Questions tagged [windows]
Windows is the brand name for a series of operating systems from Microsoft. Current versions are Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. Instead of tagging a post "Windows", try to use a tag for a specific version.
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Change w32tm source to external server
We have an on-premises NTP server named NTPserver and adjust the w32tm source to time.windows.com.
There is a domain controller server that the w32tm source is Local CMOS clock.
I want to change the ...
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Black lines in Chrome and edge on Windows Server 2022 Remote Desktop
Black lines in Chrome on Windows Server 2022 VM
I'm seeing this strange interlacing/artifact on a 2022 and 2019 Windows Server Remote Desktop Host. This appears to afflict only Chrome and MSEdge (...
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Create Windows Server with Openstack CLI
we´re trying to install Windows Server 2019 with Openstack CLI which generally works fine but after the server has been provisioned, a logon to the server is not possible. How to create the local ...
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Scheduled task to upload a file to S3 with PowerShell ignores user profile settings
I am using Windows task scheduler with a user that has an AWS profile configuration under C:\Users<username>.aws\configuration (content below)
[default]
s3 =
max_concurrent_requests = 300
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Back Pressure Event 15004 was detected
I have error 15004 and 15005 on excange server installed machine, resource utilzation is ok (according to zabix), what can cause it except memory and space?
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Cannot enable Diagnostics Log Kernel-Power Thermal-Diagnostic
When I try to enable Thermal Diagnostic event log I get the code 15003 which means that no ETW provider is registered. Is the Thermal Diagnostic event log no longer supported in Windows? It sounds ...
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Changes made to install.wim file is not in effect
I am using the DISM command to mount the install.wim and adding few folders and file to the root folder c:\ and them committed the image file.
then creating a bootable ISO with the modified the WIM ...
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How to set file permissions if user logged on using Smart Card or Windows Hello for Business
I have a hybrid joined Windows domain and have set up log-on with Smart Cards and Windows Hello for business. I would like to be able to set file server permissions based on whether a user logged on ...
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Why Extend Volume is Grayed Out in Server 2016?
I can't expand my Simple Volume Disk0 for C:\ Volume.
This is Server 2016 Virtual Machine, Unallocated space of 300GB was added to the VM Disk, as you can see in the screenshot. I haven't the option &...
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WireGuard: how to have a persistent network card on Windows?
With OpenVPN, the virtual network card is persistent. This allow easy routing/config/whatever. This also allow TCP connections not to drop in case of VPN restart.
With WireGuard, the virtual network ...
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High available PKI related questions with regards to CA/OCSP and NDES
I have some specific questions with regards a high available PKI based on ADCS.
The questions are as follows. Please see the detailed info below to get more info on the casus.
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PowerShell commands to manage NPS Radius policies?
Are there PowerShell commands for managing NPS RADIUS policies?
I see commands for RADIUS clients (Get-NpsRadiusClient; etc), but nothing for the policies, I can't find a command to create the NPS ...
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Can we use RoboCopy to synchronize data?
I have a project where we are moving from on-premise file share to AWS FSx.
I need your suggestion on data synchronization. I decided to use the RoboCopy tool to copy the data. We need to also copy ...
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Find LAN's IPv6 multicast address (or else all currently responsive LAN members)?
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Is there a way to see which devices (IP numbers) are active on the LAN over IPv6? With IPv4 I'd ping the broadcast address, which is usually not hard to determine.
With IPv6 I understand there are ...
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How to whitelist IP Address in IPBan Application?
I have a Windows server with IPBan(https://github.com/DigitalRuby/IPBan). sometimes its blocks my local system IP.
How can I whitelist the IP Addresses in the IPBan Application?
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Authenticate windows 7 PCs with Radius server
I have a network of Windows 7 PCs. And I am looking for a way to authenticate these computers through a centralized credential server. AD was one of the options but I don't have license for Windows ...
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Hosting subdomains on external Windows Server - Need advice on how to proceed
Would appreciate it if someone can direct me to the right approach to do further research and set up a secondary server hosting subdomains.
I've got a couple of dedicated servers, all Linux, and a ...
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installing net-snmp with V3 support on windows to use as mgmt tool for making requests to remote systems
I am trying to make an snmpget request on a Windows 10 system to a system that only has SNMPv3 enabled.
I have installed net-snmp-5.7.0-1.x86.exe onto Windows 10.
During the installation, I check the &...
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Win Server 2016 install fails on HP Proliant ML350p G8 with error “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one see setup log files”
I am having an issue with installing Windows Server 2016 on my Proliant ML350p G8. Every time I try to install to a drive, I get this: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. ...
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Restore Previous Versions dialog unable to open drop-down menu under "Open" and "Restore"
We have a Windows Server 2019 box that is hosting some file shares. We also have Previous Versions enabled with a default (for now) schedule for self-service file restore.
When people open the ...
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Samba 4 can't copy from previous version in Windows
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HP server ML110G9
SW:
Fileserver CT (Proxmox host) - debian 11 - Samba version 4.13.13-Debian
UserPC - Windows 8 / Windows 11
ZFS snapshot format:
data/[email protected]
smb.conf:
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getting task cancel error while trying to call web api endpoint (hosted in machine A) from machine B in one of the machine for entire domian
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I have a web api app hosted over machine A which is called from various machine within a domain.
var data = await model.GetDataAsync();
// Throttle the number of requests returned
return Ok(data....
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Windows 10 - Scripting setting: "Use Previous Version of Microsoft IME"?
We're deploying a fleet of full screen browser based kiosks on Win10. They need to have multilanguage functionality. I've managed to script most of the setup, but there's an annoying problem: The ...
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Spot instance windows auto login in User Data using Boto3
I want to launch a Windows spot instance on AWS with a specific AMI and launch the instance and run PowerShell command. The problem i am facing issue is that, when the instance is launched, it shows &...
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Two systems not showing in Windows Event Collector
I built a Windows Event Collector for the first time in our domain. The Collector server is Windows Server 2022. All the systems forwarding to it are Server 2019. The subscription is specifically for ...
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Windows RDP behind NAT, with Cloudflare Tunnel
My internet connection is behind NAT, which makes it impossible to serve anything outside (security cameras, file servers, ecc)
I'm trying CloudFlare Zero Trust Tunnel to bypass it, and it seems to ...
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Protecting the service of a specific application
We have a business requirement where we don't want even Admins to be able to stop a service of a specific application running on windows machines. Reason being the application plays an important role ...
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assign AD GPO to a specific set of computers: what mechanism?
(In exploratory mode: not sure what is the right question to ask, and how to ask it. Also, new to AD GPOs: please forgive lack of clarity in the question.)
Question: how do I assign an Active ...
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Connect from Mac OS to Windows - cannot connect [duplicate]
I have Mac and if I do
nc -vz 192.168.1.13 777
I got
nc: connectx to 192.168.1.13 port 777 (tcp) failed: Operation timed out
192.168.1.13 is a Windows machine in the local network. I have enabled ...
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Duplicate files with the server name on a File Server
For some time it has been happening to me that in a file server, where I have a shared folder with the departments of the company, in some folders it has been duplicating some files by adding the name ...
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Server2019 cannot remove windows features (was a dc)
i have a 2019 server that was configured as a adfs primary, running ad sync and was also a domain controller. My objective was to remove the server and replace all services on a new VM.
I have managed ...
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Do Windows containers share resources like Linux containers?
Containers on Linux share the OS kernel and thus processor cores, memory, disk space, etc.
On Windows, as far as I know, there are two types of containers: Linux containers via WSL2 and Windows ...
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How can I enable BUILTIN\Administrators for my user
I am working in an Windows active directory environment.
I am connected to a windows workstation with a domain user.
Here is what I see when I type:
whoami /groups
BUILTIN\Administrators Alias ...
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Windows Server Reaches out to WindowsUpdate during TLS negotation
We deploy hardened Windows Server 2022 servers in AWS. These servers reach out to RDS servers using a TLS encrypted channel. During the TLS negotiation, the Windows server is reaching out to Windows ...
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Group Policy can't be overruled
I have 2 different GPOs in this example, one is directly under the Domain - Global GPO - and one is burried down in an User OU - Custom GPO.
In my Global GPO I have set the Setting "Local Area ...
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Ways to make deployment ready pre-compressed brotli files on windows server
I am dynamically generating HTML files, which I use for deployment.
This is what I use to make these HTML file:
function writeFile()
Dim objStream
Set objStream = CreateObject("ADODB....
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DIsk Performance Counters not available remotely
The Physical Disk performance counters of a Windows Server 2016 are present and available locally, but not remotely. I've tried many suggestions out there such as checking registry, lodctr /r and ...
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Windows Server 2022 remote web RDP without a domain - can Windows Admin Center replace Essentials Remote Web Services?
although a lifetime technophile and IT person with my own home server - admittedly with most work experience on the application side - I am stumped with how to access my new Win2022 server remotely. ...
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post-installation WSUS windows server 2016
I have a WSUS in server 2016 and I deleted this services, but now I needing put this services on this server again, I did this points:
I Uninstall WSUS and on powershell remove the WID:
uninstall-...
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What proxy does a system use if nobody is logged in?
If I have a Windows computer on a network that requires a proxy and I run scheduled task that needs it that runs overnight (or do something like Windows Update, etc), what proxy does the machine use ...
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Emulate local directory as network drive
Is there a way to map a local directory in Windows 10 as a network drive? I want to map C:\datastore as if it were \\datastore . Although there is plenty of information on mapping a network drive to ...
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SFC Couldn't Perform Requested Operation -- Options?
I had a user come to me with her company issued Dell laptop. After the "Dell" splash screen is done, Windows does not boot. It's just a blank, black screen. After rebooting several times via ...
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DNS entries for forward lookup zone in separate forest needs manual updating
I am trying to help DNS name resolution work consistently across a company's three separate domains. These domains are also separate forests. They are physically networked together with a site-to-site ...
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Roaming Profile Alternatives
I'm a volunteer system admin at a small UK Charity. We currently use Roaming Profiles + Folder Redirection for Desktop, Documents, Downloads & Pictures. We only have around 8x Windows 10 PCs and ...
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dualboot win11 + linux = BlInitalizeLibrary Failed 0xc00000bb
Recently I wipe macbook pro disk (intel cpu) and installed win11. windows works without problems. The problem born when I installed on same disk linux debian with grub. Debian works but when I select ...
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Users can access a certain website on our network but they cannot log in. They can log in on our second network and on any external network
it is my third month as a junior sys admin and my senior is on vacation.
Starting this past Tuesday, users have not been able to log in to a website while on our primary network. The web page loads ...
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Overriding win/kerberos computer secure channel
Is there a way to completely ignore/override/overrule establishing a secure channel? I'm trying to revert a VM snapshot to test something, and the domain controller is being obnoxious and not allowing ...
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Network drives not shown on some users. Explorer need to be restarted
we have windows domain, with a gpo where the drives are mapped, one of the users just one, has the problem the drives are not shown or disappears after a time. Strangely if you use any other programms ...
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Joining a domain is no longer possible. Windows Server 2016 - Windows 10 22H2
I can't connect computers to the domain. It pops up when I try to connect my computer to the domain(Windows Server 2016 - Windows 10):
This user cannot log in due to account restrictions
I tried on 2 ...
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Unexpected network error in VB script
I need a help.I am getting occasional ‘Unexpected network error’ when the
VB scripts try to write a log files reside in NAS.
It happens when the previous steps runs longer and they try to write inside ...
