Windows – Find your ‘Uptime’
Jan02

Windows – Find your ‘Uptime’

KB ID 0000552  Problem There are lots of reasons you might want to know your PC/Servers uptime, to make sure a client has rebooted a server (like you asked them to), or to see if a server has had a BSOD and rebooted overnight, etc. Check Uptime with Task Manager You can get your uptime from the Task Manager’s “Performance” tab. To launch Task Manger Start > Run > Taskmgr.exe {enter}. or Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, or...

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Event ID 8213
Nov17

Event ID 8213

KB ID 0000142  Problem Event ID 8213 System Attendant Service failed to create session for virtual machine <servername>. The error number is 0xc007052e. Admin password on the Administrative group (In Exchange) needs changing to the correct domain admin password. NOTE only happens if you have an Active Directory Connector installed. Solution 1. Start > All Programs > Microsoft Exchange > Exchange System Manager. 2....

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Event ID 5719
Nov17

Event ID 5719

KB ID 0000712  Problem You see the following error in your event log (seen here in the system log on a domain controller). Log Name: System Source: NETLOGON Date: 15/11/2012 06:00:35 Event ID: 5719 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Servername.Domain-Name.com Description: This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain (domain-name) due to the following:...

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Event ID 53 – ‘The public key does not meet the minimum size required by the specified certificate template’
Nov17

Event ID 53 – ‘The public key does not meet the minimum size required by the specified certificate template’

KB ID 0000967  Problem I’ve been doing a lot of PKI work over the last few days, testing device enrollment and NDES etc, and came across this problem being logged on my issuing/subordinate CA server; Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority Event ID: 53 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: User: SYSTEM Description: Active Directory Certificate Services denied request 35 because The public...

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Event ID 13
Nov17

Event ID 13

KB ID 0000520  Problem Seen every few hours in the application log: Source: AutoEnrollment Description: Automatic certificate enrollment for the local system failed to enroll for one Domain Controller certificate (0x80070005). Access is denied. Solution 1. Go to your domain controller > Open Active Directory users and computers > Locate the CERTSVC_DCOM_ACCESS group. 2. Add in the “Domain Controllers” group. 3. On...

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