by Rocky Beaven | Jun 14, 2020 | Miscellaneous
We’ve had a couple of Dell PowerEdge servers that had fans that seemed to be running continuously – and were loud – out of the box, and they didn’t quieten down even after the array had completed its build and/or updates had been applied. There...
by Rocky Beaven | Oct 28, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Software
For whatever reason you may wish to clear the recent files list from Acrobat Reader DC (I had a case where the link produced an error, even though the target file was fine and would open without going through the recent files link). To clear the entire list, fire up...
by Rocky Beaven | Feb 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous, PowerShell
If you find a domain account has been locked, you can unlock it via the command line (running as administrator). First, check the status by running the command below – replacing loginname with the username of course!:net user loginname /DOMAIN If the...
by Rocky Beaven | Oct 21, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Server 201x, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
For certain apps, and firewall exceptions, you may need to change the network type that your server OS thinks you are connected to, e.g. from Public to Private. In Server Manager | Local Servers | Tools | Local Security Policy | Network List Manager Policies –...
by Rocky Beaven | Oct 21, 2016 | Windows 7/8
Recently I’ve had several instances where a (sometimes relatively new) Windows 7 PC has run out of disk space, and found that C:\Windows\TEMP has numerous files with names following the pattern “cab_XXXX_X” (usually around 100MB each), and these...
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