Reset DNS Server to DHCP from the Command Line
If a user can’t access the internet because their DNS is static, you can’t connect remotely but you may be able to walk threm through entering a couple of commands …
The Four Parts of Managing Your Domain
Many small businesses buy all-in-one domain service from a single company. While that can be an easy solution, it’s important to understand that there are actually four separate services involved. …
Remove Extra DNS Listener Added by RRAS
On a Server 2016 Essentials computer, with a static address pool defined as explained in this post, the Routing and Remote Access service adds a second IP address to the …
SMBClient 30803 and Non-Existent Machine
On a Server 2012R2 virtual machine, I’ve been getting SMBClient/Connectivity error 30803 every hour for well over a year. The error references an attempt to connect to a machine that …
GoldMine Named Pipes Provider Error
In an environment running GoldMine on client PCs and SQL on a separate server, I recently started getting this error when starting GoldMine: “Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a …
Network Location Awareness Doesn’t Identify Domain
One small client has a Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain controller and a few Windows 7 desktops. It’s a wired, mostly gigabit network. Some desktops, especially those that have are …
DNS Unresponsive on Essentials VPN
On my new-ish Server 2016 with the Essentials role, I set up the Anywhere Access VPN with a static address pool (described here). When I connected via VPN from a …
3CX Modifies Windows Hosts File
A Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials machine was returning strange results when I did a DNS query from PowerShell. I traced it back to modifications that 3CX version 14 had made …
2012 Essentials Internet Connection Errors
On my Server 2012 Essentials virtual machine, I was getting five or six messages every day telling me that the server is not connected to the Internet, even though it …
Converting Go Daddy DNS Records for DNS Made Easy
When you export a DNS zone from Go Daddy, there is some unusual formatting. IF you don’t fix it before importing it into DNS Made Easy (and probably other hosts), …