Kerberos Event 19 after Server Migration
I recently migrated from Server Essentials 2012 R2 to Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. Both of these machines run a self-signed Certification Authority (CA). The old machine has …
WordPress Update Shrunk SQL DB
I do a daily backup of my WordPress SQL database and was concerned when, after a recent auto-update to WordPress 4.7.5, the size of my SQL backup file shrank from …
Filter the System Log by Correlation ActivityID
I’m trying to figure out why my new Server 2016 with the Essentials role is getting System events 36874. In particular, if this is a certificate issue between a client …
Fix Bad Drivers in Windows 10 1703 ADK
I blogged in 2014 about setting up client restore service on Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I wanted to do the same thing for Server 2016 with the Essentials role. I …
Fix COM Error 10016
After upgrading or migrating to Server 2016, I was getting errors about Distributed COM not being able to activate certain certain AppIDs from either the SYSTEM account or from a …
Set a Static IP Address Pool for Your 2016 VPN
I’m in the process of migrating from Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Windows Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. It is astonishing and somewhat concerning how poorly documented …
Fix SQL Database SIDs After Moving Database
After moving my GoldMine databases to a new SQL server, I was getting thousands of these events in the Application event log as well as in the SQL ERRORLOG:
GoldMine Web Sign In Issue
I’m running GoldMine 2017.1 on Server 2016 with the Essentials role installed. I installed GoldMine Connect 2017.1 but could not sign in, even though my user has a password: The …
Moving a GoldMine Database to a New SQL Server
Today I moved my GoldMine databases from a SQL 2012 Express instance on one server to a SQL 2016 Standard instance on another server. I wanted to jot down a …
Install SQL 2016 with Data on a Separate Drive
I’m setting up SQL 2016 Standard for low-volume use. All I want is to put the programs on the C: drive and all data (including error logs, system and user …