Unifi Guest Wifi Unable To Obtain IP Address
Having trouble getting your guest WiFi portal working using UniFi? I did too and its most likely caused by you using a separate DHCP server on the network rather than using your USG for DHCP. Here is the fix! Go into ‘Wireless Networks’ and Edit the guest WiFi network. Scroll down to ‘Advanced Options’ and you will see an are to enter Excepted Devices. These devices are allowed to receive broadcast...
How To Upgrade Azure AD Connect Software
Upgrading to the latest version of Azure AD Connect is a fairly painless process and solves a recent issue with high CPU usage. Here’s how you do it. First download the latest version of Azure AD Connect onto the server which currently runs it from here Although the upgrade process keeps your current settings I always find it useful to view the current configuration to better undstand whats being used...
Azure AD Connect Microsoft Online Reporting MonitoringAgent Startup High CPU
A recent update to Windows Server has caused Azure AD Connect to hog CPU time on some servers. To fix this download the latest version of Azure AD Connect and upgrade your installation. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=47594 The upgrade requires no reboots or down time the only issue is that the sync process will be stopped until the upgrade is complete. Upgrading the software typically takes 10-20 minutes...
Active Directory Object Contains Other Objects. Are you sure you want to delete object and all of the objects it contains?
So you try and delete a user in Active directory and get a message asking if you are sure you want to delete it and all of the objects it contains. You stop and think, what objects does it contain? This is normally caused by old Exchange 2010 attributes attached to the user account. To see what the sub objects are click on ‘View’ then ‘Users, Contacts, Groups and Computers as containers.’ from within Active...
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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