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 …
Disable SIP ALG on Tomato Shibby
A PBX vendor like 3CX may tell you to disable SIP ALG on your router. I’m running Tomato on my router, specifically Tomato Firmware 1.28.0000 MIPSR2-132 K26 Max. With the …
Use Certutil to Get File Hash
I have been happily using the tiny Bullzip MD5 Calculator to quickly get an MD5 hash directly from the context menu in Windows Explorer. But what if you need a …
WSUS Kills Itself with KB3159706
After deploying WSUS on a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, I allowed WSUS to update itself with KB3159706. This upgrades WSUS to supply Windows 10 upgrades (not in use at …
Cloned PCs Disappear in WSUS
Just set up WSUS in an environment with a few cloned PCs. One PC would show up in WSUS, then it would disappear when a cloned PC showed up. The …
3CX SBC Invalid signature received: 0x10317
I’m using 3CX Session Border Controller (SBC) 15.0.56341 to connect to a 3CX v15 SP4 server running on Server 2012 R2 in the cloud. Usually it works fine. A couple …
Azure Backup Agent Points to Wrong Update
When the Azure Backup Agent program says an update is ready, it will provide a link. Today, the link points to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=229525, which redirects to KB3196148, which is the October …
Script to List File Space by Date
After setting up a Network Video Recorder recently (using Milestone XProtect Essentials software), I needed a way to add up and compare how much disk space is being used for …
Find Comodo Root and Intermediate Certificates
Finding Comodo root and intermediate certificates can be a challenge. If you start with Google, you might find a promising knowledge base article with a direct link, but then be …
Zoiper’s Missing User Interface Labels
I have been trying to set some advanced options in a Zoiper Biz 3.13 account but I could not find four options that are described in the Help (Use DTMF, …