When Does a Windows 10 Deferral Period Start?
I have non-WSUS Windows 10 Pro machines set to defer feature upgrades for 120 days. So when does the 120-day counter start?
VoIP Phone Unregistered after Disabling SIP ALG
Last week I disabled SIP ALG (or “SIP Conntrack”) on my UniFi USG router: Today I noticed that one of the accounts on my Yealink T42G phone was unregistered. My …
Brother PowerENGAGE Causes MsiInstaller 1706 Errors
A customer purchased a Brother MFC-8900CDW laser printer. I installed the full software for it on their Windows 10 Pro systems. Now, every few hours, the following error is logged …
USG-to-USG VPN Fails with AT&T U-verse
I have two separate UniFi controllers, both version 5.8.24. There’s one USG at each location running 4.4.22. I’ve configured a manual IPSec VPN at each location with dynamic routing enabled. …
Adopt a UniFi USG Router to a Remote Controller
My customer has a UniFi controller running on their Windows server. They’re ready to add a USG router, which I want to configure in my office before going on site. …
MCB GoldLink, 3CX, and Call Transfers
One of the features of MCB GoldLink to 3CX is to “pop” the GoldMine record of an inbound call received through 3CX. However, users sometimes find that this doesn’t work …
Force Windows Update Scan on Windows 10 or 2016
You’ll notice that the Check for Updates button goes away in Windows 10 or 2016 once an update is pending. To manually retry seeking for updates, forcing Windows to check …
Install Windows 10 Remotely Using AMT vPro
This is just cool. Because AMT vPro gives me out-of-band control of a machine, I can boot from Windows installation media, wipe a disk partition, and install Windows 10 from …
Move the Users Share in SBS 2011
For some reason, SBS 2011 set up the UserShares under C:\Users\Share. I wanted it to be with all the other shared folders under C:\Data. The wizard only allows moving the …
Network Backup Causes VSS Error 8194
After setting up a new Windows 10 desktop in an Essentials 2012R2 domain, every day when the Essentials backup runs, backing up the machine across the network, I see this …