DevNodeClean: Deleting Unused Devices
Recently a Microsoft support agent used a tool that I wasn’t familiar with: DevNodeClean. Basically Windows creates a device in registry for every new device that is connected—even if it’s …
Samsung Magician Causes Error 10 on USB Drives
A customer recently upgraded from a Samsung SSD from a 250GB to a 500GB version to get more space. The upgrade with Samsung Migration software went smoothly and everything was …
UniFi VPN Fails after Edit
Yesterday, on my UniFI USG configuration, I made a small change to a site-to-site IPSec VPN. It broke—I could no longer connect to the remote site. I reverted the change. …
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 …
Run UniFi Controller As a Service on AdoptOpenJDK
Oracle Java is no longer free for commercial use so I needed to change the Java version on Windows 2008R2 machine to AdoptOpenJDK (as suggested in this article). Took a …
Misleading Errors and Win10 Event Log Crashes
I set up a couple Windows 10 1803 Enterprise machines a few months ago and have had ongoing issues with the EventLog service crashing, often daily. The problem stopped on …
Microsoft Kills Key Support Resource Eight Years Early
According to the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, Server 2016 Essentials should have support through January 12, 2027:
Set Up a GL.iNet XL-750 Spitz Cellular Router
I recently acquired a GL.iNet XL-750 “Spitz” router to test. It’s an interesting device: it has Ethernet and cellular for WAN and Ethernet and Wi-Fi for LAN. (In fact, using …
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, …
Migrate Sharp Copier to New Server
A client uses a Sharp MX-3570N Copier. There are a couple “gotchas” when moving that printer to a new server.