Windows Stuck in Recovery Mode Datto driver signing This is a solution by Greg Baharoff, the owner of MTBW Services Inc. in Mount Airy, Maryland. Symptom: During maintenance, the Windows Server became stuck in recovery mode. Symptom: The following “regular” solutions did not work, such as bootrec /rebuildBCD , sfc /scannow , and dism.exe /cleanup-image. … Read more
Everything you need to know about renaming 2016, 2012, or 2019 domain controllers. Do NOT rename using System > Computer Name, you will break AD!
Situation: You are trying to download an update for your HP server https://support.hpe.com Problem: HP’s new website support.hpe.com doesn’t allow you to download the file with your account. Problem: When you try to register, you can’t get the HP website to accept your support agreement, warranty, support account reference, or service tag. I support many … Read more
Symptoms: Windows Server 2016 , Windows Server 2019 , or Windows 10 Trying to change the URL shortcut path on a start menu item. Error: “Problem with Shortcut” “Cannot apply changes to this Internet Shortcut” The file is NOT read only You are logged on with an admin account For example, you want to change the shortcut … Read more
In many organizations, the servers and especially the storage area network (SAN) are critical. The thought of installing firmware on these systems or performing a major operating system upgrade is incredibly scary to the IT staff. I was working at a company recently which was having trouble with their backup system. Their backup system did … Read more
This is a story about how we migrated a production server from RAID-1 to RAID-5 without losing data, using the PERC H730 controller. Recently, we pushed a Dell server’s PERC RAID controller to its limit. (After making a verified good backup, of course). Originally, the server’s hard drives were set up as a RAID 1 … Read more
