At work there are several of us that have wanted to be able to setup a lab environment for testing powershell scripts, configuration changes, training, and other things. The way we’ve done it in the past is to run one or two VM’s on our desktops. The problem with that is you usually can’t have…
At work we have a department that has about 40 printer objects installed. These objects all have different printer preferences set. When a new user logs into the PC those settings don’t carry over. So you have to touch each printer and set the preferences again. After doing some searching we found out where those…
So at work we have a couple of Ubuntu 14.04 computers that are setup in kiosk mode (setup process here) that are available for the public to use. We have them locked down so they can only access a handful of sites. On our web site you are able to watch live stream or archive…
So I’m not completely sure this problem is related to Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Updates or if it is still a hardware problem. However, I’ve been running Windows Server 2016 on a computer for several months and have been happy with. I don’t do a lot with this PC. It’s main role is just…
We require our users to change their password periodically like most organizations. I’m also sure like other organizations, our users typically ignore the warnings when logging in until they are no longer able to login. As an added awareness, we have scripts that run daily and send emails to users who’s passwords are getting ready…
Our SQL DBA was in the process of setting up a new SQL server and was having problem authenticating using his domain account. He was able to login using the SA account though. Everything he saw was pointing towards it being a problem with the SPNs for the new server. We looked at the other…
It is rare that I install Windows 7 any more, but I had to do that today. I started with a clean install of Windows 7 SP1. When I got to the point I wanted to install Windows updates I started it and let it run. It hung at the “Checking for Updates” screen. Apparently,…
Here are some commands to debug voice calls on Cisco 4431 routers. show logging clear logging debug voip ccapi inout debug isdn q931 !! place test call undebug all show logging Check for active phone calls going through a voice gateway. show isdn status show voice call status
We had an instance where a user changed positions and because of that change his group membership changed. When his group membership changed he started getting messages about his account being locked out when trying to logon to the system. We would unlock his account, but within a few minutes it would lock again. We…
So I did some updates on our Exchange 2013 servers last week, and then started getting some complaints that people couldn’t see there calendar when the logged into OWA. Once you logged into OWA and clicked the Calendar, it would load a blank calendar and not have any appointments showing (you also couldn’t see the…
