3CX 15 Upgrade Notes and Gotchas
I’m doing a test upgrade on a local Windows 2008 R2 server from 3CX 14 to 3CX 15. A few notes and gotchas for future reference. Read these before uninstalling …
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Can’t Remove Essentials Computer
I was having trouble removing a computer from the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard. Can’t recall the error but I do recall the entire dashboard crashing. I found this thread on …
Set Up TLS on a Grandstream UCM Device Using a Public SSL Certificate
I wanted to get TLS connections working between remote Grandstream phones connected over the Internet to a Grandstream UCM6102 PBX. This location already has an SSL certificate for its web …
Script to Check Current Firewall Profile
As mentioned in this post, I recently had a server unexpectedly show up with a Public firewall profile, which caused database connection issues. I decided to write a little script …
Test and Fix SQL Connectivity
After server and workstation reboots, a database application that I use every day would not start. It displayed this message: SQL Server does not exist or access denied
Azure Backup Client Fails with 0x07EF8
I’m testing Azure Backup client on a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine. On this machine, I had two options: an Essentials plugin and the standard agent. I tried the Essentials …
Windows 10 Repeatedly Disconnects Network Drives
A few weeks ago, I upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro. The most frustrating problem has been that mapped drives on my server frequently disconnect. One of …
Microsoft Launches $5000 Azure Credit for Nonprofits
If you assist nonprofits with their I.T. needs, you may have noticed a flurry of announcements made in January about Microsoft’s plans to donate “$1 billion of cloud computing resources …
ServerCeipAssistant Task Incorrectly Formatted XML
On my Server 2012R2 Essentials machine, I wasn’t participating in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, but there is a scheduled task for it anyway—one that suddenly started throwing an error …
StorDiag Errors after Windows 10 Upgrade
I upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro a couple weeks ago. I’ve had ongoing issues with briefly losing connection to my local network. Updating the network card …