Office 365 Autodiscover Issues after Domain Migration
I’m helping a customer move a domain with a few mailboxes from one Office 365 tenant to another. After setting up the domain in the new Office 365 account, we …
Navigating the Mysteries of AT&T IP Flexible Reach
I’ve recently completed setting up AT&T IP Flexible Reach service for use with an on-premises installation of the 3CX phone system. The AT&T process is quite opaque, so I wanted …
Use PowerShell to Find and Display a Certificate
Need to get information on a certificate from the command line? This article has some great info on doing that with PowerShell. Here are couple that I’ve adapted: List details …
Windows Server Backup Expects 40% Free Space
On a Small Business Server 2011 machine (that’s Server 2008 R2 base), I’m getting warning event 51 from Microsoft-Windows-Backup: “The backup storage location is running low on free space. Future …
How to Recognize a Phishing Email
“Phishing” emails are trying to get you to click on a link and enter your username and password. They may use this approach to steal your credentials for a bank, …
Lenovo ThinkPad or ThinkCentre Stuck on Boot Screen
Does your Lenovo get stuck on the black Lenovo screen when it reboots?
Windows Server Backup UI Fails to Start
I’ve encountered this a couple times now with new Server 2016 installations. Some time after configuring backups, I try to start the Server Backup UI and get this:
QuickBooks Desktop Won’t Add Payment Link to Email
I subscribe to QuickBooks Payments. I spent hours today trying to get QuickBooks Pro 2018 to add a View and Pay Now link to the bottom of an emailed invoice.
Firefox and Intermediate Certificates
Recently I was trying to get a Snom D785 phone to connect to a server that uses an SSL certificate issued by COMODO (now rebranded as Sectigo). Snom uses the …
Windows 2016 Can’t Find Control Panel Items
On a new Server 2016 build 1607 install, after activating the BitLocker feature, when I typed “Manage BitLocker” in the Start menu, nothing was found. Following this article, I started …