Friday 24 January 2014

Active Directory : You do not have sufficient privileges to delete Organizational Unit



Working in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) trying to delete an Organizational Unit (OU), you get the following error :
Active Directory Domain Services
You do not have sufficient privileges to delete < Organizational Unit >, or this
object is protected from accidental deletetion.
By default, you need to uncheck the box “Protect object from accidental deletion”. To achieve this, you need to activate Advanced Features on ADUC console.

1) Click on : View > Advanced Features

Now you got a lot more options!

2) Right click on the OU you want to remove and then Properties ;
3) Click on Object tab ;
4) Uncheck the box Protect object from accidental deletion.

You’re done!

Saturday 18 January 2014

This computer does not have enough space for temporary files. Windows installation needs at least size megabytes (MB) of space on any partition for temporary files. To install Windows, free enough space.

Error: This computer does not have enough space for temporary files. Windows installation needs at least size megabytes (MB) of space on any partition for temporary files. To install Windows, free enough space.


Suggestions:


The solution is simple. You just need to mark the partition on which the OS is installed as active.
  1. Open Control Panel by clicking the Start button, and then selecting Control Panel.Click System and Maintenance.
  2. Click Administrative Tools.
  3. Double-click Computer Management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  4. In the navigation pane, click Disk Management under Storage.
  5. Select the volume that contains the existing Windows Vista installation. Typically, this is drive C.
  6. Right click the volume, and then select Mark Partition as Active.
  7. Click Yes to confirm the action.