This error is telling you that there is an account that was most likely deleted from Active Directory but is still mentioned in a Group Policy. You have to find that group policy and look for an entry that contains only a SID (a hash of numbers and letters), but Read more…
Put simply, Azure B Series virtual machines will only operate at about 1/3rd of their CPU potential most of the time. Microsoft recommends B-Series for “burst” workloads, and not continuous loads and they make that work using a credit system to stop these VM’s from hogging the CPU. For instance Read more…
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and investors are always on the lookout for the next promising addition to the digital asset market. Sui (SUI) has emerged as one such noteworthy cryptocurrency, gaining attention for its unique features and potential. In this article, we will provide comprehensive insights into Sui, covering aspects like its Read more…
The short answer is yes, Scavenging that should be configured on each of your DNS servers. That is also what Microsoft recommends. What is DNS Scavenging? DNS scavenging simply automatically deletes old DNS records. If you don’t enable DNS scavenging, you can have your DNS records with the same IP Read more…
Yesterday we were troubleshooting an error we found in our server monitoring tools that uses WMI queries to detect problems. It was reporting: File Server Errors LogonThe host {Server} is now in state warn as it has 1.2067 logon errors per second. This could indicate a password cracking attempt. The Read more…
WaaS is the acronym for “Windows As A Service”. It was announced as part of Windows 10 and intended to dramatically improve deployment and upgrade process. The files in C:\Windows\Logs\waasmedic are used by Windows 10 to “Enable remediation and protection of Windows Update components” so they are potentially important if Read more…
We recently deployed some tools that require Windows Remote Management (WinRM). One of the servers had no problems starting the WinRM service but it had problems communicating and we found: Eventsource: Windows System Event LogWindows Event ID: 10150Message: The WinRM service could not use the following listener to receive WS-Management Read more…
One of our new clients had a server with error 7023 “An error occurred while using SSL configuration for endpoint 0.0.0.0:443”: A quick investigation showed, this error has been occurring for months (likely years, but the logs had been overwritten), the server had no certificates at all in the PERSONAL Read more…
If you use the Microsoft Authenticator frequently it can be really annoying to have it not popup prompt you for the code when you’re trying to sign into something. Recently we added a new client and we were presented with “Enter The Code Displayed In The Authenticator App On Your Read more…
If you have a Vevor electric vehicle charger you’ve probably been frustrated trying to use the app that they recommend to control it. Tha Vevor manual says just to scan the QR code to download the Smart Life app then to play with the Vevor EV charger and get it Read more…
Today we had a very cool problem with a client who was trying to add a service account to a Windows Active Directory Group. the problem was that after the service account was added to the group, it would magically be removed from the group within a few minutes. This Read more…
Have you ever wanted to just turn off something with your voice? You can with the TP-Link Kasa HS103 Smartplug. This might be the best smart plug ever made because it comes from a reputable company has the required electric certifications to make you feel safe and is insanely cheap. Read more…
If you use Microsoft Azure Backup (aka MABs) you may see “You have used x% of maximum disk space on x allocated for shadow copy storage: Fortunately there is a very easy fix; expand the amount of disk VSS is allowed to use. To expand the Volume Shadow Copy allowed Read more…
In this short article we are going to define the top 50 Artificial Intelligence terms that everybody needs to know to survive the near future. If you want to understand the artificial intelligence revolution, you will need to understand every one of these AI related definitions. To make that easy, Read more…
Have you ever deleted a bunch of text or graphics from a Word document but found that the words and text below it did not shift up. That can be quite annoying but the problem is easy to fix. What you need to do is turn on the Hidden Characters Read more…
Windows 11 was a bit rough when it was released as the successor to Windows 10 but today it is polished and ready for everyone… including you! There are thousands of fixes, hundreds of new functions and dozens of new features but we will focus on 10 things most people Read more…