There are a few ways you can remove drives that are no longer in use, but the easiest way to is to head into the Device Manager and remove the ones that aren't currently doing anything. The trouble is, you can't see them. Here's how to see them and then uninstall them: Open a command prompt and type the following: [crayon-5b7c23f0674b1489220793/] From there, you can then open Device Manager by right clicking on the windows icon at the bottom right and choosing Device Manager. You can … [Read more...] about How to remove old drivers from Windows 10
Adding Copy and Paste Functions to vSphere VMs or in vCenter
By default, being able to copy and paste items from your machine through the console of a VM is disabled. This makes sense, there are security implications here. However, if you're in an environment where you trust your users and you're constantly moving files or managing VMs, having the ability to copy and paste is huge. So here's how to enable it: To enable Copy & Paste on one machine Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine. … [Read more...] about Adding Copy and Paste Functions to vSphere VMs or in vCenter
Manually Uninstall Umbrella Roaming Client
Sometimes uninstalling the Umbrella Roaming Client can be a pain. It's supposed to be. After all, it's protecting your machine and it's not just going to show up in Add\Remove Programs. Instead, you'll want to open up a command prompt as an admin and enter the following: [crayon-5b7c23f067f50370078297/] This will run through some processes and you'll eventually be in good shape. A quick (bad) screenshot of the success can be seen below: … [Read more...] about Manually Uninstall Umbrella Roaming Client
Is Umbrella Roaming Client removing your DNS entries?
I ran into an interesting issue when changing the DNS settings on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server not too long ago: Each time I tried to change the DNS settings I'd hop back into the NIC settings to review my changes and they would be gone. A few googles didn't help much until I saw this remark from a post on the web: Tried that too...no dice...I have found the cause and resolved the issue. Our network is running Symantec Endpoint Protection for antivirus/malware protection. There is a … [Read more...] about Is Umbrella Roaming Client removing your DNS entries?
Migrating VEEAM Backup Data
If you want to move backups from one location to another, you're going to need to make sure you have some things configured properly. Here are a few things I learned while migrating to a larger storage area for my data. It's definitely easier, arguably faster, to migrate data using ROBOCOPY. Even though you'll have more thread available to migrate data using ROBOCOPY, you're only as fast as your storage and your processing power. A big copy and paste of your data using windows won't be much … [Read more...] about Migrating VEEAM Backup Data
Using ROBOCOPY switches for faster, more reliable data moves
For a lot of big data moves that don't require special software but need to be logged, you can us ROBOCOPY, a built in file moving command that will not only let you log the moves but also enabling a multi-threaded structure for faster moves. Use this command with the following switches for the fastest possible Robocopy without interruption: [crayon-5b7c23f0682a4123950317/] robocopy C:\Folder1 C:\Folder2 is the base of your script. This will copy everything from the first folder to second. … [Read more...] about Using ROBOCOPY switches for faster, more reliable data moves
HP SMH Lefthand P4000 Login ERROR: Username and password do not match
If you've ever dealt with an old P4000 or P4500 you've probably spent some time at login window trying to figure out how to get in. In some scenarios, even though you've set the right user and pass in the console you're still given the following when trying to log into the SMH under port 2381: ERROR: Username and password do not match localhost.localdomain is a monitored private system. Do not attempt to login unless you are an authorized user. SMH is great for windows servers but if … [Read more...] about HP SMH Lefthand P4000 Login ERROR: Username and password do not match
Dell iDRAC Default Username and Password
From the article here: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln129356/start-up-page-for-dell-poweredge-server-of-12th-and-13th-generation-r620-r630-?lang=en The internal Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) factory default settings are: IP Address: 192.168.0.120 Username: root Password: calvin … [Read more...] about Dell iDRAC Default Username and Password
Re-Registering VSS DLLs
There are a number of scenarios where VSS instances might be failing or timing out. In this case, re-registering the DLLs might help. Here are the steps to take before and after registering those DLLs. Reboot the machine. We want a fresh look at what is and isn't failing or timing out. If you cannot reboot the machine restart VSS. This is essentially the same thing as restarting, but only focuses on the VSS. net stop vss net start vss List the VSS writers using the … [Read more...] about Re-Registering VSS DLLs
View the GUID of a Volume on a PC
The fastest way to get the GUID of a volume is to use this command: [crayon-5b7c23f068816557645955/] You'll see all the GUID's right there. Close the window when done. Below is a screenshot of what I get: … [Read more...] about View the GUID of a Volume on a PC
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