Yearly Archives: 2016

Logon screen turns black in Windows Server 2012 R2

When you try to log on to a Windows Server 2012 R2-based computer, the logon screen turns black after you enter the credentials. Then, the computer becomes unresponsive. Note: The computer is unresponsive even if you press CTRL+ALT+DEL Here is the fix: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2897632 This issue occurs because an error occurs when the system tries to…
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Scheduling your Server to Automatically Reboot

Navigate to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks. You should now see the Add Scheduled Task Wizard on the Right. Choose run a program when prompted on what to do... click the Browse button. By default, the browse button will bring you to the root of the C: drive. Navigate to WINDOWS -> system32 and locate the file named ‘shutdown.exe’. Highlight it,…
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Restart a Remote Server Using Command Prompt

Sometimes your server will become unresponsive, most of the time you will notice this when you try and remote desktop on and you just get a black BLANK screen. To fix this: Launch command prompt (as administrator) and run the below command. User should have administrator permissions on the server. 1: SHUTDOWN /r /f /t…
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Windows computer is not accessible on domain network error

If you get a message that says "Windows computer is not accessible..." and you are on a domain network here is the fix that generally works: Go to your DNS on your domain controller Look for the FQDN computer you are trying to access in the list.  It will MOST LIKELY be the wrong IP…
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How to Locate System Service Tag Using Command Prompt

Using Command Prompt (Win +R), to find your Dell service tag: Navigate to the Command Prompt Window in your computer. For a tablet, on the Windows Tile Screen, swipe from bottom and click All Apps. Scroll to the right till you get to Command Prompt. On the Command Prompt window, type wmic bios get serialnumber.…
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How to update PHP to latest version on AWS EC2

Warning: Before doing anything, make backups!   Remove old versions of PHP and Apache The old Apache and PHP versions in the server can conflict with the new install. So it is recommended to stop the web server and remove them using the commands: sudo service httpd stop sudo service mysqld stop sudo yum remove httpd* php*…
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Deploying a Remote desktop session server (RDSH) Server in a Work-group

This Post will show you how to deploy a Remote desktop session server (RDSH) in a workgroup (non Domain). Credit: ryanmangansitblog.com This deployment is Session based and will allow the use of desktop sessions. The down side to having a none domain joined Session host is that you will need to create users on the host…
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Specify a License Server for an RD Session Host Server to Use

A Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server must be able to contact a Remote Desktop license server to request Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) for users or computing devices that are connecting to the RD Session Host server. To specify a license server for the RD Session Host server to use On the…
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Allow user ec2-user (Amazon AWS) write access

To allow user ec2-user (Amazon AWS) write access to the public web directory (/home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech), enter this command via Putty or Terminal, as the root user sudo: chown -R ec2-user /home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech Make sure permissions on that entire folder were correct: chmod -R 755 /home6/producw6/public_html/blackmoretech
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Turn on Network Discovery for Windows Server 2008 – 2012

If you are unable to see your Windows Server 2008 - 2012 in your network, here is how to fix that: Make sure that the following dependency services are started: DNS Client Function Discovery Resource Publication SSDP Discovery UPnP Device Host Configure the Windows firewall to allow Network Discovery. To do this, follow these steps:…
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How to disable shutdown for remote desktop user

This is the step to disable the shutdown/restart/suspend/hibernate options in the start menu. (1) Open the Local Group Policy Editor by Start > Run > Enter gpedit.msc (2) Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates/ Start Menu and Taskbar (3) Enable “Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands” But…
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