Print Migrator Error ‘WARNING: Kernel Mode drivers (version 2) are blocked on the target machine’
KB ID 0000811 Problem I really like Print Migrator, it makes a time consuming laborious task really easy. It’s so good Microsoft don’t use/support it any more, (after Server 2003). So this week when I was migrating printers from an SBS 2003 server to a clients 2003 CRM server, I was really happy, and dragged out PrintMig. Download Print Migrator 3.1 However when trying to restore the printers on the target server this...
Change Windows Product Key Error ‘Unacceptable Character’
KB ID 0000812 Problem A very strange problem today? I was attempting to change the product key of a Windows 2008 R2 Server, I copied and pasted the code in, and this happened; I assumed I’d done something stupid, or there was some formatting in the text I had copied (from One Note). So I typed it in manually, every time I tried to enter the letter ‘n’ this happened? And when I copy pasted the code in it had removed...
Event ID 7000 – SSPORT and DgiVecp Services Wont Start
KB ID 0000822 Problem Note: Event ID 7000 is a generic “unable to start a service” error, this article only deals with the SSPORT and DgiVecp services. The SSPORT service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. The DgiVecp service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. I saw this with a clients print server this week, I’d...
Certificate Import Error – ‘Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005’
KB ID 0000818 Problem Seen on Windows Server 2012 when trying to complete a certificate request. There was an error while trying to perform this operation Details: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) Solution 1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to; C:ProgramDataMicrosoftCryptoRSAMachineKeys Note: ProgramData is a hidden folder. 2. Open the folder properties > Security > Advanced >...
Windows – Run Commands and Command Line Shortcuts
KB ID 0000828 Problem One of the advantages of launching applications form the ‘Run box’ is, no matter where Microsoft move things to in the graphical interface, they rarely change the commands. So when Windows 8 came out and there was much gnashing of teeth, I just ran the same old commands I used to run, and wondered what all the fuss was about! Solution Below is by no means a complete list, but is a collection of stuff...
Windows – Setting Up Split DNS
KB ID 0000830 Problem Setting up split DNS is something I usually do if I’m setting up a new Microsoft Exchange Server. Primarily this is because of certificates that are used on the Exchange Server like so; Now, as anyone who has purchased a Universal Comms/SAN (Subject Alternative Name) certificate will know that you can put the internal name of the server on the certificate as well e.g. ex1.abc.local. Well that’s fine,...
Cannot Remote Desktop over VPN connection
KB ID 0000845 Problem This one had me well and truly stumped! The client has two sites and from their remote site they could not open a remote Desktop connection to a server at the main site. RDP Stuck at Securing remote connection. At first, because the client had SBS at their main site I assumed this was the problem, but sadly it was not. Solution The following process goes through the steps taken to identify and rectify the...
Create a Shared Folder that Requires ‘No Password’
KB ID 0000857 Problem The title may raise an eyebrow, in a time when people are concerned with hardening their servers and making things more secure, why would you want a shared folder anyone can access without a password? Well because most of us operate in the real world where the biggest secret on our network is ‘who has not paid into the biscuit fund?’ I have a folder on my test domain that I use for sharing files and...
How to Join a Windows Domain
KB ID 000085 Problem For Windows 11 See: How to Join Windows 11 to a Domain This process was done with Windows 10, but the procedure is the same going all the way back to Windows 2000. Solution Note: The main reason this procedure fails, is because the client that you are attempting to perform the join from cannot resolve the domain name of your domain! Make sure it has one of your domain servers listed in the properties of its...
Windows – Schedule a Reboot For a Specific Time
KB ID 0000866 Problem If you want to do this, and you do a quick internet search, all results come back as either suggesting using psshutdown or writing a script then scheduling that. I suppose a script is a good idea if you want to reboot at 01:00 every day for example. But what if you want to reboot a client server once at 17:00 and it’s 10:00 in the morning? Chances are, if you’re like me, you will be working on...