Working for a web hosting company I edit my hosts file a LOT. And forever I did it the hard way, right click on notepad and then open as administrator then open the hosts file. Unacceptable! I need my hosts file open and ready in a split second. Time is money, money is time, time […]
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How to remove the AMD PCI Express (3GIO) Filter Driver
tl;dr: Go to device manager. Find?AMD PCI Express (3GIO) Filter Driver. Update the driver. Browse my computer. Point to the folder full of intel chipset drivers. Voila. Reboot. My Mom’s HP laptop just died, the night before she is scheduled to fly up to Canada for an extended visit. She needs the laptop, it’s her […]
Read More →Dell DSET report default password
The default password is “dell” without the “”. I recently ran a DSET report on an older server. Dell DSET is their debug utility that pulls hardware specs but more importantly?hardware logs. So when your old PowerEdge has a blinking amber light you can run that report and figure out what’s going on. When you […]
Read More →How to fix “Windows NT user or group servername\Administrators not found” in MSSQL
Trying to add the local administrators group to a SQL server with sys admin (sa) server roles? Getting the error?below? I have a very simple fix. Windows NT user or group ‘COMPUTERNAME\Administrators’ not found. Check the name again. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15401) Instead of adding “COMPUTERNAME\Administrators” change it to “BUILTIN\Administrators” and it will work […]
Read More →How to fix – WordPress Upgrade Download failed. SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
Getting this error when trying to upgrade WordPress? Download failed.: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate Do this. 1. Download?the cert.pem file from here. Right click on the link and click save link as. 2. Place the cert.pem file in your php folder. IE:?C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.5\cacert.pem 3. Edit the php.ini and search […]
Read More →What events to search for to find a server reboot
With virtualization on the rise we sys admins find ourselves managing a lot more server than normal. Gone are the days of managing a couple racks of pizza boxes. Instead one of those pizza boxes may hold a hundred virtual servers itself. And with so many servers, and clients doing the same fun things, we […]
Read More →How to fix Event ID 2213 for DFSr
I work a lot with DFSr because we use it to keep some web farm replicated and some of our customer’s private farms. I can tell you it sucks, it always breaks, and it’s very hard to maintain. Although I’ll caveat that by saying we probably shouldn’t use it for web farms with millions of […]
Read More →Simple Powershell script to create local user and generate password
This is a very simple script to add a local administrator. You always want a backup Admin to get into a computer, because the “Administrator” should be disabled after all. This is a simple script I use to create one that also generates a password I can store somewhere, like keepass. Here is what it […]
Read More →How to force a shrink of the MSSQL TempDB
In a bind for disk space on a MSSQL server that you cannot restart? Here’s a way to force a shrink of the TempDB if that’s your issue. Be aware this can negatively impact performance since you will be clearing the execution cache for the server. The cache that SQL uses to store execution plans […]
Read More →How to increase the number of concurrent RDP connections in Microsoft’s remote desktop connection manager
An issue that has been plaguing me for years has been the number of RDP sessions I can connect to at once in Microsoft’s remote desktop connection manager. RDman is an older piece of software that is simple and easy to use. It’s also something we use at work every day. The problem is that […]
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