SOLVED: MSCOMCTL.OCX Download & Register on 64 Bit Windows
If you are working for an old application you may be presented with the error: Component ‘MSCOMCTL.OCX’ or one if its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid: In this case...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to End Task a Program Running on a Different PC
If you are an administrator, you will have seen an application that has locked up a computer. These ‘run away’ programs sometimes cause users to give up in frustration and just power down their PC’s...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Move PUBLIC Folder In Windows 10
If you need to add more space to your computer, one way to do this is to add a second disk. The problem then becomes what should you move to that disk. In home theaters and other PC’s with lots of...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Delete Protected Partitions in Windows 10
If you install a hard disk from an old PC into your current PC, you might find a few partitions cannot be deleted. Fortunately it is very easy and fast to use a simple command line to remove the...
View ArticleSOLVED: Dell BIOS Update Unified Server Configurator Failure – Detach USC...
If you see either of the following errors while updating a Dell Server BIOS, there may be a simple fix: BIOS update is not supported using RBU method EXECUTION STATUS: Unified Server Configurator...
View ArticleSOLVED: All NTFS Attributes Defined
Below is a list of NTFS “Attributes”. An NTFS attribute is an OPTIONAL setting that software MIGHT use to make smart decisions as to how to handle a particular file. For instance, if file is marked as...
View ArticleSOLVED: Quick FAQ’s For Meltdown & Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities
Last week we provided a very quick explanation of the Meltdown & Spectre CPU flaws which you can read HERE. However, much more is now known and so here are the current answers to Meltdown &...
View ArticleSOLVED: What Order Should A Dell Server Have Its Firmware Updated?
If you have a new Dell server, you will almost certainly want to update the firmware (and drivers, and OS and…) but there is a danger in flashing things in the wrong order. 1: Below is the order in...
View ArticleSOLVED: Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Install Alert ‘HTTPS LISTENER IS...
If you are trying to install Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) and you might see this alert / error: The installer has detected that the HTTPS listener is not configured for Windows Remote...
View ArticleSOLVED: What is the Difference Between Dell OpenManage Server Manger and...
If you have a Dell server you likely want the Dell Management tools but it can be confusing to figure out which product you need. Below is a quick summary of Dell OpenManage products: Dell OpenManage...
View ArticleSOLVED: How to Download, Install & Configure Dell OpenManage Enterprise
Dell OpenManage Enterprise: OM Enterprise is the replacement for OpenManage Essentials. The underlying difference is that OM Enterprise does not use SQL (and OMEss does). More importantly OMEnt can...
View ArticleSOLVED: What is ACTIVE MEMORY DUMP in Server 2016 & Win10
Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 have a new debugging feature named ACTIVE MEMORY DUMP which tracks only important memory information and ignores the rest. Most notably, if your computer is a HyperV...
View ArticleSOLVED: What is Thunderbolt Networking in Server 2016?
Server 2016 supports Thunderbolt Networking which, put simply, is networking devices using simple and common USB Thunderbolt hardware. This is of particular use in Clustering because it is desirable to...
View ArticleSOLVED: Where Should The Windows Page File Go?
The page file (aka. swap file) is the place Windows stores active data that it cannot fit into RAM. In days of yore, the simple rule was to put the page file on a disk separate from the operating...
View ArticleSOLVED: What is VM Load Balancing in Server 2016 & How to Configure It Quickly
Windows Server 2016 introduces native Virtual Machine load balancing. The idea being that Server 2016 Cluster Manager will now migrate VM’s to other Hosts in the cluster to level out the work load....
View ArticleSOLVED: Download Dell HIT Kit For Server 2016
If you have a Dell EqualLogic disk storage array and you want to connect it to Server 2016, you will want the Host Integration Tools (HIT Kit). The problem is there HIT Kit version 4.x only supports...
View ArticleSOLVED: Upgrade OEM Windows Server 2016 1609 Data Center To 1709
If you have purchased an OEM (from the hardware vendor, like Dell, HP, Lenovo…) copy of Windows Server 2016 it will be version 1609 build 10.0.14393. You likely know that the most recent version of...
View ArticleSOLVED: Complete List Major Windows Server Releases & Specifications
Below is a list of Windows Server names, code names, release dates and minimum specifications: Windows Server Public Name Codename Release Date Kernal Version Min CPU Max Cores Min RAM Min Disk Windows...
View ArticleSOLVED: Windows Feature Installation The Referenced Assembly Could Not Be...
If you receive, The Referenced Assembly Could Not Be Found. Error: 0x80073701 while trying to install a Windows Feature, the problem is likely region / language related. I have seen this error while...
View ArticleSOLVED: Dell EqualLogic Host Connection Management Service Will Not Start:...
If you have installed the Dell HIT Kit for EqualLogic product but cannot get the EqualLogic Host Connection Management Service to start, you likely need to install the Windows Server MPIO feature. You...
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