Windows

vagrant

Rsync error with CentOS 7 Vagrant boxes on Windows 10

Having rsync errors with the updated CentOS vagrant boxes? You need to add a synced folder option to your vagrantfile to fix it.

devops

The easy way to use PuTTY with Vagrant on Windows

Want to use PuTTY as your ssh client with Vagrant? Thanks to a community Vagrant plugin it is easier than ever to do this.

azure

Moving from SQL Operations Studio to Azure Data Studio

SQL Operations Studio has been renamed and moved to a new project called Azure Data Studio! It's time to move over to the new hotness.

logstash

Installing Logstash on Windows (April 2019)

There have been several updates to Logstash along with several fundamental changes to it's core architecture so I think it is time to post an update!

vagrant

Working with Vagrant on Windows in 2019

It's been a while since I've talked about Vagrant on Windows. It's time to post an update for April 2019.

Windows

Installing Logstash on Windows

Let's talk about how to run Logstash on Windows.

Administrative Tools

Joe's Super Simple Windows Powershell Log Parser

Hello IT Pros! I’ve got another really helpful post today. It is a very simple log file parser for Windows Powershell. This script was built when my colleagues and

Powershell

Powershell Script to Get the Current Count of Windows Processes with the Same Name

Along with my colleagues, I have the privilege of serving many different technical roles at my place of employment. One of the most interesting and uniquely gratifying roles I serve is being one of the "the app monitoring guys" or "the

Advise

Upgrading to Windows Server 2012 R2 from 2012 RTM Running SharePoint 2013

These are some of my own notes on upgrading Sharepoint Server 2013 from the server running Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2. I know this will help others that made the same mistakes that I did. I'm grateful to have the ability

Errors

Cannot enable the Windows Firewall in Windows 7, error code 0x807042c

This is a short post for tonight. I was helping one of my customers fix their computer and it was infected with viruses. Yes, it was Windows 7 Home Premium and yes they had the User Account Control disabled! After cleaning up the machine,

2012

DirectAccess 2012 IP-HTTPS issue, “The IP-HTTPS listener is inactive”

This is now the 3rd time that I have set up a single network adapter installation of DirectAccess 2012 for one of my customers and I wanted to share my experience with one of the most common problems I’ve seen thus far. This

2012

More issues and solutions for DirectAccess in Windows Server 2012, Notes from the field

Tonight, I have some more DirectAccess 2012 woes and solutions to share. These are more or less some notes I jotted down while setting up DA2012 for a customer. Note #1: The following case occurred both with my customer’s DirectAccess 2012 server, as

2012

Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess IP-HTTPS Error Route has not been enabled

I was in the middle of setting up DirectAccess 2012 in an IPv4-only environment for one of my customers when I hit a really big roadblock. Originally, I had DA set up using the simple deployment method. Everything installed just fine and the DA

2012

OS Installation BSOD with Windows Server 2012 Boot Media on UEFI Server Hardware

I was working with one of my customers a few nights ago and ran into a huge roadblock when trying to boot the Windows Server 2012 Datacenter installation media (DVD\USB) on a brand new piece of server hardware. We booted the installation media

Boot

Troubleshooting Slow Boot Performance in Windows

It has been a few weeks since my last post, but trust me when I say the wait was worth it. This is another article that would go along with my "advanced windows desktop troubleshooting" series of posts only if I actually

Issues

Advanced Windows Desktop Troubleshooting with Sysinternals Process Monitor

This is a special post on a troubleshooting event that I was able to participate in which occurred a short while ago. My company started deploying Windows 7 computers throughout the organization during the summer. We use two different Windows deployment types depending on

Administrative Tools

The Foundation of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Application Compatibility - Shims

The message says “SolarWinds Orion Network Atlas requires Windows XP/2003/2008/Vista/7 to run.” Believe it or not, this is extremely easy to work around. Right-click the installer and choose properties. From the Compatibility tab, enable compatibility mode for Windows 7 and

How-to

How-To Solve Printer Redirection Issues with the RDC Client in Windows XP

Windows XP just won’t go away. It is still one of the most widely used operating systems in business so I still find myself having to go back and remember certain things I had to support. For example, there was one little known

Encryption

Enable BitLocker without TPM in Windows 7 and Windows 8

I like BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows since it is relatively easy to set up. However, I ran into a snag the other night when trying to set up BitLocker on one of my customer’s computers. The problem? No TPM chipset is on

Opinion

I Am Never Going Back to Windows 7…

The Windows 8 Developer Preview was unfinished junk, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview increased my confidence in the product ten fold, and the Windows 8 Release Preview made me decide to never go back to Windows 7, ever. Just like Windows 7 was worlds

Administrative Tools

The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

With the public release of the Windows 8 Release Preview, Microsoft has gone back and thought about how IT Pros are going to handle imaging. I suppose this is a good thing since it has become increasingly difficult to locate, download, and install the

Deployment

Deployment Workbench hangs during ISO Media Creation

A colleague of mine was attempting to build an ISO of a Windows 7 image from our MDT share and ran into a problem. No matter what computer he tried to build the ISO media As it turns out, the root cause was a

How-to

How to remote control Mac OS X from a Windows computer using RealVNC

This is now my second blog post that is Mac related. Yes, I do own a Mac. Specifically, it is a late 2006 white Macbook with an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz CPU and 2GB of RAM. It isn’t the biggest and

How-to

Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

One of my favorite PC games is still the original release of Rollercoaster Tycoon created by Chris Sawyer. Unfortunately, the game will NOT run in Windows 7 or Windows 8 properly (keeps crashing, won’t load saved games, etc.). In order to properly run

Beta

Fixing the Infinite Boot Loop Issue with Windows

I have been helping some of my family friends as of late with their computer troubles and I would like to share this tech support story with you today… Our family friend dropped off her old, but still capable, Windows XP computer to me