Errors after Server Essentials Local Certificate Renewal
Last week, I got an email from my monitoring system that a certificate on a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine was about to expire. I tracked it down 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 …
June Update Causes EventLog Error 30
I’ve now seen this on two machines running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials: after installing the June 2018 Windows updates, the server suddenly raises Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog event ID 30 regarding the …
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
Restore Server to Desktop – 2017 Edition
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Update Essentials Connector before Upgrading Windows 10
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how the Windows 10 Update Breaks 2012 R2 Essentials Connector. I thought that was fixed if you install KB3172614 on your server as …
Can’t Remove Essentials Computer
I was having trouble removing a computer from the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard. Can’t recall the error but I do recall the entire dashboard crashing. I found this thread on …
ServerCeipAssistant Task Incorrectly Formatted XML
On my Server 2012R2 Essentials machine, I wasn’t participating in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, but there is a scheduled task for it anyway—one that suddenly started throwing an error …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 3
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
HitmanPro.Alert Slows Software Protection Service
On one Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials machine, the Software Protection Service, which runs once an hour or so to verify licenses, was usually failing to start within 30 seconds, raising …