Windows Update High CPU
I’ve had a couple of Windows XP virtual machines get hung trying to do Windows Updates this month. CPU usage approaches 100% and if I do a manual update check …
Block User Folder Executables
One suggestion for blocking the Cryptolocker ransomware virus is to prevent execution of *.exe files in the %AppData% folder and its subfolders. I wanted to make the restriction a little …
Write Cache Warnings on Hyper-V Guest after KB2853952
Starting in September 2013, Windows Server 2012 R2 machines running as Hyper-V guests started issuing these warnings on reboot [8/18/2020: see comments—applies to 2012 but not R2]: Log Name: System …
Woohoo! 2000 Points on StackOverflow
I post most of my development questions and answers on StackOverflow, where you get points if people like your posts. Woohoo, I just hit 2000 points! All this means is …
Have You Heard Yet of CD-ROM?
I recently came across a letter that I wrote to a theologian friend in November 1987 about a business idea. Reading it was a fun reminder of how far technology …
TurboTax Fails to Print Supporting Details
I want to raise awareness about a TurboTax bug that may affect your ability to defend yourself in the case of an IRS audit. I use the TurboTax Supporting Details …
Office 365 SMTP Relay: What KB2600912 Doesn’t Tell You
Yesterday I was trying to set up Office 365 to relay email messages from Line-of-Business applications. I was following the smart-host method described in Microsoft KB2600912: How to set up …
Lenovo System Update UNCServer.exe
I had a moment of panic this morning when I discovered UNCServer.exe running on my Windows 7 workstation. I thought it was a VNC server, which could allow external control …
Event 7026: Boot-Start Device SBRE Failed to Load
I was getting this message when rebooting a Windows operating system: Log Name: System Source: Service Control Manager Event ID: 7026 Level: Error Description: The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) …
Scoped Snapshots vmicvss Error 13 on Server 2012, Windows 8
I’m running Server 2012 Essentials running in a Hyper-V machine under Windows Server 2008 R2. The Hyper-V host does a daily Windows backup at 9pm. The backup is configured to …