Today is the 17th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. The last Friday in July is a reminder to thank your SysAdmin for keeping your operation running. I like to extend SysAdmin Day to all IT Pros because it usually requires a team effort. From the help desk to DBAs to developers, communication, problem-solving, and constant learning of new technology is … [Read more...]
Windows 10 Anniversary Update will increment roaming profile version to .v6
Microsoft updated the TechNet article on roaming profiles yesterday. The updated information states that Windows 10 Anniversary Update will use a .v6 extension to distinguish itself from other operating system versions of the profile. This allows your roaming or mandatory profile to operate on different operating systems without conflicts. Operating system … [Read more...]
June 2016 Windows Update MS16-072 changes the behavior of group policies
If you are experiencing issues with Group Policies not working since installing the June 2016 Windows Updates, you need to be aware of a change that has been made with MS16-072 for security reasons. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-3223. MS16-072 identifies the vulnerability as a man-in-the-middle attack and to prevent it computer credentials are used to read group … [Read more...]
Resolve duplicate package errors in YUM
Something went awry this weekend while installing updates for my CentOS server. Using the standard 'yum update' command for the yum package manager, there were suddenly a large number of updates to install. I should not have approved them but what do I know compared to the package manager. Foolishly, I proceeded with the updates. Upon its completion, yum began complaining of … [Read more...]
Cannot connect to WSUS console after changing to HTTPS
I converted a Windows Server Update Services box to use HTTPS instead of the default HTTP port. Running on Server 2012 R2, this has most WSUS traffic use port 8531 instead of 8530. I actually made this change a while ago but ended up reverting the change to HTTPS because I was unable to connect to the WSUS console afterwards. Giving it another shot, I followed the directions … [Read more...]