How to fix error 0x80073701 when adding roles or features to Windows

Error code 0x80073701 translates to ERROR_SXS_ASSEMBLY_MISSING. This is sometimes encountered in Windows when you attempt to add a role or feature and Windows registry considers a specific package to be installed, yet the manifest is not present on the system. Here is how you can fix it. Example script usage: As I understand it, the […]

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Installing Netbox on Ubuntu

Netbox Installation (bobcares.com) Netbox installation will will allow us to automate most networking operations. Its an open-source, web-based Infrastructure Resource Modeling (IRM) application. At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Server Management Service. Check out how our Support team assisted a customer with installing and configuring NetBox on Ubuntu […]

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Manually create Windows recovery partition before OS partition

With the newer Microsoft OS’s (both workstations and servers), Microsoft decided to start building a recovery partition AFTER the OS partition. This means if you need to increase the size of the OS partition, you must do some work first to get rid of the recovery partition before you can extend the OS partition size. […]

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Updating a standalone ESXi host

Update April 15th 2020: If you are doing a full upgrade, make sure you specify the proper profile name using: esxcli software profile update -d </path/to/depot.zip> -p <profile name> You can list the profiles included in the depot with: esxcli software sources profile list -d </path/to/depot.zip> I’m running a fully nested homelab on a single SuperMicro server. […]

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Troubleshooting Hardware Inventory in MECM

Troubleshooting the Client Check if BITS is running The first step in troubleshooting hardware inventory on a client is to verify the BITS service is running. BITS or Background Intelligent Transfer Service is a Windows service used to transfer data whenever there is bandwidth that is not being used by other applications. BITS also supports […]

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How to choose to the best Wi-Fi channel for your router

This week at church, we began testing a new Wi-Fi in-ear monitor system that uses your personal mobile device connected to a Mac over a dedicated Wi-Fi connection. Initial testing by myself was pretty good. The quality was good and the connection was clean. But then on the first practice, we added another user to […]

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