Chris Forster
The Online Home of Chris Forster
Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and Facebook
One Saturday morning in late January I picked up my WP7 to discover that my girlfriend had...
Date: 02/07/2011
When using thread impersonation “DTCGetTransactionManagerEx”is failing from the MSDTC groups passive cluster node
The Problem You could be encountering this problem if: · You are using an application calling...
Date: 06/08/2010
Reinstalling / Rebuilding COM+ on Windows 2008
Unlike on Windows 2003 it is not possible to Reinstall/Rebuild COM+ on Windows 2008 without...
Date: 05/25/2010
MSDTC communication is not working on a Windows 2008 Cluster when Incoming Caller Authentication or Mutual Authentication is required
In the design change between Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, MSDTC running on a cluster should now be...
Date: 05/05/2010
Unable to view or change the properties (Tracing, Logging or Security settings) in Component Services for a clustered instance of MSDTC which resides in a SQL Server cluster resource group
The issue normally only occurs when MSDTC is using the same cluster virtual name as SQL. The point...
Date: 12/14/2009
SubInACL Installation
In previous blogs I have discussed the use of the SubInACL tool for changing the Access Control...
Date: 10/14/2009
Knowing the limits (MSDTC participant / enlistment limits)
In most cases when flowing a distributed transaction between more than a single machine, a number of...
Date: 10/14/2009
MSDTC transaction statistics show a large number of aggregated “Unknown” and “Total” transactions when viewed from a remote machine
Take the scenario whereby MSDTC is configured on Server A and allows remote administration. This...
Date: 06/13/2009
Windows 2008 SQL Server Cluster (with MSDTC) when using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Take the scenario whereby you have a Windows 2008 Cluster used as a SQL Database Cluster. A common...
Date: 05/29/2009
You cannot use or configure MSDTC on a Windows 2003 Cluster without a shared disk
On a Windows 2003 cluster you can only ever have one instance of MSDTC running on the cluster at any...
Date: 05/29/2009
You cannot start transactions in an application running without administrative privileges on a Windows 2003 clustered Server
On a Windows 2003 Cluster environment, if you have an application (e.g. COM+, winforms etc) which...
Date: 05/28/2009
The "COM+ Event System" Service will not enter the "Started" State
The following may help you if your “COM+ Event System” service does not start successfully. The...
Date: 09/18/2008
Moving a "MSDTC Cluster Resource" from the "Main Cluster Group" to its own "MSDTC Cluster Group"
This post applies to Windows 2003 Clusters 1) First you should make a careful note of all the MSDTC...
Date: 09/18/2008
ACL Problem with the MSDTC service?
If you have a Resource Manager (for example SQL Server) that is failing to communicate with MSDTC...
Date: 08/18/2008
WCF Transaction Flows
When you wish to flow transactions between a client and a WCF Service there are three key tasks to...
Date: 04/02/2008
MSDTC in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 - Removal of the "TIP" checkbox
In both Windows Vista and Server 2008 there is now no longer a checkbox to enable TIP transaction....
Date: 02/19/2008
MSDTC in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
In both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 the administration of MSDTC is a little different than...
Date: 02/19/2008
MSDTC Changes Since Windows 2003 SP1
MSDTC was enhanced with the introduction of SP1 for Windows 2003 and with SP2 for Windows XP. There...
Date: 12/13/2007
Embedding a Manifest File Using Visual Studio
Since writing my last post, I thought it would be good to have some more information about how to...
Date: 12/12/2007
A solution and workaround to the change in manifest preference behaviour in Windows 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista
Problem Since upgrading to Windows 2003 SP1 or Windows Vista, applications that depend on the...
Date: 12/11/2007
A solution and workaround to the change in manifest preference behaviour in Windows 2003 SP1 and Windows Vista
Problem Since upgrading to Windows 2003 SP1 or Windows Vista, applications that depend on the...
Date: 12/10/2007