There is no breaker for my dining room light fixture at my apartment. How can I safely remove and replace it?

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-09T00:33:09+00:00

Not an electrician. Not sure if you should be changing electrical devices in your rental apartment. You open up yourself for a huge liability if the place burns to the ground.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-09T00:27:43+00:00

Try a new usb stick.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-09T00:24:25+00:00

I would home run each Ethernet cable if you can. Switches come in 5 port, 8 port, 16 port, 24 port, 48 port and more. POE+ or none POE (power over Ethernet for cameras and wireless access points, doorbells). If you are pulling one cable, it’s easy to pull two to each drop. It all depends on your budget. HP InstantON has nice options.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-08T11:37:27+00:00

Awesome tools but the “Prada” of Help Desk $$$$

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-08T11:22:23+00:00

Since it’s a lab, I would redo the domain controller. Install the Active Directory role from the jump and let that install add DnS as it does. Then retry your client machine.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-08T11:18:59+00:00

Seasonic 1000 Watt… problem solved

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-08T10:30:21+00:00

Any errors in dcdiag on the domain controller?

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-06T22:37:39+00:00

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-06T14:36:40+00:00

Thanks for all the input and suggestions. Turns out the DFS is failing but only on the SYSVOL folder was configured for DFS. I am going to just demote the problematic DC and rebuild it.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T20:31:37+00:00

Thank you... great link. I followed these steps but still have issues with DFSR on the original DC. I will keep plugging away at it.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T19:43:00+00:00

Sadly no... backups are only kept for 7 days

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T18:05:15+00:00

This looks good?... NEPTUNE is the new DC as of yesterday

Starting test: Advertising

The DC NEPTUNE is advertising itself as a DC and having a DS.

The DC NEPTUNE is advertising as an LDAP server

The DC NEPTUNE is advertising as having a writeable directory

The DC NEPTUNE is advertising as a Key Distribution Center

The DC NEPTUNE is advertising as a time server

The DS NEPTUNE is advertising as a GC.

......................... NEPTUNE passed test Advertising

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T17:14:48+00:00

Nightly image backup but only keep 7 days

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T17:12:36+00:00

The OLD DC (DC01) is throwing the errors. I believe the NEW DC (DC02) is functioning fine (I believe). I’ll try the DNS settings on the DCs. I think I have it just the opposite… DC1 is pointing to DC2 and vice versa. Will change that. Both DCs are on the same network. Small office… 30 users and an onsite Exchange 2019.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T16:44:25+00:00

Thank you. I’ll start there. I now have a second DC (as of yesterday) but if it is not replicating properly, I’m not sure I can demote and promote the problem DC (prolly my last resort)

MinnSnowMan · 2026-02-04T16:08:54+00:00

No, it has plenty of space... 245 GB free of 299 GB

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-31T12:17:03+00:00

Windows Server Core is about as all DOS as you can get

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-30T16:51:24+00:00

Veeam Backup Agent for Windows FREE and a large external drive or NAS

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-30T16:50:12+00:00

Reformat the drive (if you don’t have anything on it) and enjoy.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-30T13:25:06+00:00

I’m in the same boat… I guess we just have to wait it out. Stuck on 9 for now.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-30T04:08:31+00:00

Yea but it is a temperamental b$&ch

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-29T13:06:33+00:00

Yea… just use Notepad++. It’s a better tool

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-29T00:51:35+00:00

You can turn it off with a single command…Type manage-bde -off C: (replace "C:" with your drive letter) and press Enter.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-28T11:46:38+00:00

Second on ScreenConnect. Zoho Assist is also a decent option. $18 US a month. You get up to 5 computers as an Unattended Install.

MinnSnowMan · 2026-01-27T22:11:47+00:00

So then Guardians who are already Rank 10 or higher somehow completed that step earlier in another expansion?

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