Install .Net 2.0 on Server 2019 & 2016
Jan21

Install .Net 2.0 on Server 2019 & 2016

KB ID 0001506 Problem .Net2, man thats old! Well I was setting up PowerCLI for VMware today and was faced with this; .Net Framework 2.0 is not installed on this machine. Please download and install .Net Framework 2.0 before installing VMware PowerCLI. Solution Pop in the Server 2019/2016 DVD, (or present the ISO if it’s a VM.) Then execute the following commands, (Note: It’s installed with .Net 3); dism /online...

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AnyConnect: Stop Prompting for Certificates
Jan18

AnyConnect: Stop Prompting for Certificates

KB ID 0001505 Problem If you secure your AnyConnect with certificates, you may see something like this; When you simply want it to connect without prompting. Solution This tripped me up last week, luckily I’d seen it before, and knew how to fix it. You need to edit the profile for your AnyConnect so that, you ‘UNTICK’ Disable Automatic Certificate Selection. I know that sounds like the opposite of what you want to...

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Install the Office 2016 & 2013 GPO Templates
Jan17

Install the Office 2016 & 2013 GPO Templates

KB ID 0001095 Problem I deployed a Remote Desktop Services server today, and when I logged on with my test users I fired up Office, and got the welcome movie. Thats going to annoy my client so I need to stop that happening. Yes I know its pretty straight forward but I’m not a 64 year old typist called Marjorie. Solution Note: This ia a ‘User’ Policy so you may need to enable ‘loopback processing’. 1....

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VMware: Server Certificate Subject Name Does Not Match
Jan14

VMware: Server Certificate Subject Name Does Not Match

KB ID 0001504 Problem If you replace the self signed certificate on your Horizon Connection servers, (so that they have a certificate with your ‘public’ address), you will see this error; Status: Servers’s certificate subject name does not match the server’s External URL. Server’s certificates is not trusted. SSL Certificate: Invalid Solution At first I thought this was simply a DNS problem, and I needed...

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AnyConnect ‘Management VPN Tunnel’ Configuration
Jan13

AnyConnect ‘Management VPN Tunnel’ Configuration

KB ID 0001503 Problem With the newest version of AnyConnect (4.7) there’s an added feature called ‘Management VPN’. It’s there, so that if you have remote users who don’t VPN in very often, then you may struggle to mange them, e.g. put software updates, AV updates, SCCM packages etc. down to them.  Before version 4.7  you could configure ‘Automatically Connect’, or ‘Start before...

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