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Exchange server instability after updates   Recently updated !

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As originally reported here – a recent update has caused on prem exchange servers to become unstable and potentially requiring regular reboots to continue operating. At the time there was nothing about this particular problem available on line – so diagnosing the problem took extended amounts of time and effort while there was radio silence […]

“The handle is invalid” when logging into Windows server console   Recently updated !

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This was the error which was presented when investigating an “unrelated” issue with a Windows 2016 virtual machine. Various services that should have been running on the affected VM were not operating correctly Using remote access tools and vmware console – logon failed but referenced “Other Person” despite using the domain credentials which should permit […]

Why not take a Naps?

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Working on a client machine recently – the user reported an issue with the Brother scanner software that they had been using for some time.  The error occurred during scanning and was “Scanning failed” with a status of CC4-205-00000013. After checking the version of ControlCenter 4 and noting it hadn’t been updated in in quite […]

TPOT constantly restarting ?

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TPOT – is a self proclaimed All In One Multi Honeypot Platform. A client recently required an installation of TPOT and during that process I came across two gotchas that prevented the successful completion. The first was an error when attempting to start TPOT for the first time – the second was a constant restarting […]

Error code 80243004 updating windows PC

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This is a short one but hopefully if you come across this – its a headscratcher! The PC in question had updated just under a month ago without issue and when its was noticed that there were some updates available – the result of applying them was the error code 80243004. Stopping the windows update […]

Window 10 Version 2004 – whats new?

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The first thing that strikes me about the new release is the additional of a tool that helps figure out why a windows 10 update fails. Having spent too much time working out the vagaries of why a particular model of PC or even a particular PC fails to update when other “identical” models don’t […]