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 …
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USPS Informed Delivery Phishing Email
I find USPS Informed Delivery very helpful for letting me know about mail and packages I should receive. So when I saw a USPS Informed Delivery email in my Junk …
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 …
Windows 7 Support Has Ended
As of January 14, 2020, Windows 7 is no longer receiving security and software updates. Users will be warned with this popup: Continuing to run Windows 7 without updates puts …
Essentials Server Folders Missing
Windows Server Essentials 2016 sometimes reports that most or all server folders have gone missing, even though they haven’t and all shares are accessible.