ERROR_SXS_ASSEMBLY_MISSING (0x80073701) on Windows Server 2019

We’ve run into a strange problem with our Windows Server 2019 VMs where sometimes when we clone a new VM from our template it works perfectly fine and sometimes it won’t let you install any new Roles and throws a 0x80073701 error. Better still, sometimes it lets you install a new Role and then months … Read more

Script for detecting potentially vulnerable Log4j jars [CVE-2021-44228] on Windows Server

Update 2021-12-18 – This looks like a much more competent script for detecting this vulnerability and there is a python version for Linux: https://github.com/CERTCC/CVE-2021-44228_scanner Updated 2021-12-17 – Script is v1.4 and looks for .war files now too Original post below Inspired by the one-liner here: https://gist.github.com/Neo23x0/e4c8b03ff8cdf1fa63b7d15db6e3860b#find-vulnerable-software-windows I wrote a script to expand on the command, … Read more

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service will not start after November 2021 updates

Update – 2021-12-15 – I can confirm that the December Windows Updates have fixed this issue for us.   After installing OS updates on all of our servers in November 2021 we ended up with three servers, all running 2019 Core and all Domain Controllers, where the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service would not … Read more

Is enabling SMB Signing on your NetApp a non-disruptive change?

We received the following alert from our ActiveIQ Unified Management Appliance (and a similiar one in ActiveIQ / AutoSupport): Alert from Active IQ Unified Manager: Advisory ID: NTAP-20160412-0001 You can find more details here: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160412-0001/ After reviewing it, fixing it seemed like a straight forward change but I wanted to know, is enabling SMB signing … Read more

Mac OS clients using Microsoft Remote Desktop are unable to connect via Remote Desktop Gateway Servers

Over the summer we build a Remote Desktop Gateway Cluster to provide remote access to workstations for some of our clients. Initial testing worked great for Mac OS, Windows and Linux users. For Mac OS we had clients download the official Microsoft RDP App from the App Store. Right before go-live day we updated our … Read more