by Rocky Beaven | Feb 9, 2024 | PowerShell, Windows 10/11
A clean re-installation of Windows 11 failed to detect the original (OEM) digital licence on the machine. The activation troubleshooter doesn’t resolve the issue. You can activate your licence by identifying the product key via PowerShell and then manually enter...
by Rocky Beaven | Dec 6, 2023 | Miscellaneous
A remote Mac user needed to VPN into an office network, and then RDP onto their office machine, but their home network and the office were both using the same subnet. Using the native Mac VPN client meant that the VPN connected fine, but no traffic was routed to the...
by Rocky Beaven | Jul 26, 2023 | Hyper-V, Miscellaneous, Software
Needing to add a non-domain joined Hyper-V host to a Veeam B&R server gave the usual issues with credentials, network discovery, and ports needing to be opened, but Veeam could still not connect to the host. An error regarding potentially invalid credentials,...
by Rocky Beaven | Jul 6, 2023 | Microsoft 365, PowerShell
Trying to add a new user to the 365 portal returned the error that the desired email address was already in use, but helpfully didn’t tell you which account/mailbox it was in use with. To identify the existing mailbox that is using the address in question,...
by Rocky Beaven | May 23, 2023 | Hyper-V, Server 201x
A Dell PowerEdge server was supplied with an OEM install of Server 2022 Std and no media. After installing the Hyper-V role on the new box you then need to install the guest OS but you have a bit of a problem: You need the software and a method of activating it....
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