Edge browser : Your connection isn’t private
I prefer taking notes when I encounter issues and also remembering everything is getting harder. While accessing half of the internal sites in Edge, users were encountering the following error:…
Passthrough smart card reader to VM in ESXi host error
I am in the process of implementing MFA in my production environment. As always, test any critical implementations and document thoroughly in your test environment. I attached the USB smart…
VMware vCenter Upgrade: Error “No space left on device”
I was trying to upgrade VMware vCenter (VCSA) to v7.0U3 at my work using the command shell, I got an error while staging the ISO. OSError:[Error 28] No space left…
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: Replacing Symantec/Broadcom self-signed certificate with CA issued certificate
Follow the Broadcom article how to Use a signed certificate with Endpoint Protection Manager. I followed this article to generate CSR. https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/176335/use-a-signed-certificate-with-endpoint-p.html. It works out well up to this point.…
Nessus Findings: SQL Server Using Self-signed Certificate And SHA-1
I believe beginning SQL 2016 self-signed certificates are being issued using SHA-2 but older SQL server are issued SHA-1. I have to replace the self-signed certificate with CA issued certificate.…
Nessus Findings: Disable weak protocols and cipher suites
I am remediating the Nessus findings relating to weak protocols and cipher suites. Basically disabling TLS 1.0 protocols and 3DES-CBC3 cipher suite. This will serve as a note for me…
Nessus scan: Symantec Endpoint not disabling Windows Defender Antivirus
I use Symantec Endpoint Protection as AV in my environment. It should automatically disable Windows Defender Antivirus but it did not. Nessus started flagging since I do not update the…
Windows Admin Center(WAC): WinRM cannot complete the operation
I am in the process of migrating file server from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019. Previously I used Robocopy for this purpose. Windows storage migration is a…
Updating/Changing DNS IPs in VMware vCenter Appliance and ESXi hosts
If you try to change / update DNS IPs on the ESXi host from within the vCenter , it will give an error " This operation cannot be performed while…
Folder Redirection migration and GPO not working
I have been testing folder redirection migration from Windows Server 2012 R2 to 2019. Problem: Although GPO was modified to point to the new server, it still pointed to the…