What I am going to show you today is how to convert a Windows Server Standard Evaluation Edition installation to be able to accept an Open License MAK Serial license. Why would you want to do this? Well we just went through this and it took us quite a while to get the definitive answer…
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Mikrotik Incorrect Date on PPPoE Last Link Down
Just a quick post today to show you how to rectify an issue within Winbox that displays the incorrect date or a date that's in the future for the Last Link Down Time field. This occurs because there is more than likely a versioning issue in your Windows Winbox "AppData" profile. This occurs because you…
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Win 2019 ShadowProtect Install Roll Back Event ID 1603
Just a quick post today that hopefully saves you a lot of time. This took me 9 days to get to the bottom of even while working closely with the StorageCraft support personnel. We were working on a brand new install of a Win 2019 RDP Solution for a client. Everything was going well and…
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Mikrotik RB3011 Re-Install RouterOS Using Netinstall
Today I'm going to show you how to re-install RouterOS on to your Mikrotik RB3011 router to effectively start from scratch and return the router to the default factory settings. This process will work on other Mikrotik router models, but bear in mind I'm doing this "how to" document using the RB3011. So why would…
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