Event ID 27 – “The description for Event ID 27 from source e1iexpress cannot be found”
Jan14

Event ID 27 – “The description for Event ID 27 from source e1iexpress cannot be found”

KB ID 0001130  Problem I was seeing intermittent network drops on my Server 2012 R2 servers, so when I took a lot in the logs this was what I found; Log Name:      System Source:        e1iexpress Date:          {time} Event ID:      27 Task Category: None Level:         Warning Keywords:      Classic User:          N/A Computer:      {host-name} Description: The description for Event ID 27 from source e1iexpress cannot be found....

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Active Directory Federation Services – Certificate Error ‘CNG Key’
Jan12

Active Directory Federation Services – Certificate Error ‘CNG Key’

KB ID 0001129 Problem When installing the Active Directory Federation Services Role, you need to supply a certificate. I was running this up using a self signed wildcard certificate when this happened; The certificate with the specified thumbprint {thumbprint} has a Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) private key. The certificates with the CNG private key are not supported. Use a certificate based on a key pair generated by a legacy...

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Certificate Services – Create a ‘Wildcard Certificate’
Jan11

Certificate Services – Create a ‘Wildcard Certificate’

KB ID 0001128 Problem Now you may be thinking, “If you have your own CA/PKI solution why would you need to create a Wildcard Certificate”? If you can generate as many certificates as you want whats the point? Well today I need to setup ADFS, WAG (Web Application Gateway), and Remote Desktop Services Gateway Server. To make the whole thing wok on my test bench would be a lot less hassle if I could just use one certificate...

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Cisco IOS – “configuration not allowed when device is not the primary server for vlan database.”
Jan11

Cisco IOS – “configuration not allowed when device is not the primary server for vlan database.”

KB ID 0001127  Problem I was trying to delete a VLAN from a client switch, and this was happening; Core-3560#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Core-3560(config)#no vlan 30 VTP VLAN configuration not allowed when device is not the primary server for vlan database. Solution Now as far as I was aware there was only one switch, (certainly on this LAN segment anyway). What you need to do is change the VTP...

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Migrated WordPress Site – Homepage Works, All Other Pages/Links Fail
Jan09

Migrated WordPress Site – Homepage Works, All Other Pages/Links Fail

KB ID 0001126  Problem I’m in the process of migrating the site back to its original VPS now that the site re-write and redesign has been completed. I used a plugin (UpdraftPlus) to backup the site, and its database, and then restored it to the new server. After the restore I connected to the new server and there was the site in all its glory 🙂 However, every single link I clicked gave me a; Not Found The requested URL {Path}...

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