Windows 10 Can’t Install November Cumulative Update
Windows 10 Pro 1511 failed repeatedly to install the November 2016 Cumulative Update (KB3198586). So I deleted the partition and installed Windows 10 Pro 1607 from scratch. It also cannot …
Windows 10 Freezes with storahci 129 Errors
On a new install of Windows 10 Pro 1607, with a Crucial/Micron M500 SSD, the machine would frequently freeze for several seconds. This corresponded to dozens of storahci 129 warnings …
Database Server Backup to Hybrid Onsite/Cloud FAIL
This is a very instructive nightmare:
Update Essentials Connector before Upgrading Windows 10
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how the Windows 10 Update Breaks 2012 R2 Essentials Connector. I thought that was fixed if you install KB3172614 on your server as …
Generate an SSL Certificate Request without IIS
I’m planning to installed 3CX 15 on a Windows 2012 R2 server. I want to use a new SSL certificate. The machine does not have IIS installed. How do I …
3CX 15 Upgrade Notes and Gotchas
I’m doing a test upgrade on a local Windows 2008 R2 server from 3CX 14 to 3CX 15. A few notes and gotchas for future reference. Read these before uninstalling …
Can’t Remove Essentials Computer
I was having trouble removing a computer from the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard. Can’t recall the error but I do recall the entire dashboard crashing. I found this thread on …
Set Up TLS on a Grandstream UCM Device Using a Public SSL Certificate
I wanted to get TLS connections working between remote Grandstream phones connected over the Internet to a Grandstream UCM6102 PBX. This location already has an SSL certificate for its web …
Script to Check Current Firewall Profile
As mentioned in this post, I recently had a server unexpectedly show up with a Public firewall profile, which caused database connection issues. I decided to write a little script …
Test and Fix SQL Connectivity
After server and workstation reboots, a database application that I use every day would not start. It displayed this message: SQL Server does not exist or access denied