Managing Windows 10 Updates Using Group Policy
I am still pretty early in my journey of learning how to manage Windows 10 Pro updates, but I am a little encouraged to find that there are several setting …
Windows 10 Forces Early Upgrade, Behaves Like a Virus
I have an older machine running Windows 10 1607. I tried 1703 but had problems so restored to 1607. Last week when I booted the machine, I was treated with …
Essentials 2012 R2 Dashboard Fails with .NET 4.6 and 4.7
On an Essentials 2012 R2 machine, I have a dashboard alert that I need to ignore. But when I try to ignore the alert, the green bar just runs from …
DISM Fails with 0x800F0906 if WSUS Is Installed
I ran the following command on a Server 2012 R2 running WSUS: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth It failed with error 0x800F0906
X1 Tablet 2nd Gen with USB-C and USB 3.0 Pro Docks
A Lenovo X1 Tablet is a marvel of engineering in terms of packing a lot into a small space. But it’s so small, there are very few external connectors: one …
Reset File History after Copying Profile to New Computer
I find the ForensIT User Profile Wizard to be an invaluable tool when I need to copy a user’s profile from an old to a new computer. However I was …
Omi.keytab Errors Suddenly Start on Azure Server
At 10:17pm last night, an Azure web server (Bitnami WordPress stack) started generating one error per minute, each one sending an identical email, 600+ emails by morning.
Re-Install Windows Live Writer 2012
I’m setting up a new (Windows 10) PC and needed to install Windows Live Writer 2012. Unfortunately, per this page, it has been retired and is no longer available for …
Windows 10 Cannot Connect to Remote Desktop Gateway
I’m setting up a new Windows 10 computer, currently at 1709 Build 16299.192. It is unable to connect to a Server 2012R2 machine running Remote Desktop Gateway.
Determine SQL 2014 Version
Milestone XProtect Essentials+ 2017 R3 installed a version of SQL 2014. SQL Management Studio is not installed. I need to download the SQL Express installer so I can do a …