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Win 2016 RDP Adobe Acrobat Keeps Crashing on Launch

This is a quick "How To" fix for when you're trying to open Adobe Acrobat Reader from the desktop shortcut in Windows 2016 or 2012R2 environment and discover that it is slow to open and then crashes. I had to muck around with this for a good hour or so to rectify the issue, so…

10/11/2018

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RDP Server, Windows 2016

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Win 2016 Essentials Configuration Fails

I had this issue on a server we were setting up for a client today and the Windows Server 2016 Essentials configuration kept failing. We attempted numerous re-installations and configuration options, but the problem kept rearing it's ugly head. We tried to reset the wizard settings using the following powershell commands: Remove-WssConfigurationData Uninstall-WindowsFeature ServerEssentialsRole After…

17/10/2018

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Server Essentials, Wizard Fails

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Synology NAS Loses Domain Connection

This is a brief post which details how to fix an issue with your Synology NAS when it all of a sudden loses it's existing Active Directory domain membership. Even if you try to rejoin the domain, you will get the dreaded error: "Failed to join the windows domain..." Fear not my fine friends, after…

19/09/2018

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Synology, Time Server

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Using TCP Wrapper in CentOS 7 for SSH Blocking

Just a brief post today to show you how to use the TCP Wrapper in CentOS to help manage access to SSH. What is a TCP Wrapper? It's a method of blocking access to services on your CentOS server via IP restriction. As a side note, you should still always have a firewall configured, so…

15/09/2018

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