You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network
Duplicate name exists KB ID 0000991 Problem I hadn’t seen this myself but it was asked in a forum the other day so I replicated it on the test bench. You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again. or You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. If joining a domain, go to System in Control Panel to change...
SQL Sever Setup Error – Rule ‘Setup Account Privileges’ Failed
SQL Sever Setup Error KB ID 0000976 Problem When trying to install SQL Server, this popped up; Rule Check Result Rule “Setup account privileges” failed. The account that is running SQL Server Setup does not have one or all of the following rights: the right to back up files and directories, the right to manage auditing and the security log and the right to debug programs. To continue, use an account with both of these...
Windows Server – Enable LDAPS
KB ID 0000962 Problem Note: Starting with Windows Server 2019, LDAPS (LDAP over SSL/TLS) is enabled by default, assuming a Server Authentication certificate is installed on the Domain Controller. Active Directory is built on LDAP, I’ve known this for a long time, but other than it’s a directory protocol that’s about all I did know. Like any directory, if you want information when you query the directory it returns a...
Disable Lock Screen
KB ID 0000965 Problem Note: This is for older versions of Windows Server, you may want to go to the following article. Windows – Disable the ‘Lock Screen’ Firstly, the lock screen is there for a valid security reason, so I would not advocate doing this on a production network. But on my test network when I’m jumping between multiple servers all the time, it’s annoying to have to press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and tap the password...
Windows Server – Enable Flash
Enable Flash KB ID 0000978 Problem Note: For Server 2016, the process if different, see; Windows Server 2016: Enable Flash I upgraded my VMware vCenter server to 5.5 last week, and as soon as I tried to open the vSphere Web Client, I got a polite message asking me to install flash. I headed over to Adobe to download and install it, and was told that from IE10 it had already installed simply ‘enable the add-on’. Well...