Set Up and Download Scripts and Helpers
Scripting is great, but if you manage a bunch of computers, how do you get those scripts and their helper programs onto the computers in the first place? I wrote …
Windows 10 Update Breaks 2012 R2 Essentials Connector
If you have a Windows 10 machine connected to an Essentials 2012 R2 server and you apply the Windows 10 November update (1511), all Essentials connections will be lost.
Can’t RDP to Lenovo Windows 7 Machine
I was setting up a new Lenovo M93p desktop using the OEM install of Windows 7 Pro x64. After joining the computer to a domain, as soon as I tried …
Important Microsoft Update Not Auto-Installed
At one client, Server 2012 R2 Essentials is telling me every day that important updates should be installed on client computers. But automatic updates are enabled for several hours during …
Outlook 2013 Slow Autodiscover with Office 365
I’m using Outlook 2013 to connect to my Office 356 account. DNS is set up correctly, with autodiscover.mydomain.com pointing to autodiscover.outlook.com. I recently had to re-create my account and it …
Action Pack Now Has 10 Support Incidents
Not sure if this is news to anyone else, but Microsoft Action Pack now includes 10 support incidents for any supported product—see the Core benefits page.
Print Detailed Windows Update Information
Earlier this year, I wrote about how to show and change Windows Update settings on a machine using PowerShell. But sometimes you need to know more about a Windows update …
Essentials 2012 R2 Anywhere Access VPN Failure
I’ve set up Anywhere Access on my Essentials 2012 R2 server including the VPN option. However, when I try to connect, the connection fails and I get error 20253 on …
Uninstall and Hide Windows Updates
Sometimes Microsoft releases a bad update via Windows Update. It might be 3035583 that has been released multitple times to to push Windows 10 nag prompts to users. Or 3097877 …
Free Up Memory for Hyper-V Guests
I run a small Server 2012 R2 machine that functions primarily as a Hyper-V server. It has 12 GB of RAM. The guests do not use dynamic RAM. Today I …