Draytek Vigor File System Invalid accessing the web interface
I have recently come across an issue I’ve not seen before. A Draytek 2862 router was rebooting itself every couple of hours. When I tried to get the web interface I got an error:File System Invalid....
View ArticleDistributedCom (DCOM) error event ID 10016
Several of the Windows 2016 servers I look after have been showing a DCOM error which appears as event ID 10016. The error reads “The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local...
View ArticleOutlook – Save sent items in shared mailbox – solution for Office 365 and...
I have spent some time on trying to get shared mailboxes to work correctly. We want a solution so when an email is sent from a shared mailbox, the sent email goes into the shared mailbox sent folder,...
View ArticleHyper-V move between similar hardware fails.
I needed to move a Hyper-V based virtual server from one server to another, to perform hardware maintenance on its host. When I tried to move the server, I got the following error: “The Virtual Machine...
View ArticleFree IT Courses
I’ve been looking into spending some of my spare time educating myself and have come across some free IT courses and learning resources. I thought I’d share my list of findings here. Some of the...
View ArticleDomain Name Front Running
Domain Name Front Running I have just been the victim of Domain Name Front Running. I did not even know it existed, or I had been a victim until it happened again and I was sure it wasn’t a...
View ArticleWarning for your Accounts Dept – please read
Fake Internal Email Alert – Impersonated Domain Watch out for those emails pretending to come from your managing director. I recently had a companies Finance Manager contact me about an email he had...
View ArticleHow to install and run Malwarebytes
How to install and run Malwarebytes Need to run a though Anti Virus scan on your PC (or Mac) ? I would suggest the excellent Malwarebytes to compliment your Antivirus product. To download, install and...
View ArticleHow to Archive emails in Outlook 2010
I’ve had a few request lately asking me how to archive emails so I thought I’d put a post up with the instructions I created. Archive emails in Outlook 2010 Open Outlook 2010 and go to the “File” menu...
View ArticleThere are more results available than are currently displayed
There are more results available than are currently displayed in Exchange 2013 ECP The Problem When you try to view Organisational Units or public folders and you have more than 500, not all are...
View ArticleWindows 10 VPN before log in for domain users
How to create a VPN connection before logging in to Windows 10 I just thought I’d post a quick help guide for those struggling with remote sites that have no site-to-site VPN. For what ever reason the...
View ArticleExchange 2013 Uninstall Error – generating an offline address book
“This mailbox server is responsible for generating an offline address book” I was trying to uninstall Microsoft Exchange 2013 after moving to Exchange 2016 but kept getting the error “This mailbox...
View ArticleExchange 2013 – Deliver message to both forwarding address and mailbox is...
I was asked why when someone sets up an email forward from one user to another in Exchange Management Console, the original user does not get a copy and there is no option to “Deliver message to both...
View ArticleExchange 2013 readiness check fails – The windows component...
I was trying to install Exchange 2013 SP1 on a freshly installed Windows 2016 server when I received an error running the readiness checks. Error: The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t...
View ArticleSolved – Dell PowerEdge R430 and installing Windows 2016 from USB
Today I got a delivery of a new Dell PowerEdge R430 and needed to install Windows 2016 Standard on it. I downloaded the ISO from Microsoft and created a bootable USB pen using the Windows 7 USB/DVD...
View ArticleDraytek Router Firmware Damage – the router will die after reboot
If you have a DrayTek with Firmware Damage and a warning “the router will die after reboot” read on to learn how to resolve it. I have been flashing some DrayTek routers after I received an advisory...
View ArticleEvent ID 1500 1501 application event log spwebapp
I have just been looking at a problem with IIS (OWA outlook web access and sharepoint http://companyweb were not responding) and remote access to the RDS server had stopped. The application event log...
View ArticleWindows 2012 Backup error 0x8004231F
I recently had a server that had Windows Backup failing with the error (0x8004231F) “There is not enough disk space to create the volume shadow copy on the storage location” All the hard drives...
View ArticleWindows 2008 server Hyper-V host and corrupted windows install
I had a bit of a worrying time last week when a colleague upgraded an old (but live) Dell PowerEdge R310 server running Hyper-V with some new RAM. He powered down the old server, upgraded the RAM and...
View ArticleDraytek 2820 maximum number of permitted Internet Sessions
I’ve been having some issues with a Draytek 2820 at home lately. I’d made some changes to my network and swapped out a none WiFi Draytek 2820 with the WiFi version. Whilst configuring the new router I...
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