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Installing printer driver Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility driver failed…

On every restart of my Windows Server 2012r2 x64  system I would get a number of errors about the Microsoft enhanced Point and Print compatibility drivers. After a number of failed attempts I found a solution that worked posted by … Continue reading →

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MySql Warning: “The syntax ‘–default-character-set’ is deprecated and will be removed…

I use MySql on my Windows Server 2012r2 x64 system and was getting this warning on every restart: The syntax ‘–default-character-set’ is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Please use –character-set-server instead. The solution that worked for … Continue reading →

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The print spooler failed to share printer…Event 315 with error 2114

I had this error every time I restarted Windows Server 2012r2 x64. The print spooler failed to share printer xxx with shared resource name xxx. Error 2114. The printer cannot be used by others on the network. After trying a … Continue reading →

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Choosing the Server Hardware…

My first server was a PowerEdge 600sc that I bought in 2003. At the time Dell was very free with coupons and the total cost was about $270. It came with a 128MB of registered ECC RAM and a 40GB … Continue reading →

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