David Vielmetter

Category: Tips

  • Dell, Microsoft, and Realtek audio

    It’s been a whilwind of the poopy kind in terms of audio communication for computers running Windows 10/11 if your system has any kind of realtek drivers. There were a number of security issues affecting realtek drivers and software so vendors and Microsoft tried to fix them. This led to a too many cooks in…

  • Outlook offline address book (OAB) fails to download after Exchange upgrade

    Everything went swimmingly (mostly) performing an upgrade of Exchange 2013 to 2019 except for the OAB on existing Outlook profiles. Oddly enough, reprofiling fixes the issue, but with logs of mapi profiles to configure,n that was not an option. [the issue] Microsoft Outlook (most versions) show the following error when manually attempting to update the…

  • Check size on individual large folders in Google Drive

    One common feature that’s simply not implemented in Google Drive is individual folder size properties. So if you’re trying to determine how large a specific folder in your Google Drive is, then that can be difficult. While it’s true that with Google File Stream, you can get info on a Google Drive folder to display…

  • MFA in office 365 finally just works (mostly)

    Microsoft has finally managed to get modern authentication to work in the latest updated versions of Office products included with Office 365 (Except for Skype for Business – which is being discontinued anyway). Here’s a quick start guide on how to get it up and running: You’ll need an Office 365 subscription, a computer running…

  • Ubiquiti Unifi cloud key error generating backup file

    The other day I was helping a friend troubleshoot an issue with his Ubiquiti Cloud Key. At issue was the Unifi Controller itself and in his specific case it just happened to be running on a Cloud Key. [The problem] When attempting to generate and download a controller backup, the following error is displayed: There…

  • Windows 2016 Server Evaluation cannot be activated with a valid product key

    If you’re thinking you can simply activate your evaluation of Windows 2016 server at the end of the evaluation period using a key matching the edition of your eval server you’re about to have a stressful evening. Here’s what’ll happen if you try to activate an Evaluation of Windows 2016 Server Standard using a brand…

  • UPS WorldShip 2017 upgrade to 2018 fails

    [problem] UPS WorldShip 2017 running on Windows 7 SP1 fails to upgrade to UPS WorldShip 2018 when the upgrade is performed via the in-application upgrade button due to the following error: [solution] Backup UPS WorldShip database. Uninstall UPS WorldShip 2017 Visit C:\UPS\WSTD\Autodownload\TEMP\ and run setup.exe if it exists there. NOTE: This will be the already…

  • Google File Stream can’t mount to default mount point

    [problem] After the April Windows 10 feature upgrade version 1803, Google File Stream displays the following error on startup. Drive File Stream: “Can’t mount to default mount point. Drive File Stream is mounted to “I:\”. Would you like to continue?” NOTE: Uninstalling, rebooting and re-installing Google File Stream (part of G-Suite) does not resolve the…

  • Define a hotkey for windows playback device settings

    Switching your HDMI inputs can cause Windows to reset your computers Sound playback device configuration back to Stereo. At my house, I’m using a Sony amplifier to control several HDMI devices connected to a single Sharp TV. [the problem] When I switch audio sources on the amplifier from Windows (used for DVR) to my PS4,…