Windows 2008

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Troubleshooting

Default Gateway Loss

Known bug in Windows 2008 SP2 causes the default gateway of a machine to disappear on reboot. Resolved by resetting the IP stack and re-entering the IP config

1. Record IP details
   • ipconfig/all > C:\ipconfig.txt
2. Reset the IP stack
   • netsh int ip reset
3. Restart server
4. Re-enter IP config
5. Reboot to confirm its held

There's a bugfix available from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973243

Scheduled Tasks

Error 2147943712 You're trying to save a task that wants to save credentials (maybe because you want the task to run even when the user is logged off), but credential saving has been disabled by a GPO.