Solved: McAfee epo services not starting, error 7024 ID in event viewer

Issue:  McAfee epo 4.6.3 services were not starting, 7024 ID was seen in logs Reading the error 7024 description it says that apache server is unable to listen to socket, means port 80 i used by someone. So i quickly disabled my IIS service and SQL Reporting Service , tried to restart McAfee ePO services and all came up seemlessly. Solution: 1. DISABLE WORLD WIDE WEB PUBLISHING SERVICE (IIS service) 2. DISABLE SQL REPORTING SERVICE (As it uses IIS at some points...

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SOLVED: McAfee ePO requires 8.3 naming to be enabled

McAfee ePO requires 8.3 naming to be enabled  Click Start, Run, type regedit and click OK.     Navigate to:                       [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]     Change the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation value to 0.     Restart the server.  and you are done ...

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ePO server backup and disaster recovery procedure

ePO server backup and disaster recovery procedure The following detail has been taken from McAfee knowledge base as a handy link for backup and recovery Reference: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB66616 Environment McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.x, 4.xFor details of all supported operating systems, see KB51109. Solution IMPORTANT: This procedure is intended for use by network and ePO administrators only. McAfee does not assume responsibility for any damage incurred because they...

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Zipping large and alot of files using command line

 I was trying to zip a zen cart site, it was of quite large size, i did everything other thing to zip it but wasnt possible, at the end of the day it turned out to be that files were not successfully zipped and not all files were there leading to situation where the zip file was corrupt. so i used 7zip a zipping utility, DONOT use its gui, its not worth in this case, as i tried to do it with gui alot many times. 1. Go to the program files where 7zip is installed. 2. Go to the directory where it shows that there is a "7z.exe" file in the...

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Default SVCHOST.exe associated services, users and processes

Default SVCHOST.exe associated services, users and processes Svchost.exe Some time ago, Microsoft started moving all of the functionality from internal Windows services into .dll files instead of .exe files. From a programming perspective this makes more sense for reusability… but the problem is that you can’t launch a .dll file directly from Windows, it has to be loaded up from a running executable (.exe). Thus the svchost.exe process was born. Why Are There So Many svchost.exes Running? If you’ve ever taken a look at the Services section...

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