If your cluster reports that one of your cluster disks is “online pending”, as seen in the printscreen below, then Windows is checking the disks for errors.

This can take a while if it is a large disk.

If you want to know how far the process is, check out this log file:

C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports\ChkDsk_ResCluster Disk #_Disk#Part1.log

If you want to stop this process, you have to kill the following process on the cluster node: chkdsk.exe

Windows will stop checking the disk, and it is possible that the status of the disk wil be “Offline”.

Right click on the disk (as in the printscreen below), and select “Bring this resource online”.

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Change Mailbox Language

Problem: Your installation language is Dutch, and some of the Outlook folders are English.

If the parameter “outlook.exe /resetfoldernames” is not working.

(You probably created the mailbox on Exchange 2003 and moved this mailbox from exchange 2003 to exchange 2010)

Solution:

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Problem: When a user wants to use the Ribbon Toolbar from Office 2010 on Terminal Server and he logs out, and logs back in, he loses his custom icons in this toolbar, but the toolbar is still visible with de default icons.

Solution: When adjusting the toolbar, MS Office saves the file C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Excel.officeUI or Word.officeUI.

When MS Office create these files, you can copy the files Excel.officeUI and Word.officeUI to a folder in the home folder. (My example is home folder from the user)

In your logoff script use this line:

xcopy /i /r /y “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI” “\\servername\homefolders$\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI”

In your log-in script use this line:

xcopy /i /r /y “\\servername\homefolders$\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI” “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office”

If the user now logs off, the log-off script copies the files from the toolbar to his home folder and when he logs back in the files get placed in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\ directory.

Tags: Office 2010, Office ribbon toolbar, Terminal server, roaming profiles, windows 2003.