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Enable Auto-growth for a MSSQL Database (Windows Server)

How to Enable Autogrowth for a MSSQL Database First, do a quick check to ensure your Windows Server or VPS has sufficient free disk space on C:\ or your SQL partition. It’s important that there is enough physical storage to fluidly grow the database on the server. If the server has enough disk space, follow these steps to […]

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Installing MS SQL Server Express on Windows VPS or Server

SQL Server Express is a free version of Microsoft SQL Server available from Microsoft. It’s excellent for building small, data-driven web and mobile applications up to 10 GB in size. You can easily scale your applications across SQL Server editions as you grow—without having to change application code due to the common programming surface enabled […]

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Open Server Manager from Command Prompt (cmd) in Windows Server

Can’t find Server Manager? It’s ok, it happens. It’s possible to launch Server Manager from command prompt or PowerShell. How to Open Server Manager via Command Prompt 1. Open Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd), or PowerShell 2. Type ServerManager and press Enter Server Manager should open. That was easy! This article applies to:  […]

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Slow .Zip Extraction – How to Fix on Windows 10 / Server 2016

Windows Defender is an excellent built-in feature of the latest versions of Windows, providing free, always-on protection against malware and other threats. However, you may have noticed very slow ZIP archive extraction in Windows 10. The reason for slow .zip extraction is Windows Defender which scans each extracted file, and causes archive extractions to slow […]

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Installing Softaculous: Ioncube Loader is not loaded (cPanel VPS)

When installing Softaculous on a cPanel VPS, you may run into this error: ———————————————–  Welcome to Softaculous Apps Installer ———————————————– ionCube Loader is not loaded. Please enable it to continue  To resolve this, log in to WHM and follow the steps below. How to Install Softaculous with IonCube Loader and cPanel/WHM Go to WHM > […]

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Symantec EV SSL G3 Root Certificate & CA Bundle

Here is a quick item of clarification that we ran across. If you are looking for the Symantec EV SSL G3 Certificate, the currently up-to-date certificate and intermediate CA bundle for root level Symantec (Verisign) G3 EV SSL sites, such as Microsoft Outlook and Skype, can be found on this page: https://knowledge.symantec.com/support/ssl-certificates-support/index?page=content&actp=CROSSLINK&id=INFO2062 Add the Intermediate CA […]

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How to Connect to a VPS on Windows 10 (Windows/Linux VPS)

Wondering how to connect to a Windows VPS or Linux VPS on your Windows 10 PC? Follow the simple guide below to get started. How to Connect to a Windows VPS Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Navigate to the Start menu and search for “remote desktop.” You should find it on your PC. Enter the […]

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OpenSSL Client for Windows: Win32 OpenSSL Debugging Tool

We came across this great little tool, and wanted to share in case anyone can use the info. Shining Light OpenSSL client for Windows is a command line OpenSSL utility, implementing the full OpenSSL software for testing and debugging SSL connection issues on Windows systems. Download the OpenSSL client, free, here: https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html After running the installer, […]

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How to Flush DNS Cache on Windows Server / Windows 10

It’s simple to flush the DNS cache on Windows or Windows Server. This will reset the server’s cached DNS lookups, so domain name lookups will be re-tried the next time they are made. How to Reset the DNS Cache in Windows 1. Open Command Prompt. 2. Run the command: ipconfig /flushdns That’s it. The DNS cache […]

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How to Install Cloud Backup on a Linux VPS or Server

Use the steps below to install the Cloud Backup agent on a Linux VPS or dedicated server. Follow the directions for CentOS/RHEL, or Debian/Ubuntu, depending on your operating system, then proceed to the Final Steps section below. CentOS / Enterprise Linux Servers Switch to root user: su root Download the script, give it executable permissions, […]

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