How to force Windows server 2012 R2 to boot/restart/start into Safe Mode after restart: Go to Command Line, and type: bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal Reboot Windows and it will start in Safe Mode To change Windows to boot normal from command line while in safe mode. Go to Command Line, and type: […]
Cisco Wireless Access Points WAP551 and 561 stop broadcasting SSID intermittently, sometimes every day or two. WAP551 is a Cisco Wireless-N Single Radio Selectable-Band Access Point Had to troubleshoot this issue for a customer. We noticed this happening more when WAP radio is configured in 5GHz mode Issue was caused by a new wireless feature […]
We had a VM on VMware ESX that kept locking up mysteriously once or twice a week. The server would become inaccessible, we would have to shut it down to get it back and running. Upon investigation, and while looking on the vCenter we noticed that error message. “Error Connecting to the MKS: Error Connecting […]
If shortcuts including network drives links are disappearing randomly from Windows 7 Desktops, here what you can do to address issue: 1)) Apply the following hotfix from Microsoft http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Windows%20Server2008%20R2%20SP1/sp2/Fix385439/7600/free/441224_intl_x64_zip.exe 2)) Disable “System Maintenance troubleshooter” Control Panel. Go to Control panel In control Panel (Change view to Category). Under System and Security, click Find and fix problems. […]
If you are looking to have a reliable WiFi solution where you will have multiple WAPs covering a wide physical area, and would like them to broadcast the same SSID, you can accomplish without even considering a WiFi controller. Fairly easy and affordable. Worked great every time for us. Consider Cisco WAP 551. It costs […]
You are getting this error in Veeam replication. ———- Processing Server01 Error: Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder [] already exists Details Preparing replica VM Error: Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder [] already exists Error: Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder [] already exists —– Solutions: […]
How to reset Windows 7/XP administrator forgotten password: Download the following tool. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/usb140201.zip Unzip and copy all unzipped content to the usb Run command line as admin Change drive to the usb drive. If it is e: E: Enter Type e:syslinux -ma e: Boot from USB drive now to reset password
To Force stop or kill a Windows server service stuck in stopping status, run Command Line as an Admin. Type: taskkill /f /pid [PID] Where PID is the process ID. You can find the process ID of that service in Task Manager under Processes. In the View menu of the Task manager you can choose […]
When you try to install the mailbox role of Exchange 2010 while upgrading from Exchange 2003, you get “Database is mandatory on UserMailbox. Property Name: Database…” and installation fails. Also when you open up Exchange Management Console or Exchange Powershell: VERBOSE: Connecting to myserver.domain.internal [myserver.domain.internal] Processing data from remote server failed with the following error […]
If you are looking to backup virtual machines of Hyper-v or VMWare and looking for a free software to do it, you might want to consider Veeam (www.Veeam,com). One of the features that wont be available since you will be using the free edition is being able to schedule backup Jobs from within Veeam. […]