Geo IP Location Lists
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I’m making a note of these lists because they’re difficult to find.
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Server Manager failing to refresh/load due to event log issues
Jake Edwards
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A recent issue had my digging through the registry to find a Event Log Channel that had become corrupt/missing since an in-place server upgrade. In
Adding a password to an existing PFX via command line
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Although extremely rare, there are some pfx files generated by services that don’t have a password protecting them. In order to add a password to
Network Location Awareness Proxy causing connection issues for some system applications
Jake Edwards
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A recent issue on a Windows 11 laptop had me investigation what felt like a proxy issue, that was interfering with network communication, but only
Using the “sysnative” folder in Intune App Deployments
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64-bit operating systems are very common, but we still have some applications on Windows that are 32-bit only. This runs in a compatibility layer called
Move tagged photos from Facebook to Google Photos with correct Date & Timestamps
Jake Edwards
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Move your tagged photos from Facebook to Google Photos using a few free-to-use tools. Instructions for Windows.
Using an Adobe Lightroom Catalog with OneDrive Sync
Jake Edwards
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When using an Adobe Lightroom Classic Catalog stored in OneDrive there’s a few useful ways to make sure it doesn’t spend any extra time syncing
Credential Manager: Root Cause for WAM issues
Jake Edwards
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I ran into an issue with an endpoint where after resetting the device (using an InTune Wipe) it wasn’t able to connect to Azure AD
Force a Dell BIOS update
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If you don’t have a battery installed or there’s another power condition that’s preventing you from installing a Dell BIOS update, add the following parameter
.NET Framework 4.8 missing after Windows Server Upgrade to 2019
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A very obscure error occurred after a Windows Server upgrade to 2019. Taboo, I know! When trying to start an application that depended on .NET
NDES and SCEP: A security error occurred 0x2f8f (WinHttp: 12175 ERROR_WINHTTP_SECURE_FAILURE)
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I was recently trying to get a device to retrieve a new certificate via SCEP and NDES through a Windows Server Certificate Authority. Our HTTPS
Using Azure DevOps Artifact Feed in PowerShell
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Your Artifact Feed URL can be used as a PackageSource in PowerShell for Install-Package. Note that the URL provided when pressing Connect to Feed has
AzCopy Batch File with SAS Token: The remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden
Jake Edwards
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I was recently trying to copy some files from Azure using an SAS token. It was failing with the following error; But, when run manually
DisplayPort Screen Blank after Boot or Sleep with Asus STRIX GTX 970 Series
Jake Edwards
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Seems there’s an issue with the Asus Strix GTX 970 card when using specifically the DisplayPort (DP) connector on certain monitor models. Symptoms I found
OpenWRT and GRE: Error 806
Jake Edwards
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Trying to connect to a VPN failed while running behind my OpenWRT router (Chaos Calmer) from a Windows LAN client. Adding the following software package
Using screen after su: Cannot open your terminal
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If you try to use screen after using su to switch user you might get the following message; Cannot open your terminal ‘/dev/pts/0’ – please check.
Force a reserved Windows 10 update early
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To force an early Windows 10 upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8, follow one of the two methods below. You will need administrative privileges to
Searching Active Directory from any domain PC
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If you’re on a domain and would like to search Active Directory from any PC, you can run the following command to open the Active Directory query window.
Use WHM CPanel as Dynamic DNS Service
Jake Edwards
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Several of the previously-free Dynamic DNS providers have gone paid. I already have a cPanel-based hosting account, so I figured why not use the DNS Zone-editing
Internet Connection Sharing has been disabled by the Network Administrator – Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Jake Edwards
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To workaround this issue you’ll need to jump into the registry to enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). This is usually deployed via Group Policy on