How To Specify Alternate File Location For Features On Demand In Server 2012
In Windows Server 2012 the binaries for Features on Demand e.g. the .Net Framework 3.5 are not installed as part of Windows. When you enable this type of feature Windows will attempt to contact...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Hyper-V Integration Component Issues
Three old virtual servers were showing as VM Additions Not Detected in System Center Virtual Machine Manger 2012 SP1 (VMM). Choosing to Install Virtual Guest services didn’t resolve the problem as they...
View ArticleAdding Domain Users To The Local Administrators Group Using Group Policy
Adding AD users to the local administrators group on multiple computers is simple using Group Policy. In this post I’ll describe the process. Create a fresh group policy object (GPO) and link it to a...
View ArticleCreate A Dedicated Account To Join Computers To A Domain
This is a quick post to describe the process of creating a dedicated account for joining machines to an Active Directory (AD) domain. This is useful for things like System Center Configuration Manger...
View ArticleInstalling Microsoft Office Through Office 365 Error Code 30125-4
Power Map, which is part of Microsoft’s Power BI, requires an Office 365 version of Excel. When attempting to install Excel via Office 365 on a server I ran into the error: Error Code 30125-4 when...
View ArticleRemotely disable Network Level Authentication (NLA)
If you try to RDP to a machine, but can’t because you receive the error below, you can use PSExec to remotely disable the requirement for NLA. “The remote computer that you are trying to connect to...
View ArticleWindows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) fails to install with error 0x80070241
When installing the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) the installation fails with error 0x80070241. When installing via SCCM you see the error “The software change returned error code...
View ArticleWindows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) fails to install with error 0x87D0070C
When deploying the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) via SCCM the update fails to install with error 0x87D0070C. In Event Viewer you see the error “Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the...
View ArticleWindows cannot install required files error 0x80070570
I recently encountered an issue where a server wouldn’t install any Windows Updates, whether directly from Microsoft, or if downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog. The error message received was...
View ArticleSQL Server log truncation fails with Veeam Backup & Replication
When using Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 to backup SQL Server 2012 databases the transaction log was failing to be truncated for one database. The database was using the full recovery model and...
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