A blog about some of the things I work with every day
Introduction Encountering errors when booting a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) can be frustrating, especially when dealing with corrupted checkpoint chains. One common issue you might face is the error message: “Property ‘MaxInternalSize’ does not exist in class ‘Msvm_VirtualHardDiskSettingData’.” This error occurs because the disk properties have changed, causing the VM to incorrectly link the checkpoint … Read more
IntroductionIn today’s digitally driven world, Microsoft Bookings stands out as a convenient and efficient scheduling tool integrated within the Microsoft 365 suite. It simplifies the process of managing appointments and schedules for businesses. However, one less obvious aspect of setting up a Microsoft Bookings Calendar is that it automatically generates a dedicated mailbox within your … Read more
Introduction When deploying devices via Windows Autopilot, you may encounter an issue where the Enrollment Status Page (ESP) hangs during application installation. This is usually caused by a problem with one of the apps being installed during the pre-provisioning phase. Fortunately, identifying the problematic app is straightforward. Identifying the Problematic App To determine which application … Read more
Steps to Set User Permissions on a Folder Level To only allow ‘Owners’ and specific users: 1: Access Your SharePoint Site:Navigate to your SharePoint site using your preferred web browser. 2: Go to the Document Library:Locate the relevant document library where the target folder resides. You can find this on the left navigation pane or … Read more
Sometimes it is important to see who booked a resource. This is not possible if it is booked as a private appointment. This can be prevented by removing the “private” property for a resource. Connect-ExchangeOnlineSet-CalendarProcessing -Identity “Name of resource” -RemovePrivateProperty $true
If you need to find out when a user was created you can run this in PowerShell:Connect-ExchangeOnlineGet-Mailbox user@contoso.com | select-object WhenCreatedUTC,Name It will tell you when the users mailbox was created.
I noticed that the time and time format was wrong on all documents in my OneDrive online. Time and timezone is correct in the rest of Office 365 It can be fixed by doing this: In OneDrive click the Return to classic OneDrive in the lower left cornerClick on the setting icon in the upper right cornerClick … Read more
Sometimes it might be necessary to allow a non admin user to remotely restart a server with the shutdown command This can quite easy be done. You create a Group policy and add the user to it. This is the group policy you should add the user to: Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings … Read more
I had a problem with a HP LaserJet 8620. No matter what I did the HP printer software would not communicate with the printer. And because of that scan did not work. A complete uninstall of driver an d HP software did not help. And even though everything had been uninstalled HP Print and Scan … Read more
Using PowerShell to create a VPN connection on a Windows 10 is quite easy. I used this command to create a VPN connection to a Meraki router. But what about if you want to add the clients VPN IP adress in your DNS? Default “Register this connection’s addresses in DNS” for a VPN connection is … Read more