Friday, April 26, 2013

Windows could not start the Independent Management Architecture on Local Computer…contact the service vendor, and refer to server-specific error code -2147483626

While restarting the IMA Service in the Citrix server it will end up with the below error

"Windows could not start the Independent Management Architecture on Local Computer…contact the service vendor, and refer to server-specific error code -2147483626 "

Error Screenshot:
 
Resolution:

1. Please configure the Database again in the server using the below command

Dsmaint config /user:SQLusername /pwd:SQLpassword /dsn:"c:\program files\citrix\independent management architecture\yourdsnfile.dsn"

Whereas,
SQLusername: I used my account Domain\username (HAM\C52179va). make sure your account has Full admin rights in the server
SQLpassword: Use your acount password
yourdsnfile.dsn : MF20.dsn .

Also make sure to pint to Correct Drive where Citrix is installed in the server.

For Example:
C:\Documents and Settings\c50442va>Dsmaint config /user:HAM\C52179va /pwd:honda123 /dsn:"F:\program files\citrix\independent management architecture\MF20.dsn"

Once you run the command the output will be below


Then Finally,

Restart the IMA service, and also start MFCOM, Citrix SMA, Citrix WMI services.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE


The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 based computer. Although you cannot see what you are typing, you can successfully log on to the Windows Server 2003 based computer. Then, after you successfully log on, the screen becomes visible.


This issue occurs if all the values under the following registry subkey are set to "0 0 0":
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Colors

Solution :

Export the registry subkey from another Windows Server 2003 based computer

1. Click Start, point to Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2 .Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Colors
3. Right-click the Colors registry subkey, and then click Export.
4. In the File name box, type a name for the file.
5. Note the location where you will save the file, and then click Save.

Import the registry subkey into the affected computer

1. Click Start, point to Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. On the File menu, click Import.
3 .Double-click the .reg file that you want to import.
4. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.