• Dell SmartFabric OS 10 Firmware Upgrade Process

    First download the latest firmware from the Dell Digital Locker. Then extract the .tar file so you have the .bin firmware file. Please the .bin in a SFTP Server. Then SSH into the switch and run the following commands. Once the image is downloaded then install the image Keep running the show image status to…


  • Check Block Formatting Size for SQL Server

    Ever want to quickly check to make sure you formatted that volume correctly for SQL Server with 64K Blocks. Run the following command in Powershell


  • “Windows NT user or group servername\Administrators not found” in MSSQL

    Ran into this problem last night on a new client computer where COMPUTERNAME\Administrators wouldn’t add but changing it to BUILTIN\Administrators did the trick.


  • Network Policy Server (NPS) 802.1x Reason Codes

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd197464(v=ws.10) Reason Code Description 0 The connection request was successfully authenticated and authorized by Network Policy Server. 1 The connection request failed due to a Network Policy Server error. 2 There are insufficient access rights to process the request. 3 The Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) Access-Request message that NPS received from the network…


  • Remote Desktop fix when using Microsoft Account Sign-In

    When setting up a new windows computer if RDP wont work you can use this command to fix it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2198366/remote-desktop-not-working-with-microsoft-account?forum=windowserver-all&referrer=answers