GoldMine: Remove NULL String after Rehost
When rehosting GoldMine from version 6.7 to 9.0.0.102 (a required intermediate step on the way to a later version), the rehost process inserts the string “NULL” into the Notes of …
Back Up IIS configuration
I’m always looking for this info so I’ll post it here. To back up, list, and restore the configuration of IIS 7, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, or IIS 8.5, use …
Track IP History and Alert on Change
I wanted to know how often dynamic IP addresses change, and be alerted when they do. In fact, some colleagues have reported that even “static” IPs are sometimes changed without …
Extracting Certificate and Private Key Files from a .pfx File
Today I wanted to give an Abyss web server the same certificate in use by IIS. Abyss only allows entering keys as blocks of text, so I needed to extract …
Log Off from MaxRM Remote Background
If you need to log a user off of a PC but don’t have remote desktop access to the machine, you can do this from a MaxRM Remote Background window: …
Windows 8.1 Update Scheduling
Windows Update on Windows 8/8.1/2012/2012R2 has some confusing behavior. I’m assuming you’ve installed the 2013 patch 2885694 to get more control over the updates. You’ll probably want to read the …
Run Downloaded PowerShell Scripts
If you downloaded a PowerShell scripts, for example as part of a .zip file, you may see the message [Script name] is not digitally signed. The script will not execute …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 3
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Manually Delete Pending Printer Documents
Sometimes when a document is “stuck” waiting to print and Microsoft’s cancel/restart approach doesn’t help, you need a way to delete it manually. These commands, run from an administrative command …
HitmanPro.Alert Slows Software Protection Service
On one Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials machine, the Software Protection Service, which runs once an hour or so to verify licenses, was usually failing to start within 30 seconds, raising …