Microsoft 365: Block User License Requests and Purchases
Microsoft 365 by default allows end users to request new licenses and, currently in 27 cases, to purchase licenses with their own credit cards, sometimes with a trial first. As …
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HPE Intelligent Provisioning, Server 2025, and VROC
I’m setting up a new HPE MicroServer Gen10 Plus v2. I’ve purchased an HPE Server 2025 Essentials Reseller Option Kit (ROK) to install. I thought this time, I’d use the …
Get Rid of the Aptos Font in Outlook’s Reading Pane
I have Microsoft 365 (aka Office) set to update on the semi-annual channel as described here, so it was just this weekend that it upgraded itself from Version 2402 (Build …
Get BitLocker Keys Using PowerShell
Microsoft is increasingly pushing BitLocker encryption onto new devices. Do you know your BitLocker recovery passwords (keys)?
SentinelOne Blocks VSS Shadow Deletion–Access is Denied
I had a Windows 10 to 11 upgrade fail today. SetupDiag makes it sound like the problem was removing System Restore (VSS) checkpoints:
An A.I. Test
After reading a New York Times article about how Artificial Intelligence degenerates when it gets its input from A.I., I posted some thoughts in a private forum. A colleague replied …
INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE
It seems that more often than not, when I restore a computer, I encounter stop code 7B or worse, just a white-on-black message that no OS was found.
Migrate from CA certificate to Self-Signed Certificate
I manage a few small networks where there is a single server for the company. Last year, on one of those networks, I set up Server 2022 with a new …
Re-Join a Windows Client to a Domain
A customer has a Windows Server 2016 Essentials machine with several Windows 10 clients. As those clients upgrade to Windows 11, the Windows Server Essentials connector sometimes fails to connect. …
MicroSIP Rejects Call if Headset in Cradle
I’ve been testing the MicroSIP softphone version 3.21.4 on a Windows 10 computer. I could not figure out why MicroSIP would ring for half a second, then hang up (Decline) …