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Setting up Monit monitoring in Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL

How to install and configure Monit monitoring in Windows 10 WSL. Set up a Monit monitoring service for your websites and services. A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog article about setting up Monit monitoring on an Ubuntu VM on Hyper-V. Now it's time to do the same, but then in Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL. For this, I use Ubuntu.

By Jan Reilink 10/03/2019Windows Server

Windows Server

Silently import .reg file in your Windows registry

Learn how to silently import a .reg file into your Windows Registry. This neat regedit trick comes in handy quite often. The regedit command is valid for Windows 11, 10, Windows Server 2022, 2019 and older

By Jan Reilink 01/12/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server.Ever wondered why Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) offers Flash updates for Windows Server? Adobe Flash Player is installed on Windows Server 2016 / 2019 if you have the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role installed. Yikes! I can imagine you want to delete Adobe Flash Player without deleting the RDSH role, and here is how.

By Jan Reilink 22/11/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

How to set SVN_EDITOR environment variable in Windows Server

Learn how to set SVN_EDITOR environment variable in Windows Server for subversion. Fix the error "svn: None of the environment variables SVN_EDITOR, VISUAL or EDITOR is set, and no ‘editor-cmd’ run-time configuration option was found."

By Jan Reilink 29/10/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

Manually failover all databases in an SQL Server Database Mirroring configuration

In this article I’ll show you how to force a failover in SQL Server 2017+, in an SQL Server Database Mirroring configuration. This can only be initiated from the principal SQL Server server, and the mirrored database must be synchronized (that is, when the database is in the SYNCHRONIZED state).

By Jan Reilink 25/10/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

Windows Server 2016 on Hyper-V stuck at stopping

If a Windows Server 2016 guest VM on Hyper-V hangs while stopping after Windows Updates, and it won't reboot, it might be caused by the recovery debug information type set. Especially when you have moved the Windows PageFile to a different partition/VHDX.

By Jan Reilink 28/02/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

List all SPNs used in your Active Directory

A service principal name (SPN) is a unique identifier of a service instance. Listing duplicate SPNs is fairly easy, but how do you find out which SPNs are used for which users, computers and services? Start troubleshooting SPNs here and learn how to use setspn.exe to list all SPNs used in your Active Directory.

By Jan Reilink 26/02/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

Important note about Windows Update KB4056892

There is another VERY IMPORTANT THING with Microsoft Meltdown patches like update KB4056892: - Customers will not receive these security updates and will not be protected from security vulnerabilities unless their anti-virus software vendor sets the following registry key:

By Jan Reilink 05/01/2018Windows Server

Windows Server

How to: Determine which .NET Framework versions are installed

To get an accurate list of the .NET Framework versions installed on a computer, you can view the registry or query the registry in code. Note that the .NET Framework consists of two main components, which are versioned separately. Here is how to list installed ASP.NET versions using PowerShell.

By Jan Reilink 07/09/2017Windows Server

plain FTP without TLS configured in an FileZilla Site Manager entry.

Windows Server

How to turn off the TLS default in FileZilla?

Here is how to disable TLS encryption in FileZilla and turn off the FTP over TLS default setting. Connect plain FTP without TLS.

By Jan Reilink 10/07/2017Windows Server

WSUS Application Pool IIS Advanced Settings

Windows Server

WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again

Is Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) slow or is WSUSPool application pool constantly crashing or restarting? Are client computers checking for Windows Update erroring out with code 0x80244021? This indicates the client is unable to reach WSUS. Here is how to improve Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) availability.

By Jan Reilink 25/05/2017Windows Server

Windows Server

Merge multiple files into one new file in Windows

Merge or concatenate multiple files into one new file in Windows using the copy command in cmd.exe. Here is how.

By Jan Reilink 16/05/2017Windows Server

Windows Server

DisableNSRecordsAutoCreation with Dnscmd

This post explains how to restrict automatic NS resource record registration in Windows Server DNS using Dnscmd. This prevents Windows Server DNS to automatically create NS records for zones that it hosts on the server.

By Jan Reilink 02/05/2017Windows Server

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Setting up Monit monitoring in Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL

Silently import .reg file in your Windows registry

How to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server

How to set SVN_EDITOR environment variable in Windows Server

Manually failover all databases in an SQL Server Database Mirroring configuration

Windows Server 2016 on Hyper-V stuck at stopping

List all SPNs used in your Active Directory

Important note about Windows Update KB4056892

How to: Determine which .NET Framework versions are installed

How to turn off the TLS default in FileZilla?

WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again

Merge multiple files into one new file in Windows

DisableNSRecordsAutoCreation with Dnscmd

Windows Server

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