If you’ve ever wondered how to install a Let’s Encrypt certificate on a Microsoft IIS server than this post is just for you. Let’s Encrypt has always been pretty easy to setup on a Linux box and not so much on the Windows side. Thankfully, there are now nearly a dozen different tools that make adding a […]
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How To Extract The Check Disk (CHKDSK) Logs From Event Viewer On Window
Checkdisk (CHKDSK) is great for checking a hard drive in your computer but what if you want to see the results after the computer has rebooted. This is even more important when you schedule a checkdisk to run remotely and you want to see the results. So where are the check disk logs located? Follow […]
Please wait for the system Event Notification service – Stuck
From a command prompt on my PC or another computer on the domain I ran this to find out the PID of the svchost.exe associated with SENS sc \servername queryex SENSNote down the PID of that process and kill that process using PID. taskkill /S servername /PID xxxx /F
How To Set Windows Updates to Manual on Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012R2
Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012R2 defaults Windows Updates to DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL and there is no obvious way to change those settings. Here is an easy way to set Windows Update as you see fit: Open a CMD PROMPT as an Administrator Type SCONFIG and press ENTER Type 5 and press ENTER Type M for […]
Remove Floppy Disk Drive in Windows Hyper-V Virtual Machine
Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows server come with Client Hyper-V so you can run a supported guest operating system inside a Virtual Machine. Hyper-V is Microsoft’s native hypervisor for Windows. It was originally developed for Windows Server 2008 and then ported to Windows client OS. It has improved over time and is present in […]
Office 365 change Update Channel
he Office 365 ProPlus update model supports 4 production channels; Monthly Channel (Targeted), Monthly Channel, Semi-annual Channel (Targeted), Semi-annual Channel. Each channel receives features updates, security and non-security updates on different release intervals. Consider a scenario where Office 365 ProPlus is installed on a machine from the Semi-Annual Channel. Now let’s say, a new feature is introduced on the […]
Set up an archive and deletion policy for mailboxes in your Office 365 organization
In Office 365, admins can create an archiving and deletion policy that automatically moves items to a user’s archive mailbox and automatically deletes items from the mailbox. The admin does this by creating a retention policy that’s assigned to mailboxes, and moves items to a user’s archive mailbox after a certain period of time and […]
Start, Stop and Check Status for MariaDB
To stop/restart and disable mariadb service use the following commands:Stop # sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service Restart # sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service Disable at boot time # sudo systemctl disable mariadb.service Check Status # sudo systemctl is-active mariadb.service
How to Configure Google Chrome via Group Policies
According to statistics, the most popular browser nowadays is Google Chrome, but its position in corporate networks is not so strong, and many administrators avoid using Google Chrome in the AD domain network because it is quite difficult to manage and update t from central location. In this article we’ll get acquainted with the administrative templates (admx) of […]
HYPER-V VM CONFIGURATION VERSION SUPPORTED FEATURES
Supported features The following table shows the minimum virtual machine configuration version required to use some Hyper-V features. WINDOWS SERVER WINDOWS 10 VERSION FEATURE Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Windows 10 1507 6.2 Hot Add/Remove Memory Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 Windows 10 1507 6.2 Secure Boot for Linux VMs Windows Server 2016 […]