Category Archives: Windows Server 2012r2

Recently my Windows Server 2012r2 VPN quit accepting connections. I checked the port forwarding, I checked the user logons, I checked the client.All looked fine. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Remote Access Server Roles along with DirectAccess and VPN (RAS). … Continue reading →

I’ve set up a VPN  Server on a Windows Server 2012r2 which I usually access from my iPhone or Macbook pro. Once the correct ports are forwarded it was pretty simple and always worked. I recently tried to connect from … Continue reading →

Many times after changing a setting to fix something in Server 2012r2, I like to have a clean slate on reboot to better see what has and hasn’t been fixed. I found the following command that when executed from a … Continue reading →

After installing the updates for Windows Server 2012r2 on March 11, I began to get a new set of errors on rebooting that were associated with the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver. These new errors referred to a … Continue reading →

Another error I was getting on my Windows Server 2012r2 x64 machine was: Windows Store failed to sync machine licenses. Result code 0x80070490. The solution I found that fixed this error was posted by streetwolf which was to disable the … Continue reading →

At random times on Windows Server 2012r2 x64, usually after rebooting, I would get a warning from the Windows Search Service (xxx added to make the error less specific): Crawl could not be completed on content source <winrt://{S-1-5-21-24xxxxxx66-12xxxxx84-2xxxxxxxx9-1001}/>. Context:  Application, … Continue reading →

On every restart of my Windows Server 2012r2 x64  system I would get a number of errors about the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility drivers. After a number of failed attempts I found a solution that worked posted by … Continue reading →

I use MySql on my Windows Server 2012r2 x64 system and was getting this warning on every restart: The syntax ‘–default-character-set’ is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use –character-set-server instead. The solution that worked for … Continue reading →

I had this error every time I restarted Windows Server 2012r2 x64. The print spooler failed to share printer xxx with shared resource name xxx. Error 2114. The printer cannot be used by others on the network. After trying a … Continue reading →

My first server was a PowerEdge 600sc that I bought in 2003. At the time Dell was very free with coupons and the total cost was about $270. It came with a 128MB of registered ECC RAM and a 40GB … Continue reading →