WinInit.exe Stealing Port 5000
On a Server 2012 R2 machine, I couldn’t figure out why WiniInit.exe, which loads at Windows startup, was using port 5000, which I wanted to use for an application. My …
SMTP Smarthost to Office 365 and Gmail
I use the Windows SMTP service to relay some mail to Office 365 and, from another site, to Google Apps Gmail. Here are some notes and links on both.
Windows SMTP Service Not Sending Messages
On a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, I set up the SMTP service with a smart host to relay messages. The setup was identical to a working setup at another …
DHCP Reservations on a Cisco RV320
The Cisco RV320 router lets you bind a MAC address to an IP address. Normally you would think that would reserve the address for assignment via DHCP, but the documentation …
Install GFI MAX Agent via Startup Script
GFI MAX RemoteManagement has instructions on using Group Policy Software Settings to deploy the Advanced Monitoring Agent. However, this note warned me off: Please note: to avoid configuration issues we …
Embedded Image Shows Red X in Outlook
I wanted to use the PayPal Payment Request Wizard in QuickBooks 2014 to add a payment button to an email. But when the email opened in Outlook 2010, there as …
SQL 2000 Management from Windows 8.1
I maintain a legacy application running on SQL 2000 under Server 2003. I’m migrating my VB6 development environment from XP to 64-bin Windows 8.1. I wanted to continue using SQL …
Save BitLocker Keys in Active Directory
One of the risks of activating encryption on a hard drive is that you’ll lose the password. It turns out to be pretty simple to save and view BitLocker passwords …
Can’t Connect to Essentials 2012 R2 with RWA
I usually use straight RDP to connect to my Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, but I wanted to try Remote Web Access. I had no problem logging in to …
Basic Windows Time Service Setup
I’ve blogged about checking Windows Time Settings and how sometimes Windows Time Stops Even When Set to Start Automatically. But what if you just need a basic setup for a …