Set Up Client Restore on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
A few months back, I migrated to Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I read how the client restore service works: just start the service on the server and boot the client …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop
There are several differences since the last time I did a disaster recovery restore test. The server is now a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on …
MCB Systems Celebrates 25 Years!
Way back in January 1989, fresh off the plane from Germany, I moved to Oceanside, California and hung out my shingle on the ground floor of a rented vacation condo. …
Yes You Can Shred a Hard Drive
Normally when I decommission a computer, I use Darik’s Boot and Nuke to wipe the hard drive to Department of Defense standards. However, if the hard drive has crashed, you …
HP MediaSmart LX195 Server Recovery
I’m preparing to sell a LX195 that is no longer needed. I put in a blank hard drive and tried to do a server recovery so I could get to …
Temporary Internet Files Missing Under IE 11
This was a strange one. Symptoms: In Word 2010 and Publisher 2010, clip art does not show preview images. Cutting and pasting an image from a web page fails. IE …
Remote Desktop Gateway Causes ESENT 490 Errors on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
On every restart of a new Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, I get several instances of the following errors in the Application event log:
Run a .NET 2.0 App under IIS 8 on Server 2012 R2
When you first set up Server Essentials 2012 R2 with Anywhere Access, IIS 8 is configured with .NET v4.5 only. If you try to run a .NET 2.0 application, you …
Server 2012 R2 not Replicating SYSVOL from Server 2012
I recently added a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine to my domain and moved the FSMO roles to it from the old Server 2012 machine. However, when I opened Group …
Thousands of WMI Event ID 10 Errors after Server 2012 R2 Upgrade
I recently upgraded my Hyper-V host from Server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. It’s not domain-joined, and I did an in-place upgrade. Every 11 seconds, I was getting the following …