No Network Card After Windows Update KB4088875 and KB4103718
Another round of updates and more issues to resolve, the work of us IT administrators is never done! If you have a PC (Likely windows 7) which has suddenly dropped its network card after applying KB4088875 or KB4103718 then dont worry so has everyone else 😉 We’ve heard some horror stories of 60 servers going offline with this one but the fix so far has been: Reinstall the network card drivers along with any missing chipset...
How to Setup a Single Server RDS Deployment Using Server 2016
Welcome to my guide on how to configure a single server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) deployment using server 2016. We’re seeing less and less RDS deployments but some situations still require some lite RDS access. Specialist software which doesn’t run over a VPN or is not cloud based is ideally suited to RDS deployments. I’ve still seen lots of engineers struggle to properly configure a single server deployment so...
Hyper-V Stuck Starting at 10%
Had an issue with several virtual machines not starting this week, they just got stuck on 10% and no matter how many times I restarted the VM and the Host they wouldn’t start running. This could have been a disaster if it happened on a live system but luckily it wasn’t. Let’s take a look at how to fix it. First turn of the VM’s that are experiencing the problem. If they wont turn off then you will need to kill...
Cant backup server event id 8230 in logs
I’ve had an issue where a server hasn’t been backing up for a couple of days and all of the recommended solutions didn’t work. In the end it was a case of trial and error until I managed to get it working. First thing is to check the Application log and in my case I was receiving event ID 8230. There are plenty of recommended solutions to this problem but none worked for me. When a backup hangs it can be for a...
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