I have had an issue with APC Powerchute Business Edition  9.5 on Windows SBS 2011. When rebooting the server it gets stuck when trying to run the APCBEserver services. Only stopping this service would allow Windows to start. APC would not automatically uninstall so followed instructions here:
http://www.apc.com/us/en/faqs/FA159894/

restarted server and the services etc were gone.

Then tried installing Powerchute 8.6. Agent ran fine but when trying to install the server it got stuck on starting service. Again followed above instructions with mixed results. It looks like APC is not fully installing (see below for full details)

Entries for 64 bit System:
Agent:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\APC\PowerChute Business Edition\agent
Present in registry: Yes
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\agent
Present in registry: No

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\agent
Present in registry: No. Howver secondary key of v:upsmanager is present. (Attachment 1)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BCE9F441-9027-4911-82E0-5FB28057897D}
Present in registry: Yes


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\APCPBEAgent
Present in registry: Yes
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\APCPBEAgent
Present in registry: Yes
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How do you add certificate to Trusted Publishers via certutil.exe if GPO is also adding certificates?

**GPO cannot be used to distribute this certificate as it causes a secondary issue for us.

We have a printer driver that we need to silently install. If we open up the certificates snap-in and manually import the certificate into "Trusted Publishers", our silent installation works.

If we attempt to script that same cert import via certutil.exe, the import fails unless we use -force, at which point it creates a SECOND Trusted Publishers store and imports the certificate there.

The driver installation fails to see the certificate in that second store and gives the usual untrusted error as if it were never imported at all.

Hi Guys,

We've been using Symantec DLO (desktop / laptop option) for a number of years across different sites.
Initially we were satisfied with the product and support, but lately DLO has been giving more and more issues with their technical support becoming poorer as time goes on.

Does anyone perhaps have a suggestion for a comparison product?

We need to install a client on a desktop / laptop, and want to the software to backup critical workstation data to the server on a fixed schedule.

Any ideas are welcome.

MS SQL corruption error

Getting this error on a sbs 2011 server

The description for Event ID 8646 from source MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

1
692197516
SUSDB

The specified resource type cannot be found in the image file

Any ideas?
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I've just done an upgrade from Exchange2013 CU19 to Exchange2016 CU10. At the moment, the two co-exist and mail flow/public folders, most stuff I can see is working as expected, without issues. Since I've migrated everything(mailboxes, PF, Arbitration MB etc) I want to get to the state where I can decommision the old Exchange2013. I checked message headers and everything is Sending/Receiving from Exchange 2016, 2013 Exchange isnt acting as a Proxy. Today I took first step towards the decommission, I turned off Exchange services on Exchange 2013 box followed by disabling the receive/send connectors for this Exchange 2013 box. Disabling services didnt do it but a little after disabling the send/receive connectors the Exchange 2013 box blue screened.

I've couple of questions - :

-Whats the proper way to decommission the Exchange 2013. Most guides tell me to simply uninstall Exchange 2013 from Add/remove programs and I'm wary of doing that just yet, especially if I've no way of knowing if the mail stuff is now completely coming from Exchange 2013. OfflineAddressbook is still pointing to Exchange 2013 (Default Offline Address List (Ex2013))

- I still see the Exchange 2013 edb is big, isnt the move suppose to migrate all the mailboxes and clean out that Exchange 2013 edb?

- I see some errors for the Public folder, how can I check if its a legacy PF mailbox or modern. Before 2013 we had Exchange 2010 where the PF came from.

-Following errors also dont make sense - …

we just moved to Cisco AMP for email. It has been a nightmare of epic proportions. I would like to get some feedback as to others experience. We had reseller do install. We have had email being blocked due to new IP address of the Cisco appliance. We have had email disappearing into the either without a trace.  Some times it shows hitting the Cisco appliance but not Office 365 and the other way around. But the hardest part is the email that disappears without a trace. Or email that is kicked back to the sender but no notice on our end. Had reseller do the install.


Looking for feedback- we were almost going with VIPRES email filtering solution as it did the same thing with attachments and links but had some great features like stripping and email with too large of an attachment and sending the email on with a ling for you do download the attachment from VIPRE.  The GUI for Cisco is cumbersome and not very intuitive. VIPRE's was very intuitive.

Out intent was to get the Firepower/AMP for Email and AMP for Endpoint all installed- Firepower went without a problem but the email piece has not gone well so we are definitely not moving forward with Endpoint at this juncture.

This has been going on now for over a month- Cisco and Microsoft saying its the others fault etc.

Sharepoint 2013 Workflows not sending emails.

We have a free Sharepoint 2013 install that has 2010 workflows configured that stopped sending emails for approvals.

We can manually approve the request but they are not getting emails and we are not even seeing the emails hit the Exchange server. We have a sub-site with the same type of workflow that is working just fine.

Thoughts?

Hi,
We have a Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP3 with rollup 14 running email environment. We are planning on installing Rollup 22. We have 5 sites hosting email servers.
Site 1 hosts 4 exchange servers in total;
-      2 servers with CAS/HUB roles with a CAS array between them
-      2 mailbox servers with DAG setup between them
Site 2 hosts a CAS/HUB/MBX role
Site 3 hosts a CAS/HUB/MBX role
There is a DAG setup between Site 2 and Site 3
Site 4 hosts a CAS/HUB/MBX role
Site 5 hosts a CAS/HUB/MBX role
The external emails are routed via site 1.
I would like to know if anyone has tried installing Rollup 22, what were the challenges and what sequence can we install the Rollup 22 on the servers.
Most importantly, can we install it on one host at a time or does it have to be installed simultaneously on all the Exchange servers? Ideally, we would like to install it on a server at a time without affecting the mail flow.
Regards,
AR

Is there a way to reprogram a shortcut icon so users cannot pin it to the taskbar on Windows 7?  I found this link where you can disable pinning for a certain string, but I don't want to include that in the name of the shortcut.  Anyway of doing something in Powershell or VB?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/shell/appids

If any of the following strings, regardless of case, are included in the shortcut name, the program is not pinnable and is not displayed in the most frequently used list:

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I have to install and activate Visio 2019 pro and I have dilemma.
Having license key but having issues with xml activation process.
Presently I have Visio2019 folder where I downloaded stream.x64.x-none.dat and other necessary components for Visio 2019 Pro.
I don't know what is the problem with my configuration.xml...???
Should I run setup /configure configuration.xml from the location of the stream files or ODT folder (main Visio2019 folder) ...???
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I am trying to install XRDP on a Red Hat 7.5 server I have been following some instructions I found on the internet

https://sameeraman.wordpress.com/2018/04/05/how-to-install-gui-on-a-red-hat-7-x-server-in-azure/


The problem I am having is when I get to the part in the article to run the command  (yum install xrdp tigervnc-server xterm) there is a Dependencies problem;

I have followed the article to the letter up to (yum install xrdp tigervnc-server xterm) command and everything works until that point

I think I am missing something rather simple here, any Ideas?

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xrdp.x86_64 1:0.9.8-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: xorgxrdp for package: 1:xrdp-0.9.8-1.el7.x86_64
---> Package xterm.x86_64 0:295-3.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libXaw.so.7()(64bit) for package: xterm-295-3.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libXaw.x86_64 0:1.0.13-4.el7 will be installed
---> Package xorgxrdp.x86_64 0:0.2.8-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-server-Xorg(x86-64) = 1.19.5 for package: xorgxrdp-0.2.8-1.el7.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: xorgxrdp-0.2.8-1.el7.x86_64 (epel)
           Requires: xorg-x11-server-Xorg(x86-64) = 1.19.5
           Installed: xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64 (@rhui-rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms)
               xorg-x11-server-Xorg(x86-64) = 1.20.1-5.1.el7
           …

On a new Win10/PRo 64 machine, I'm trying to install a program I used on the old computer - TreePad, a simple two-pane organizer. Their web pages say the program has been adjusted for windows 10. First problem, when I open from a shortcut or directly from the .exe, the program seems to open twice, then the second instance closes itself. Second problem, I'm on a two monitor setup and when I move the program to monitor 2, use it and close, then reopen, it open back on its fixed position on monitor 1 (yes, the double opening again.) I've tried all the suggestions (turn off edge sticking in the os etc.) Yes, I've written to the software developer. No response. Yes I could but another two pane organizer, but this one is very good. I've tried Ultramon to try to pin it to monitor 2 and even that reliable program won't help. Thanks.

I have been following a PDF from APC to user PowerChute Business Edition over a Serial connected Smart UPS to talk with the Linux install in the vMa appliance on a VMWARE ESXi 6.7 environment.  (Please don't suggest Network Shutdown, I've got the free version of VMware.)
It is entitled, "Using ESXi with PowerChute Business Edition"  
https://www.schneider-electric.com/resources/sites/SCHNEIDER_ELECTRIC/content/live/FAQS/165000/FA165747/en_US/Configuring%20ESXi.pdf?_ga=2.16585520.747393797.1541423829-1088756136.1541423829
On page 17-18, it tells us to add the ESXi host using vMA, and asks for HOST IP address, user root and the password.  However, I get an error message that it won't add the HOST because if fails the SSL connection test.
When I run>  sudo vifp listservers    none are listed because they couldn't connect.

It seems like such a straight forward process, it detects the UPS and is ready to go, but I can't had the VM host to the PowerChute Business Edition installation.

I have ONE APC UPS which I'd like to have gracefully shut down 2 VM's and the VMHost in the event of a power outage.

Should I just run PCBE on one of my VM's and execute a shutdown command for the 2nd VM and let the VMHost crash on its own?

Has anyone got a solution?