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January 11, 2013 7:29 pm By Travis 12 Comments

Windows 8 AHCI BSOD

How to Fix Windows 8 AHCI BSOD If you're running Windows 8 or later, then change the SATA mode in the BIOS to AHCI from IDE (which is technically PATA), you will get a BSOD (blue screen) on the next boot. Windows does not configure itself to load the AHCI driver upon boot if the SATA-drive controller was not in AHCI mode at the time of installation. Crap... There are two methods that I know of that will allow you to enable AHCI after Windows 8 installation. One is safe mode, and the other is … [Read more...]

December 2, 2012 1:36 pm By Travis 1 Comment

Reverse SQL Server Log Shipping Roles

So you've configured log shipping. That's only half of the puzzle solved. This article will show you how to reverse SQL Server log shipping roles of the primary and standby server, then reverse them again without the need of a full backup (if your primary server is still accessible). This method is very handy when you're dealing with large databases. … [Read more...]

November 14, 2012 5:10 pm By Travis Leave a Comment

EC2 AMI Sysprep IIS 7.5 SSL Certificate Error 0x80070520

Today I ran into IIS 7.5 SSL certificate binding error 0x80070520 after running sysprep to create a new bundled EC2 AMI. First I launched a Windows 2008 R2 instance from an official Amazon AMI, installed IIS and imported our wildcard SSL certificate to be used on future websites. Launched the ec2Config service and ran sysprep. Created a new AMI (image) of this instance, then launched a new instance based off this AMI. In IIS Manager, tried to edit the https binding of a site and got the … [Read more...]

November 13, 2012 9:09 pm By Travis 2 Comments

Setup FTPS on IIS 7.5 Using Host Headers Tutorial

This is a tutorial guide on how to setup FTPS (FTP-SSL) on IIS 7.5 using host headers. Host headers allow you to run more than one FTP site on the same server sharing port 21. It should also help you to avoid the pitfalls I ended up in. If you follow the guide, you'll probably save yourself at least an hour of time googling. … [Read more...]

November 9, 2012 6:47 pm By Travis Leave a Comment

IIS 7.5 .ASPX 401.3 – Unauthorized for IUSR Account

After installing all prerequisite dependencies and setting up a XenApp 6.5 Web Interface 5.4 on IIS 7.5, I was getting the error "401.3 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to an ACL set on the requested resource" whenever I tried to access the web interface front end using the default IUSR account for anonymous authentication. I tried every combination of troubleshooting I could think of: looked through IIS logs, changed the Anonymous Authentication credentials to use the Application pool … [Read more...]

November 8, 2012 7:35 pm By Travis 35 Comments

Active Directory User Account Lockout Event Notification

Be notified by email when an Active Directory user account is locked out, this powershell script will grab the most recent lockout event and send you an email notification. Requires a Windows 2008+ domain controller and an email system accepting a relay from the DC. … [Read more...]