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 …
Mom Dodges a Fake Antivirus Bullet
Tonight my mom was browsing her local utility’s web site when she got a popup “Message from webpage” that Microsoft Antivirus had found critical activity A “Microsoft Security Essentials Alert” …
Batch Convert PDF to PDF/A
Note This post is outdated . See the 2018 version here. I’m developing a paperless workflow for my home and office. I want to save all my documents in PDF/A-1b archival format …
Skype Password Token Is Not Recognized
So you’ve gotten rid of Microsoft Messenger and switched to Skype. But you forgot your password, and now Skype has you in an infinite loop of “Sorry that password token …
Find the Largest Files on a Linux Machine
The PBX in a Flash machine at a client site sends me a daily Logwatch email (setup described here). At the bottom of that email are a few lines telling …
Use CutePDF to Print to PDF/A for Free
Note This post is outdated . See the 2018 version here. I’ve been working on developing a paperless workflow. I want to save my digital files in PDF/A format, specially designed …
Access Point Won’t Stay Up with POE
I’m working on installing four Cisco 1131AG access points at a client’s location. We want to use Power Over Ethernet (POE) to provide power, and purchased a Cisco SG200-08P switch, …
Secure Email Signatures in Outlook 2010
I don’t come across Secure MIME (S/MIME) signed emails very often so I thought it might be interesting to post a few screenshots of what happens when you receive a …
Restore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 3
This is the third in the series of almost annual articles about my experiences testing a Hyper-V restore. I’ve done this successfully in 2011 and 2012. Why repeat? To make …
Adding a Target Volume Using Wbadmin
Option 3 of Microsoft KB 2009365 describes how to add a disk to Windows Server backup when other disks are offsite: you have to use the wbadmin command line tool. …