Unable to send emails through GoDaddy’s hosted exchange After days of wasted time calling GoDaddy who claimed “everything is working fine” and emailing several complaints I discovered several things. 1. GoDaddy had a huge influx of SPAM which caused GoDaddy to outsource. 2. GoDaddy couldn’t or didn’t want to handle their SPAM situation in-house so they […]
KB2920189 won’t install on 2012 R2 VM
KB2920189 won’t install on 2012 R2 VM I had several Windows Server 2012 R2 VM’s keep getting errors every time it tried to install KB2920189 which after further research found out that it was due to secure boot being enabled on the VM’s. Luchily this fix is only a few reboots away when KB2920189 won’t […]
Installing Dell’s OpenManage Essentials to remotely manage all Dell servers
Installing Dell’s OpenManage Essentials to remotely manage all Dell servers If you have one or more Dell servers you should consider Installing Dell’s OpenManage Essentials to remotely manage all Dell servers (Dell OME). It’s free and allows you to manage your servers updates for firmware and software drivers. It gives the ability to schedule these […]
Restore DNS settings in Windows Server 2012 R2
Restore DNS settings in Windows Server 2012 R2 Since the backups are were already stored in “C:\Windows\System32\dns\backup” from our previous Tutorial Copy the needed backups to one level up. Next rename the bkup file so that it ends in .com.dns . Then create a New Zone and select the option for using this existing file and select […]
List installed Windows updates from the command line / DOS
List installed Windows updates from the command line / DOS It is easier than most would think to List installed Windows updates from the command line / DOS. This can come in handy if you have two identical machines and one is having an issue. You could save the output from both systems and use something […]