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Printing issues on Terminal Server with Domain Controller role

Applies to Windows Server 2008R2 Microsoft does not recommend installing the Remote Desktop Services role (Terminal Services role) on a domain controller in Windows Server 2008R2. If you have installed both roles, you may notice printing issues whereby documents won’t print to your redirected printer even thought it shows as available. First review the event […]

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Trouble with console viewer in older drac version with newer browsers versions

We have had some clients recently having issues with the console viewer recognizing the keyboard strokes when using older idrac versions with the newest browser version. These issues were happening when the console viewer was set to the native plugin. Changing the plugin type to “Java” solved the keyboard issue.

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How to set up RemoteApp on Server 2012 R2

RemoteApp in Windows Server 2012R2 To use Remote App on Windows Server 2012 R2, the server must be connected to a domain for RemoteApp to work (this was not a requirement in 2008 R2).  See link below, in 2012 R2 (but not 2012), Active Directory can be on the same server as RD Connection Broker. […]

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vmware vcenter upgrade with cisco 1000v host disappears

Hopefully this helps people save a lot of time. If you no longer see your VMware host in vCenter after you upgrade the host and you are using the cisco 1000v make sure your vCenter database has rows for that allow the version of your Host server.  We found that the only hosts that were […]

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Windows server how to change Public network to Private network

If you are cross connecting two servers or using a private internal network to connect your servers you will want to have the network identified as private. Making network connection for backend connection / private IPs show as private instead of public.  Then you can change the firewall permissions on the private networks to allow […]

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You should update your web.config now WordPress Permalinks

Are you trying to use Permalinks with WordPress to have a nice page name rather than www.domain…com/?p=3 and you see the message toward the top of your page that says “You should update your web.config now”? You might be thinking what is a web.config. This means that you are running your WordPress site on a […]

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iDRAC error Secure Connection Failed

iDRAC6 error “Secure Connection Failed” when trying to access several iDRAC cards. If you access several iDRAC cards for remote administration of your Dell servers you may have seen the dreaded “Secure Connection Failed” message. If you are using Firefox and have been clicking the “Add Exception” when accessing an iDRAC card over a https:// […]

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Can I delete files in the WERReportQueue folder on Windows Server 2008R2

If you have noticed that your windows server has a lot of files in the folder ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsWERReportQueue you can delete them to free up space on your drive. It is recommended using “Disk Cleanup” to free up the space. To disable the files from accumulating you can turn Windows Error Reporting off. On a Windows 2008R2 […]

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WordPress error Windows Server HTTP Error 403.14 Forbiden

If you see the following error after a successful install of wordpress on a IIS 7.5 on a Windows Server the fix might be to change your default document to index.php    In the case of the following error we found the default document set to index.aspx since it was inherited from the parent website, in […]

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Windows Server 2008 R2 stuck on windows update at 32%

Last week we had a customer who’s Windows 2008 R2 server stopped responding after selecting to restart the server.  If updates are allowed to be applied when rebooting your server will try updating.  In this case the server started applying server updates and was stuck at 32% for several hours and displayed the following Please […]