Technical Support for the GTA
Problem: WSUS is big and full and not happy with you. When you run the WSUS Server Cleanup Wizard, it crashes> Answer: (h/t Lawrence Garvin) This post has been edited for spacing and my notes. Decline any unneeded updates — this Continue reading Cleaning up WSUS
Problem: You log into Remote Web Workplace and you try accessing shared folders. You get the following error: The page at https://remote.yourdomain.com says: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again. If the problem continues, contact the person who manages your Continue reading RWW – Shared folders not accessible
Problem: You get the following message in Outlook: Solution: When you installed the SSL, certain parameters weren’t setup properly. For this solution we will use mail.mitconsulting.ca as the external CName or A record that points to your Exchange environment. Please Continue reading The name on the Security Certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site
h/t Al If the Windows Server 2008 is also Domain Controller and if the print job shows on the server queue but disappears and does not get to the local computer and an “Access is denied” Error shows up on Continue reading RDP redirected printing issues
Problem: SBSMonitoring DB is way too large. The autoclean process of Windows sometimes malfunctions, go figure. Solution 1: To expedite the process, I would first stop the SQL SBS service. When you run the command, make sure you preface it Continue reading SBSMonitoring is too large
Problem: You do a migration from SBS to SBS and Exchange tells you that it’s going to expire Solution: Exchange is in Trial Mode. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-US%3b2527626
This was sent to my by Al: Problem: ‘BESSERVER’ agent 1: will not restart – reached the maximum of 10 restarts per 24 hours, next restart on “DATE” i.e. Tue Aug 20 05:52:02 2013 Solution: Steps to apply the update: Continue reading ‘BESSERVER’ agent 1: will not restart – reached the maximum of 10 restarts per 24 hours, next restart on “DATE”
Filemaker 11, sharing is not turned on message. When you turn it on, it tells you that someone else is already logged in and it won’t let you enable it. Solution: Turn off IPv6 That’s it, nothing else, move Continue reading Filemaker – Sharing Not Turned On
Migrated SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 and I needed to move the SSL over to the new server (granted it’s expiring in a couple of months). http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg563798.aspx Move certificates Self-issued certificates Migrating self-issued certificates is not supported. Users must transfer Continue reading SBS 2011 Migration – Moving the SSL over
You get the following error in Windows: Windows created a temporary paging file. etc. etc. When you check your O/S drive, you’re running out of space. When you check what’s eating your space, typically it’s c:\windows\winsxs… The Winsxs folder contains Continue reading Windows created a temporary paging file message on Windows 7