Create CSR Login to your website control panel. Here I’m Using cPanel to manage my website. Click on SSL/TLS. Generate a new CSR. Keep all the defaults. Type in the domains/subdomain covered by your SSL certificate. For me, it’s a simple cheap cert that included www.example.com and example.com. This part is just creating all the…
Practical Windows Server Updating Guide
Shut down your server. Sometimes stuck or stale process can stop or slow down the updating process Take a snapshot of the server virtual machine. I can’t tell you how many times I had to roll back when an update borked the server. Saved the day a few times. Turn off Anti-virus and Anti-malware. It’s…
Windows Server 2019 Stuck Updates
If you’re like me watching the download progress not move, you might have missing or corrupted update files. Sometimes Windows will try to install updates it doesn’t need and then crash. One quick solution is to delete the software distribution folder. In order to delete the bad files, you’ll need to stop these services. Stop-Service…
Wireless Keyboards Bad for Business
The wireless keyboard and mouse are some of the worst pieces of hardware to troubleshoot because it’s so annoying. In my mind, there is no business case to use these. I can’t tell you how often this crops up. As an IT professional, I loath these things. I’m extremely busy and don’t have time to…
Brita vs Zero vs PUR Water Faucet Filter
The NSF is the national sanitation foundation, a not-for-profit that certifies products for water treatment. They ask for samples of the product and do their own extensive testing to see it if meets the claims of the manufacturer. They also do yearly inspections to ensure it stays compliant. Having this certification means you can trust…
Brita vs Zero Water Pitcher Filter
The NSF is the national sanitation foundation, a not-for-profit that certifies products for water treatment. They ask for samples of the product and do their own extensive testing to see it if meets the claims of the manufacturer. They also do yearly inspections to ensure it stays compliant. Having this certification means you can trust…
BitLocker with TPM
If your computer doesn’t come with TPM, you may be able to install a module. Check your manual to see if it supports an add-on. All the chips are pretty standard, but some motherboards use slightly different pins, so get one that is compatible with your board. I have an MSI motherboard, so I got…
Troubleshoot Err-disable recovery
By default, switches detect all kinds of errors. If it does, the port goes into an errdisabled state. You can turn this off or on globally. You bring the port back up by doing a shut/no shut. Default is all causes. You can turn it off or specifically choose what goes into errdisable. Switch(config)# [no]…
DHCPv6 Flags
The “ipv6 nd managed-config-flag” tells hosts you can use DHCP for address config as a polite suggestion (Canadians). It’s not really needed since everything works fine without the command. The “ipv6 nd other-config-flag” tells hosts they need to use DHCPv6 to get extra info like DNS and domain names as a polite suggestion (Canadians). It’s…