Fix: Failed Authorization Procedure. Client Lacks Sufficient Authorization. – Let’s Encrypt SSL

Fix: Failed Authorization Procedure. Client Lacks Sufficient Authorization. – Let’s Encrypt SSL

If you are trying to obtain an SSL certificate using Let’s Encrypt’s certbot, you may receive an unauthorized error for the www or *. version of your domain name and the verification fails repeatedly.   The command you use: sudo certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/example -d example.com -d www.example.com   The error: Failed authorization procedure. www.example.com...

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Why: JWS Verification Error Status 400 [urn:acme:malformed] - SSL Certificate

Why: JWS Verification Error Status 400 [urn:acme:malformed] - SSL Certificate

If you are trying to create an SSL certificate using ACME, you may run into an error while using ACME to sign your certificate using the API calls using a 3rd party tool or website. It appears to be an issue when you use an email address in your CSR certificate signing request file. As a...

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Fix: You Cannot Open Microsoft Management Console in Author Mode Because of Current Computer Policies

Fix: You Cannot Open Microsoft Management Console in Author Mode Because of Current Computer Policies

When you try to open Microsoft Management Console (mmc.exe) in Windows (or a snap-in that launches MMC.exe) you receive a prompt it cannot open because of computer policies. The MMC application is likely protected by a computer policy / GPO setting. If you have administrative privileges on the Windows machine you are trying to launch MMC.exe...

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Easy: How to Find Any DFS Path – Windows

Easy: How to Find Any DFS Path – Windows

Are you trying to determine a directory path or the absolute path for a file or folder that is hosted on a Distributed File System (DFS) server environment? When you access a file or folder this way, you are probably accessing it using an easy-to-remember share name or via a mapped network drive that is local...

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Fix: This Computer Can’t Connect to The Remote Computer – Windows RDP

Fix: This Computer Can’t Connect to The Remote Computer – Windows RDP

If you attempt to Remote Desktop to another Windows machine, you may receive a generic message that Windows cannot connect to the remote computer.   This computer can’t connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator.   Login to the Windows...

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