Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022 How To’s
You may find ANALYZE CLUSTER UPDATING READINESS (in CLUSTER AWARE UPDATING in your Windows Server Cluster) comes back with a warning: Rule ID: 10 Title: The machine proxy on each failover cluster node should be set to a local proxy server Result: Warning Problem: One or more failover cluster nodes have Read more…
If you are trying to install SAN Headquarters on a Windows 10 PC you will likely find that it has not (as of yet) been updated to support the .NET 4.6 (note the “6”) or newer. This means that it is stuck looking for its .NET 4.5 prerequisite and you Read more…
Below are the commands used to find your IP Address on different operating systems: WINDOWS IP ADDRESS Start a CMD window and type ipconfig or ipconfig /all (not case sensitive) and press ENTER LINUX IP ADDRESS Start a TERMINAL session and type ifconfig (is case sensitive) and press ENTER SOLARIS IP Read more…
Several things can cause a file or folder to be locked in such a state that even a local, domain or enterprise administrator cannot change. In the ADVANCED SECURITY SETTINGS, you may see: YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO VIEW THIS OBJECTS SECURITY PROPERTIES, EVEN AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE USERS. TRY Read more…
If you have built a corporate image and found that you need to make a change to settings in the registry you can edit the registry off line. In my case I use WSUS to deploy images so I had to find the image I needed to modify in WSUS, right click Read more…
This page details the keys needed to boot a PC into various modes (like the BIOS and PXE Network) from various manufacturers. If you are stuck and you can try the common keystrokes during a POST and before the Operating System loads: ESC, F1, F2, F8, F9, F10, F12 and Delete key. Read more…
If you shut down, restart or sign out of your PC and see the following ‘Chinese’ characters: 牔獵整牥潎楴楦慣楴湯牁慥獍䉧硯 This app is preventing you from signing out. You have IBM/Trusteer Apex or Rapport installed. Trusteer Apex is security software that effectively replaces antivirus. Trusteer Rapport is a module from Apex that Trusteer Read more…
If you are RDP’ing to a machine and you see: The system administrator has limited the computers you can log on with. the problem is the language Microsoft has used in their LOG ON TO button in Active Directory Users and Computers. It should be LOG ON FROM. If you Read more…
If you are running Windows 10 and need to install something old that requires .NET 2 or .NET 3.5 you will likely follow the instructions to install it from PROGRAMS AND FEATURES > TURN WINDOWS FEATURES ON OR OFF > .NET FRAMEWORK (INCLUDES .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0) but then Read more…
‘SOLVED’ is a bit overselling it. If you have EXTRA REGISTY SETTINGS in a Group Policy what you have settings that were set in an old .ADMX template. In other words they are orphaned. You likely added in new templates (like the Windows 10 templates) and the new template does Read more…
In a CMD prompt type: shutdown /r /o /f /t 00 and the PC will reboot into RECOVERY MODE where you can bring up the old F8 boot menu. Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e | Read more…
If you are trying to install a driver from a small developer or you want to use an old driver, you may see this alert: Windows Encountered a Problem Installing the Driver Software For Your Device Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to Read more…
This was a major a pain to me. I have found that many sites, including MSN.COM, Outlook Web Access, GoToMeeting.com and others, do not load properly with PROTECTED MODE enabled on Windows 7, 8 and 10 so after arguing with Microsoft about it for a few months last year, I have Read more…
If you are running Windows 10 in a corporate setting, you should likely disable the Windows Feedback prompts that appear every few weeks. It is important to provide this feedback to Microsoft and I personally provide a lot of it, but it is not the purpose of staff to spend Read more…
If you have ever run a Check Disk (Chkdsk.exe) you will see results like 4 EA RECORDS PROCESSED and 76 REPARSE RECORDS PROCESSED. At first review, these are likely something that concerns you but they should not: EA Records are Extended Attribute records. They’re a feature of NTFS that allows Read more…
If you are new to clustering, like me, then the hundreds of checks the Microsoft wizards handle for you are invaluable tools to ensuring a functional cluster configuration. There are, however, some alerts that seem to indicate something is required when it is not. This is one of those alerts Read more…