I have run into several SB installs with very high memory utilization issues lately. I started poking around and noticed it was MS SQL chewing up all the memory. I thought this was odd so I hit good old google and sure enough it is a very common issue for WSUS to go a bit […]
As most everyone has heard SSL 2.0 has been compromised. Most PCI certification authorities are requiring SSL 2.0 to be disabled. I am sure with poodle SSL 3.0 is not far behind but that is for another article. I have written the following batch file to make all the needed changes and save some legwork. […]
Many windows admins these days are very busy upgrading/replacing windows XP. I am not going to go into how very important to remove windows XP machines from our environments since it is now EOL and no patches will be released any longer. What I am going to show you is how to find all those […]
Hi Windows Lovers!? (Looking to install Windows Server? The same steps apply, but for a server specific guide, go here Create a bootable Windows Server 2012 R2 installation USB flash drive) This time I’ll help you find a way to install Windows 8.1 quick and easy, from a simple USB flash drive. It’s a piece of […]
You get “Iashlpr initialization failed” error after installing DHCP on Windows 2008R2 After installing DHCP server on windows 2008 R2, you notice that your system event log will be filled with Errors Event ID: 1070 “Iashlpr initialization failed: The DHCP service was unable to access path specified for the audit log. So DHCP server cannot […]
Enable Remote Management You may receive the following, somewhat misleading, error panel when attempting to remotely manage a Core machine. The panel correctly tells you that you have to enable the windows firewall rules. It tells you the wrong rule sets when the machine you are trying to manage is a server 2012 instance, probably […]
Activating Server Core Depending on the output of the command you entered to check the status you can activate your Server Core installation in a couple of ways: Activating with a pre-entered product key When you entered a product key when you installed Windows Server 2008 but didn’t select the option to activate automatically you […]
With working on my MCSE for server 2012 I needed to learn how to use windows server 2012 core. unfortunately configuring basic settings from the power shell is a whole lot different than the gui. You can configure everything and then uninstall the GUI but that is not really the correct way to do it. […]
Upon deploying my first windows 2012 r2 essentials box with anywhere access enabled. I was surprised that I could only access the servers dashboard remotely. That is obviously a problem for working on the server remotely. Oddly enough it is not a very well known fix to change it. First thing log in to the […]
Had a puzzler last week. Client called up to say one of his contacts couldn’t email him. It was being rejected. Message Rejections will be a common problem for many people, and the best thing to do is get a copy of the rejection message or what i call NDR (Non Delivery Receipt (or Report) […]
