BitLocker Wizard Initialization Has Failed
After installing Server 2016 updates and rebooting a couple days ago, BitLocker came up in a suspended state for drive C:. When I clicked on Resume protection, I got this …
Update to GoldMine 2018.2 Causes Failures
If you update from GoldMine 2018.1 to 2018.2 using the default installation options, you will likely fail to get into GoldMine after the update.
DFSR Error 4012 on Stand-Alone Domain Controller
I recently migrated a Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 install to Server 2016 with the Essentials role. Part of the migration was to migrate all FSMO roles, demote the old …
UniFi Switch Command to Show Cable Lengths
From this thread, a command to show cable length and status. Run in the CLI of a UniFi switch: swctrl -d cable show Gives some odd results sometimes and not …
Remote Desktop Fails to Connect to Gateway 0xC000035B
A new Windows 10 Pro 1803 computer could not establish a connection through a Server 2016 machine running Remote Desktop Gateway. The Win10 machine showed this error:
Microsoft Support Sites Report Access Denied in Chrome
This week, when I tried to open a Microsoft support ticket at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/assistedsupportproducts using Chrome 71, I got an Access Denied error:
Use Enhanced DSS Keys on a Yealink T42G
With the help of tim942’s post in this thread, I was able to get my Yealink T42G phone, running firmware 36.83.0.55, to automatically retrieve voicemail from an Asterisk server.
Migrate an Azure Recovery Services Agent
You can’t. Migrate, that is. If you’ve moved all your on-premises data from one server to another, your only option is to install the MARS agent on the new server, …
Create a Secure-Bootable UEFI USB Drive
The installation ISO for Server 2016 is about 5.8GB, so it won’t fit on a a standard DVD. I needed to create a USB drive that would boot with the …
Changing Office 365 Deleted Items Retention
I had a lot of difficulty changing the deleted items retention in Office 365 Exchange from the default 14 days to 30. I would change it but it still showed …