Category Archives: Windows Server

PowerEdge T110 II, Windows Server 2012 Hangs on “Finalizing your Settings”

At first I assumed this problem was related to just my build, but after doing some googling, the only other people having the issue, also have PowerEdge T110 IIs. I found this article on the Dell Forums about it. In my experience with this issue, the first time around I attempted to install the Hyper-V […]

How to Allow Microsoft SQL Server Express through the Windows Firewall, Dynamically

If you’ve just installed Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and you’re looking to connect to it from outside of the server. You’re going to need to allow access in to the instance of the SQL Engine. The most common way to do this is by just allowing Port 1433 and optionally 1434 if you want to […]