Dell RAID Storport Driver version is out of date 5.2.3790.4173

On a Dell server running Microsoft Windows Server  2003 and Dell RAID with the latest Dell updates you may see a warning about: “Driver version is out of date.” – Firmware Version 5B2D Driver Version 6.46.2.32 Storport Driver Version 5.2.3790.4021 Minimum Required Storport Driver Version 5.2.3790.4173 – This warning is dues to the Microsoft StorPort … Read more

Cannot start Hyper-V virtual machines on Windows Server 2008 R2 after Reboot

We have found a really annoying and recurring problem on some of our Windows 2008 R2 servers.     The Hyper-V virtual machines will not start after a reboot. You cannot create or mount virtual drives in Disk Management.     The problem seems to randomly appear after a reboot. The problem also appears to be … Read more

How to get 7-Zip to save its File Associations in Windows 7 and Server 2008

How to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.       I have been asked a lot of questions about how to get the file associations to work with 7-zip in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.   The problem is you can go into the … Read more