BitLocker on Windows 8.1 Standard
My new Asus Transformer Book T100 running Windows 8.1 (Standard, not Pro), authenticating with my Microsoft account, has Device Encryption (BitLocker) enabled. Nice! Check out these articles on HowToGeek and …
Set Up Client Restore on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
A few months back, I migrated to Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I read how the client restore service works: just start the service on the server and boot the client …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop
There are several differences since the last time I did a disaster recovery restore test. The server is now a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on …
HP MediaSmart LX195 Server Recovery
I’m preparing to sell a LX195 that is no longer needed. I put in a blank hard drive and tried to do a server recovery so I could get to …
Temporary Internet Files Missing Under IE 11
This was a strange one. Symptoms: In Word 2010 and Publisher 2010, clip art does not show preview images. Cutting and pasting an image from a web page fails. IE …
Remote Desktop Gateway Causes ESENT 490 Errors on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
On every restart of a new Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, I get several instances of the following errors in the Application event log:
Run a .NET 2.0 App under IIS 8 on Server 2012 R2
When you first set up Server Essentials 2012 R2 with Anywhere Access, IIS 8 is configured with .NET v4.5 only. If you try to run a .NET 2.0 application, you …
Server 2012 R2 not Replicating SYSVOL from Server 2012
I recently added a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine to my domain and moved the FSMO roles to it from the old Server 2012 machine. However, when I opened Group …
Thousands of WMI Event ID 10 Errors after Server 2012 R2 Upgrade
I recently upgraded my Hyper-V host from Server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. It’s not domain-joined, and I did an in-place upgrade. Every 11 seconds, I was getting the following …
Reset the Windows 7 System Tray Icons
Every so often, my system tray icons lose their pictures, usually because the server that they point to was offline for a while. Then I have to go hunting for …