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…
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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…
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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…
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Can’t Remove Exchange 2010 Auto Mapped User Shared Mailbox from Outlook
Just a quick post in the hope this saves someone the time I spent today trying to resolve this issue. I came across a problem today with a user support request where they had Full Access permission to another users mailbox and trying to remove that mailbox after the Full Access was revoked. The other…
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