals. The 7th and final subplan is a two stage cleanup plan; firstly old full backups are deleted, then old…
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Multiple Python installations on Windows - when were they last used?

We have a few Windows machines that have multiple Python installations on them, for various reasons. Who doesn't love legacy systems? In a bit of a clean up effort, I'd like to attempt to figure out which ones are actually in use. As far as I can…
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How to clean orphan Docker containers?

I have a setup where users log into the host machine via PuTTY and can spawn Docker containers for their use. The Docker command looks like this: docker run -it --rm -v /home/$USER:/home/$USER -w="/home/$USER" -u $USER…
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Too little space on a rented Windows Server 2008 virtual machine. How can I free space?

I rented a VPS / virtual machine with Windows Server 2008 with 16 GB of HDD. The Windows install was fresh so I went on to install the automatic updates, patches etc. I soon found out that I now have 200 MB free as SP2 couldn't install reporting…
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Powershell Delete list of files from directories located on a network share

I wrote the following script to delete all temp files and cached data from users profiles located on network share. It works fine when I run it locally on my machine but when I attempt to run it on a network share it always fails. This is how my…
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Users are accumulating files everywhere and being wasteful/disorganised, what's the best strategy and supporting tools to help clean it up?

One strategy being considered is: Advise users of the official locations that important working documents should be kept and that files kept in all other locations may be removed at will each month move any files (docx, xlsx etc) not accessed…
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Fastest way to remove numerous big files

I have a directory with integration tests temporary files, which has the following structure: TestTemp --- Test01 (~1.5TB) --- Subdirectory01 (~100GB) -- Destination JSON (1-100MB) --- Subdirectory02 --…
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Create a cleanup cd/floppy disc?

I need to be able to do the following: Boot from said disk delete all C:\documents and settings\jafdkjewi folders (Excepting All Users, Default User, and Select Few others) reboot Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How do you remove the "ffsearcher" trojan?

Does anyone have any experience in removing the ffsearcher trojan. One of our systems is infected. The virus scanner doesn't detect it, but our websense program is detecting all the internet activity from it. I am trying to determine how to remove…
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One SQL, lots of SharePoint 2010 Servers, and lots of Databases to clean

I have a dedicated server running SQL server and many web servers running SharePoint 2010 installations. All the SharePoint web servers are using the same SQL server for storing/creating databases. As I know, When SharePoint is installed it creates…
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