Windows Search Shows Plain Results on Entire Network
I have a small Server 2016 domain network, I frequently use search to find files on the server, which indexes not only file names but file contents. Recently, though, I …
Windows Essentials Client Restore Errors 10060, 0x8007003B
In testing an Essentials Client Restore under Hyper-V, the restore kept failing. It would show the server name, prompt for the username and password, but then it would fail with …
Restore Server to Desktop – 2021 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 …
DISM Examples
I seem to always have to go hunting for the syntax to run DISM /restorehealth, so here are a few quick examples.
Failure Compacting the Virtual Hard Disk on the Backup Location
Windows Server 2016 backups are completing with the warning “There was a failure compacting the virtual hard disk on the backup location. Detailed error: A device attached to the system …
StorDiag Errors on Server 2016 with Samsung 970 EVO
A few months ago, I added a blazing-fast Samsung 970 EVO NVMe drive to my old Lenovo TS140 server. It’s been performing well, but I noticed that I’m getting thousands …
More Essentials Certificate Woes
I wrote in November 2017 about Windows Server Essentials certificates getting renewed every two days. That problem suddenly stopped. The only change I had made was replacing a router. Now, …
Server Install and Recovery Woes
I have a fully-functional Server 2016 Standard installation with the Essentials role, on bare metal. OS drive C: (120GB) and Data drive D: (150GB) are on the same Samsung SSD.
Windows Server Backup UI Fails to Start
I’ve encountered this a couple times now with new Server 2016 installations. Some time after configuring backups, I try to start the Server Backup UI and get this:
Windows 2016 Can’t Find Control Panel Items
On a new Server 2016 build 1607 install, after activating the BitLocker feature, when I typed “Manage BitLocker” in the Start menu, nothing was found. Following this article, I started …