If you've got a Windows Server without the Desktop Experience (which, in Windows Server 1709 is the default, and only option) then you're going to have to get used to managing things from the command line. When you initially log...
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Windows Service with PID 4 listening on TCP Port 443
I had an issue where I couldn't start a web server on a Windows Server as something was already listening on TCP Port 443. netstat -a -b just showed me that something was listening on 0.0.0.0:443 but also said that...
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Archicad + Munki
It's long been a source of frustration for me that CAD software usually doesn't use the OS vendor's provided installers and instead they roll their own. Vectorworks and Archicad, I'm looking at you. When an application uses an app based...
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Troubleshooting AD replication error -2146893022: “The target principal name is incorrect”
I'm too tired to write up more background information on this, suffice to say I spent quite literally hours searching for this and I want to be able to easily find it again if the need arises. As often happens...
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Windows 10 – Remove Active Directory Users
We've been using cloud-based Active Directory through Office 365 for our Windows-based clients. It simplifies adding user accounts to Windows workstations because it's authenticating with their Office 365 credentials. When an account fails or needs to be removed from a...
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Force Exchange Online Archiving to start archiving email on Office 365
When you enable Exchange Online Archiving for a user on Office 365, it can take 24 hours or more for the Managed Folder Assistant to start it's first run and begin archiving email out of the primary mailbox. Edit: If...
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How did manufacturers manage to make space storage (SSD, HDD) so dense? – Quora
By continually refining methods and technology, by constantly evolving and pushing and exploring new areas of technology. One of the earlier breakthroughs was using perpendicular recording - this aligned the magnetic domains vertically (perpendicular to the platter) rather than having...
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Really good advice on passwords from Microsoft
Microsoft have published a white paper - Microsoft Password Guidance that contains some very good advice on what passwords need to be to be secure against modern password attacks and also shooting down some very long-held beliefs about the benefits of...
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Can’t image a new Windows 10 machine with Clonezilla, NTFS partition shows as RAW
I had an issue today with trying to create an image of a brand-new Windows 10 laptop (HP EliteBook x360 in case you were wondering). When running Clonezilla, the main Windows partition, formatted as plain ol' NTFS, was identified by...
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Can’t invite people to events in macOS Calendar app via Kerio Connect
I've got a client with Kerio Connect as their mail/contacts/calendars server. They were seeing an issue on some workstations where when the user created a calendar event in their Kerio calendar, there was no option to invite people to the...
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