Synology Drive Crash and Recovery
Today I arrived in my office to hear my new Synology DS-1520+ NAS beeping softly. Checking email confirmed my suspicion that a drive had failed—the storage pool was in a …
Synology Active Backup for Business: the Missing Features
Reliable backups are an essential part of computer management. I’ve used many, many backup tools over the years: Windows Backup, Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec, ShadowProtect, Server Essentials Client Backup. Azure Backup, …
Downloading Files with PowerShell
I’ve been working on PowerShell scripts lately that download executable files and run them in an RMM. The challenge is often how to download from various online sources. This article …
Can’t Connect to Essentials 2016 from New Windows 10 Machine
I purchased a new Windows 10 21H2 computer for a client and upgraded it from Pro to Enterprise. After connecting it to the customer’s network and downloading the Essentials connector …
Secure AD CD on Essentials 2016
This month, Microsoft is re-fixing an NTLM Relay Attack vulnerability and recommending additional mitigations on some servers. I checked how Server 2016 with Essentials is affected.
Debugging remotewebaccess.com
Microsoft’s remotewebaccess.com service has been a cornerstone of Windows Server Essentials going back at least to 2012 R2. It’s a free dynamic DNS service hosted by Microsoft that facilitates finding …
Factory Reset a Cisco 2960-XR Switch
A client no longer needed their three Cisco switches. I wanted to do a factory reset before putting them up for sale.
The older version of Google Chrome cannot be removed – Error 1612
One workstation was missing the MSI for the previous version of Chrome, so Chrome update (through Ninite) was failing. This message was logged to the Application Event log: Log Name: …
Synology NVR Setup: Segmenting the Camera Network
I’ve recently set up a Synology DS1520+ Network Attached Storage (NAS) device at a client site. It’s being used as a Network Video Recorder (NVR) running Synology Surveillance Station, recording …
Ninite Fails to Update Chrome: Could Not Verify Installation
One user’s Windows 10 computer keeps returning this error when Ninite Pro tries to update Chrome (whether interactively or from the command line): Chrome : Install failed – Could not …