Windows Defender 99% CPU at Logon
Just logged on to a Windows Server 2016 Essentials machine for the first time in a couple days. Windows Defender immediately kicked off a Full Scan, basically bringing the server …
UniFi Server Reject after Moving Switch
A customer was consolidating two offices into one. Both were on the same UniFi controller. Each office had its own USG and its own range of IP addresses. I needed …
Generating PDF Thumbnails with Bitnami WordPress
I’m running Bitnami’s WordPress on a Microsoft Azure Ubuntu machine. It seems the default setup does not support the WordPress 4.7 feature to automatically generate PDF thumbnails on upload.
Some WSUS Maintenance
I use WSUS at a small-ish site (14 clients). The WSUS server runs on the same machine as Server 2016 Essentials. For quite a while, the server has not been …
GoldLink Not Working after 3CXPhone Update
3CX phone system updates sometimes include updates to the 3CXPhone desktop client software. For example, after installing 3CX v16 SP5, released April 22, 2020, users running 3CXPhone will be prompted …
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Warning Installing GoldLink
You may get a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning when you install MCB GoldLink to 3CX. The GoldLink installer is digitally signed, but SmartScreen warnings for this kind of signing certificate …
PowerShell to List Files That Don’t Inherit Permissions or Whose Paths Are Too Long
Ever update permissions in Windows Explorer only to get repeated errors about updates that were blocked, probably because you didn’t have Owner privileges on the file? In the aftermath (or …
Restore Server – 2020 Edition
I try to do a server restore test once a year. Previous tests are blogged in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (which includes 2018). This year I …
Change Network Profile to Private Using PowerShell
If you’re fighting with Network Level Authentication (see this post) and need to quickly change a workstation from Public to Private, this should work in PowerShell: Get-NetConnectionProfile Note the InterfaceIndex …
Set Owner and Reset Permissions on User Folder
After joining a Server 2012 R2 domain, a user was unable to access some of the files in their C:\Users\User\Documents folder, getting an “Access is denied” error. It seems these …