VPN connection hangs in “Connecting”
Problem: While testing the Meraki Client VPN feature I noticed what I can only assume is a bug in...
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Category: Windows
File Explorer – Windows can’t find \\Server\Share. Check the spelling and try again
Problem: One of my Windows 10 Pro clients recently had a weird issue I could ping servers, RDP to...
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DHCP Failover – Error 20010 The specified option does not exist
Problem: When configuring DHCP failover for one of my scopes the process kept failing with the...
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DHCP Server Autorisation Issue – The specified servers are already present in the Directory Service
After building a Windows 2016 DHCP server I attempted to authorise the server in AD but kept...
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DFS – The namespace cannot be queried. The network address is invalid.
Problem: While playing around with DFS on Windows Server 2016 in my lab environment I kept getting...
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Windows 8.1 Blue Screening Loop – Page Fault In Nonpaged Area (Ntfs.sys)
Problem: I recently had an issues where a Windows 8.1 machine that was stuck in a blue screen...
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Windows 8.1 Automatic Repair Loop – cmimcext.sys
Problem: I recently had an issue with a computer that was powered off during the installation of...
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Remotely updating a users cached credentials
Problem: A remote user had forgotten their password, so they phoned our Service Desk to get it...
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Do you trust this printer?
Problem: On my Windows 7 devices my users have been receiving the message “Do you trust this printer” when trying to attach to a new printer; Cause: A security feature that was added in Vista and Windows 7 called...
Read MoreThe remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server Administrator
Problem: When a single computer tries to connect to a terminal server session or a Citrix application you receive the message “The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server License Servers...
Read MoreAfter resetting a local profile on Windows Vista or 7 the user is always logged on with a temporary profile
Recently I have to reset a Windows 7 users local profile, so as I had done with previous version of Windows I deleted the users local profile folder. I then found that whenever the user logged on they were logged on with a...
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