DNS Unresponsive on Essentials VPN
On my new-ish Server 2016 with the Essentials role, I set up the Anywhere Access VPN with a static address pool (described here). When I connected via VPN from a …
UniFi Site-to-Site IPsec VPN with Two Controllers
I have two UniFi USGs, each on its own local controller, and I wanted to set up a site-to-site IPsec VPN. Here’s what worked.
Essentials Certificates Re-Issued Every Two Days, VPN Fails
I installed Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role about three months ago. I set up mydomain.remotewebaccess.com in the Anywhere Access Wizard. It automatically revoked a certificate with the same …
Control Inter-VLAN Communication with the UniFi USG Firewall
You have a UniFi Security Gateway (USG). You want to allow your LAN to talk to all VLANs, but VLANs cannot talk to the LAN or to other VLANs. How …
Outlook 2016 Cannot Add to Dictionary
Recently I added a non-admin user to my computer and migrated my user profile with the excellent Profile Wizard 3.12 from ForensIT. Almost everything came over flawlessly, but one idiosyncrasy …
CrashPlan Causes Windows Server Backup to Fail on System State
I recently migrated to Server 2016 with the Essentials role. The server runs as a Hyper-V virtual machine. Windows Backup writes to a drive hosted on a VHDX file. Almost …
Windows 10 Won’t Search from Start Menu
I’ve frequently had an issue with Windows 10, even after the most recent 1703 update, that when I open the Start menu and start typing to do a search, nothing …
Kerberos Event 19 after Server Migration
I recently migrated from Server Essentials 2012 R2 to Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. Both of these machines run a self-signed Certification Authority (CA). The old machine has …
WordPress Update Shrunk SQL DB
I do a daily backup of my WordPress SQL database and was concerned when, after a recent auto-update to WordPress 4.7.5, the size of my SQL backup file shrank from …
Filter the System Log by Correlation ActivityID
I’m trying to figure out why my new Server 2016 with the Essentials role is getting System events 36874. In particular, if this is a certificate issue between a client …