Event 11 - The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort

Issue

Computer randomly becomes unresponsive or very slow without any apparent reason. System even logs are full of following errors:

Event ID: 11
Level: Error
Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort4.

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Installing PHP for IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008R2

• Download non-thread based PHP 7 from windows.php.net. (I used version php-7.1.5-nts-Win32-VC14-x64)
• Extract all files to C:\PHP
• Rename php.ini-production to php.ini and make following changes:
  • Uncomment and set: cgi.force_redirect = 0
  • Uncomment and set: fastcgi.impersonate = 1
  • Uncomment and set: extension_dir = "ext"
• Add ;C:\PHP to Windows Environment PATH Variable: Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables > System Variables > Path
  
• Try running php.exe -v from command prompt. You should get something like this:
  
  
  • If you get error (in the command prompt) "php.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." - make sure C:\PHP PATH System variable was entered correctly and restart the server.
  • If you get Windows pop-up prompt with error "php.exe - The program can't start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." - Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64).
    
    

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Windows Storage Spaces - Can't create the pool (0x00000032)

Issue

When trying to create a new storage spaces pool in Windows 10 following error is displayed:

Can't create the pool
Check the drive connections and then try again
The request is not supported
0x00000032

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Issues with VMware Workstation VMs on Windows Storage Spaces

I recently configured a Windows 10 (1703) PC with Storage Spaces in 2-way mirror mode. The Storage Spaces drive hosted some Hyper-V and VMware Workstation 12.5 virtual machines. While Hyper-V VMs worked fine, VMware Workstation started causing trouble from the beginning.

At first I notices issue with Linux Virtual Machines. They would install and start correctly one or two times, but then refuse to boot. Even restoring a snapshot that was taken while machine was still in bootable state didn't help. Linux Machines would either crash during boot with Kernel Panic, or (in case of Ubuntu) boot into Low Graphics mode and only work in terminal.

The system is running in low-graphics mode
Your screen, graphics card, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself.

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