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  • Add Missing Office 365 Mailbox Creation Link

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    This happens because the Recipient Management role group is missing the Get-RemoteDomain permission. To resolve this, we’ll create a new role called “Office 365 Provisioning Link”. The new role will inherit a whole bunch of permissions from the parent role – permissions which we’ll remove. Lastly, we’ll add the newly created role to the Recipient…

  • CAB Files in C:\Windows\Temp

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    I noticed a bunch of CAB_xxxxx files in C:\Windows\Temp. This happened a couple of times after Windows Updates were installed. To fix this: Go to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS and delete the CBSpersist*.log files. Then delete the CAB files in C:\Windows\Temp. Check the C:\Windows\Temp folder in about 30 minutes. No more CAB files should be created. Until the…

  • Windows Updates Fail After Restoring the OS/VM with Error Code 80070643 or 80071A91

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    I ran into a rather strange problem after restoring a VM: Windows Updates would not install. The failure codes returned were 80070643 or 80071A91. After checking the integrity of the file system using “sfc /scannow” and rebooting, the problem persisted. Luckily, I found the following fix. A check disk was automatically initiated after the reboot, which found…

  • How to Use RSYNC to Copy Files in Linux

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    The cp command in Linux is very handy and very flexible. However, there’s no easy way to resume copying a file if the process is interrupted. So we want to use rsync instead. Below is a simple example of how rsync can be used to copy a folder, and resume if the process is interrupted. When…

  • How to Use the History Command in Linux to Repeat Commands

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    Ever want to repeat the command you just entered? The “history” command gives you a method for repeating commands entered earlier in your session. You can control how many commands are remembered by putting a command in your .login file. set history=23 To see this history listing, enter the command “history”. You should see a…

  • How to Enable the Disk Cleanup Tool

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    Windows Server 2012 R2 Must install Desktop Experience. Use Powershell command: Install-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience Windows Server 2012 C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_none_c60dddc5e750072a\cleanmgr.exe C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16384_en-us_b6a01752226afbb3\cleanmgr.exe.mui Windows Server 2008 R2 C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_c9392808773cd7da\cleanmgr.exe C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_b9cb6194b257cc63\cleanmgr.exe.mui Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_en-us_b9f50b71510436f2\cleanmgr.exe.mui C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_c962d1e515e94269\cleanmgr.exe.mui Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_en-us_5dd66fed98a6c5bc\cleanmgr.exe.mui C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_6d4436615d8bd133\cleanmgr.exe Once you’ve located the files move them to the following locations (Server 2012 non-R2 and earlier): 1.Copy Cleanmgr.exe to…

  • Dell Laser Printer 1700n (XL) Factory Defaults

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    Here are the steps to reset a Dell Laser Printer 1700n to the factory defaults. 1. Turn off the printer 2. Open the front cover. 3. While the Continue and Cancel buttons are depressed, turn the printer on. 4. When the error LED on the control panel is lit solid, close the cover. Hope this…

  • Cradle Point Firewall Does Not Connect to VPN or Enterprise Cloud Manager aka ECM

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    This morning one of the remote locations we support from the corporate office called in because their Internet was not working. Luckily I configured dynamic DNS on the Cradle Point, as for some reason, the static IP address we had assigned had changed for some reason, it went back to a static IP address we…

  • Cannot Change Drive Letter – “Parameter is Incorrect”

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    I opened Disk Management, right-clicked the drive I wanted to change, selected “Change Drive Letter and Paths” and picked an available drive letter. Lo and behold I got an error message that read “Parameter is Incorrect”. After double-checking everything, making sure the drive letter is not in use, no errors in the event log, etc,…

  • VMware P2V Conversion Fails with BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume …. Error 37409

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    After many successful P2V conversions I ran into this one 2008 R2 server that caused me a lot of grief. The C: drive would clone, but the remaining three drives would fail with this, or a similar, message “BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume …. Error 37409”. Given the server was…