“We couldn’t update system reserved partition” error upgrading to Windows 11
DaleWe were upgrading part of our laptop fleet to Windows 11. The Windows 11 Upgrade Verifier said we'd have no issues, yet we did. The root cause of our upgrade…
Restricting an AD user account to particular workstations–one gotcha
We locked down one of our generic user accounts to a particular workstation, for good security reasons. Windows OSHub has a good writeup on how and why you do it.…
“Try an improved Quick Assist experience”
Or as I read it “Microsoft backtracks on removing Quick Assist from the Windows Operating system.” In June, we moved Quick Assist to the Microsoft Store to help improve performance…
Visual Studio Code–Running as administrator is not supported
Though it WAS supported until very recently. Some digging later: Microsoft made it the default in mid-December. The fix? Don’t run your VS Code with Administrator privileges The workaround? Edit…
Quick Assist–Microsoft breaks QA for Enterprises, and shrugs it’s shoulders.
So Microsoft decided to deploy a new version from the Microsoft Store. There were a couple of reasons given: or was it because of Skype for Business deprecation? Of course…
“Unable to activate Adobe DC Pro”
It was all because we were running Internet Explorer 11 in compatibility mode. The fix was to apply the registry key list here: Update your operating system to work with…
“That’s A Gimme*”–Telstra Aircard does not work with Windows 10.
A long discontinued product which doesn’t work with Windows 10. The customer said it doesn’t detect the SIM card. If you have or are planning to use a Telstra USB…
Dell Latitude 7390 overheats and destroys the battery
The evidence would seem to point that way. I’m told that Dell will: If the laptop is still in warranty, replace the battery free of charge If the laptop warranty…
WFH Challenge – The Curious Case Of The Disappearing Microsoft Teams Authentication
and Outlook and OneDrive and ... Customers started reporting that were weren't able to use Outlook or Teams, and OneDrive failed to sync. Seems to be caused by the Zscaler…
Dynamic DNS failing on TrueNAS Core
Update: And the answer is that INADYN in RC1 of TrueNAS Core, is version 2.2. Updating INADYN to v2.7 fixed the issue. The Dynamic DNS Feature is using INADYN utility…