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Trurl, you're a genius. Yes I can see, for instance, DISK_ASSIGNMENTS.txt -- I'll bet that's useful, huh? It's weird that both Unraid and Window says the flash drive is bad, but I seem to be able to read it. I won't complain -- I'll just copy the data I need.

Yup, thank you -- I'm reading that now.

Yes, it would appear that I have successfully replaced the key. I got a new email with a new URL, which I copied and pasted into Tower, and it appears to be happy (no red errors in the upper right corner)

Thanks again, trurl. I should have checked my old emails first (in my defense, I didn't even remember what I was looking for). Now to see if the various readme's can help me with my disk assignments, etc.

Thank you for the quick response, trurl. I've found the five year old email with the order confirmation, but that doesn't contain the key. I also seem to be able to access the "dead" USB drive, and I see a file in /config named Basic.key. Honestly, I don't even remember what I'm looking for. A URL? A SHA256 key? Yes, I have the key!

I'm not sure how badly I've screwed up, but my USB stick apparently died (w/o backup, of course). I've purchased a new USB stick, installed Unraid, pluged it in to my server, and rebooted. But rather than going to Tools -> Registration and hitting Replace Key, I clicked on Trial. Now I don't have a "replace key" option, and I don't know how to proceed. Do I need to buy a new USB stick and start over? I'll probably have other questions after I get past this, but the first thing I need to do is to get my key onto that flash drive.

Thank you, Squid. I don't understand why, but the reboot fixed the problem.

I'm unable to update from 6.8.3 to 6.9.2 via the GUI. I consistently get What's the problem here, and how can I fix it? I'm not sure if this is the proper forum or thread; kindly direct me if I should post this elsewhere.

What a great idea! That worked perfectly, so I thank you for the advice. I still don't understand why 'DESKTOP-AR3CLUV' stops working, but as long as I have this workaround, that's all I need.

I have created a Windows 10 VM on my unraid server. It all seems to be working satisfactorily, with one exception: When I first boot the VM, I have no trouble connecting to in from a Windows 10 host on my network. However, once my host goes to sleep/hibernate or once it restarts, I can no longer connect to the VM. The error message is I can still connect to the VM with VNC, so I know that it is still running. But the only way I have found to reconnect with RDP is to restart the VM. I am hoping that somebody out there can help me figure out how to get RDP to reliably connect to my VM.

Thanks, Squid -- checking that out now.

I have a share named "Private". It's set to "Export: Yes (hidden)" with "Security: Private". I have set up a user with Read/Write access to this share. When I try to mount the share in Windows I always get "\\Tower\Private is not accessible..." after providing my user name and password. If I change the Security from "Private" to "Secure" I can then mount the share, but that's not what I need; I need the full Read/Write access. Just for fun, I created a new user account and gave that user full access to the share, but Windows is no happier with that user than the original user. I have no trouble accessing other shares which are set to "Public". I'm looking for ideas on what I'm missing or how I can go about debugging this. Update: I just tried logging into Tower as my user, rather than "root". I got an error message saying "Your connection to this site is not private". Is this a clue (and if it is, what does it mean)?

Thanks, Ashman. I've been to the Plex forums. I've posted in three different threads (two as follow-ups and one starting a new thread). I see other people having this problem, but I've not seen any response from Plex.

I'm not sure what the correct forum should be for the following questions, but if I have erred in posting this here, please tell me which forum I should use. This is not an unRAID problem (or at least I don't think it is), but I am using Plex with unRAID, so that's why I'm reaching out to the unRAID community. I am having problems with Plex and as near as I can tell, they have no tech support -- or at least I've not found a way to get them to answer my questions. Specifically, I can't get Plex to play videos shot in portrait mode correctly. They are always either rotated and/or the aspect ratio is completely fubar. On my Android phone, I got around this by displaying my videos with VLC rather than the Plex internal viewer. I just bought a Smart TV for the express purpose of watching these videos, but once again, the videos are all either rotated or otherwise completely messed up. I know that there are alternatives to Plex, such as Emby, but Emby isn't supported on my TV (and I don't know if it would work any better anyway). I'm wondering what my other alternatives might be. Perhaps with a Roku connected to the TV, I might have better luck with that version of the Plex app, or I might be able to use Emby with the Roku? Has anybody experienced and overcome problems like I'm describing? Edit: Oh, one more thing I haven't tried. I know that I can boot unRAID into the GUI. Is this GUI as full-featured as connecting with a browser? Specifically, would I be able to launch the Plex WebGUI from the console GUI? In a few days I'll have a new video card with HDMI output (which I can then connect to my new TV) and I'll be able to answer that question for myself, but if anybody can answer me before then, please do.

Thank you.