Questions tagged [windows]
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How do I tell what changes did the group policy made?
I have a situation where someone within a client's SecOps team made a GPO change but is not fessing up to it because it caused a pretty big outage.
From the Windows Event Logs on the affected server, ...
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Small read size by Windows SMB client
I am setting up a Linux server for high resolution online video editing. When I access the SMB share from a Windows 11 client, Wireshark analysis shows that the SMB Read requests are always a maximum ...
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Does Windows zero out the memory pool after a driver frees it?
I am researching the possibility of overcommitting memory on a host where many Windows servers are running. The virtual machines are QEMU/KVM backed and managed by Libvirt. My current observation is ...
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Active Directory LDAP logon failure
I'm at the end of my wits with this issue and I'm hoping some genius here can assist. Background: We have a client (a hospital) with 3 sites in AD and two DCs at each site. These DCs are 2012 and we'...
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Why can't wireshark see local interfaces?
I'm experiencing some strange network errors on my local machine (MS-Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2). These also manifest in a WSL container running on the machine (but not on any other device on the same ...
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How does Windows 11 bootrec /scanos find Windows installations?
How does Windows 11, "bootrec /scanos" identify the Windows 11 OS? and
How can the: "Total Identified Windows installations: 0" be fixed?
Problem:
When running bootrec /scanos from ...
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Windows DNS Server Not Resolving abs.twimg.com (Twitter)
I'm having trouble resolving abs.twimg.com. For this reason, twitter.com cannot be accessed. Sometimes images just don't come.
I am using Windows DNS Server with Root Hints and DNS server does not go ...
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How to obtain a thread dump from Tomcat running as a Windows service
Installing Tomcat as a Windows service comes with a handy system tray tool to control it which provides this menu:
However, everything I've been able to find suggests the "Thread Dump" ...
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Windows Node HNS Network Restart Error 0xc0000005
I have a Kubernetes cluster with 2 Linux nodes and 2 Windows Server 2019 running Kubernetes v1.26.0 and Containerd v1.6.20 also Vmware tools version 10.3.2
The Linux nodes are running just fine, but ...
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Replicate local user policies between PC's
I used the Local Policy Editor Management Console that applies local policies to a specific user on a Windows 10 PC.
After saving the new policies, I want to replicate it to other PCs.
When I opened ...
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WSL2 stopped running windows tools seemingly all of a sudden - cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
I have been using WSL2 for almost a year now and was always able to run windows tools from it without any problems.
Today I have noticed I am unable to do it anymore:
mark@L-R910LPKW:~$ alias npp
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(Self-Signed) Certificate revoked in IE mode, but not in Edge mode
I am using a self-signed certificate which is working fine when using Chrome or Edge. Both browsers show that the connection is secure and that the certificate is valid.
An application using the ...
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Identifying processes causing 100% cpu usage [duplicate]
Some users report high CPU usage on their computers during ordinary activities (like Teams calls).
How can I collect a report of processes causing high CPU usage over a few hours?
I would like to use ...
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How does one log into a Windows server, via RDP, using a Microsoft account with 2FA enabled?
My client runs a Windows server, and has added me to it using my Microsoft account. I do not have physical access to this server. RDP is giving me authentication errors if I try to connect, which are ...
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W32Time doesn't respect MaxPosPhaseCorrection settings
I'm having a problem with W32Time service on Windows Server 2019 not respecting the default limit on positive time offsets (MaxPosPhaseCorrection/MaxNegPhaseCorrection = 15 days). The server is ...
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DST Root CA X3 (Self-signed) - has expired in certificate chain used by Let's Encrypt (Apache/Windows)
Is it safe to remove a self-signed root certificate from the chain; and what, if any, are the consequences of doing that?
And how would I go about doing this on a Windows setup? The instructions under ...
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Building a low-cost, high-availability cluster using Windows Failover Cluster or Proxmox
I need to build a high availability cluster (key functionality, SLA almost 24/7) for virtual machines (AD DC, FS, WSUS, Print server, one Oracle database, a few Linux (not important to business).
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How can I remove the first character of a variable from For and Tokens in a batch script?
With a batch script to set variable from For and Tokens and remove the first char:
for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8" %A in (
'net user %username% /domain ^|
find "Global Group ...
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windows 2019 unattended install on kvm via libvirt can't find licence error
I'm trying to install windows server 2019 with autounattend.xml configuration on kvm via libvirt.
Installation fail on dialog with sign: "Can't find microsoft software license terms"
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Which domain trusts to reset during forest recovery? Incoming, outgoing or both?
I understand the difference between an outgoing and an incoming trust
I understand that the trust flow goes into one direction and the direction of access is the other way around
I understand that ...
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AWS application migrations service MAC address?
I want to migrate a on premise license server to aws using lift and shit of aws. There are couple of license server softwares running on server which are tied to MAC address of server. Software's are ...
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How is it possible that tracert is 5ms fast over the atlantic ocean?
I am analyzing tracert on windows , trying to understand details:
tracert 8.8.8.8
Tracing route to dns.google [8.8.8.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
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Does installing/updating 64-bit odbc driver automatically install/update 32-bit and 64-bit driver?
I installed odbc driver 18 (64-bit), but notice that it shows up in both system32 and syswow64's odbc.exe.
Does installing/updating 64-bit odbc driver automatically install/update 32-bit and 64-bit ...
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How to enable hibernation on Windows Server 2019?
I have Windows Server 2019. By default, hibernation is disabled. To enable it i tried:
powercfg -h on, powercfg -h -size 75%, and powercfg -h -size on.
Nothing worked. I Also tried to edit the ...
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How to Set Intra-site Replication Delay Time (Active Directory)
Cannot configure replication delay. I have 2 domain controllers (DC1 and DC2, Windows Server 2019), both in the same site. I set the replication delay time in the Server Manager snap-in "AD Sites ...
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Windows 11 kex_exchange_identification error with 127.0.0.1
I have issues running sshd on a new windows 11 install. Get-service shows both sshd and ssh-agent running. Defender firewall is turned off. I generated keys with: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096.
The error ...
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Xcp-Ng VMs hardware spec recommendations [closed]
I'm upgrading host machine in order to host 20VMs on xcp-ng
Each VMs is windows server 2019, 200GB had, 32GB.
What is the best server in market and the right spec for it?
Or noob question. Is xcp-ng ...
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netsh advfirewall import resets connections
On Window Server 2022, if I run this:
netsh advfirewall export"C:\firewall-rules.wfw"
then, straight away run this:
netsh advfirewall import "C:\firewall-rules.wfw"
Meaning I ...
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Add context menu for file passing multiple parameters to target
I would like to use an AI subtitles sync program (Alass). This is very simple in Linux/bash but I was trying for a way to achieve this using Windows and the context menu. So here my requirement:
make ...
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How do I use Group Policy to sync client time in an Active Directory domain with an external NTP server and not the domain controller?
I have an Active Directory domain, with a domain controller running on Samba on Linux.
I noticed that my Windows clients are having clock drift. I think this is because they really want the domain ...
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what windows policy settings are minimally required to get true/false response from isUserVerifyingPlatformAuthenticatorAvailable()
In a corporate setting there are Windows Group Policies restricting the use of FIDO Platform authenticators (e.g. Windows Hello (for Business) on Microsoft Windows devices)
Using the ...
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Can't create a custom CSR using mmc and certificates snap-in on Windows 10
I am trying to generate a custom CSR using the certificates snap-in for mmc on Windows 10. The certificate I want to create is a client authentication cert using ECC. However, I have run into a ...
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Virtual Tape Libraries for Microsoft Data Protection Manager - Replacement for Crystalink Firestreamer?
What VTLs do you all use to allow DPM to store off-site?
My current environment uses Microsoft DPM for all of its backups. DPM stores the backups locally just fine, but to get it to store digital ...
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Windows native client not connecting to IKEv2 EAP VPN
We are investigating the possibility of replacing pfSense/opnSense with Mikrotik for our office routers. Our current routers provide site-to-site tunnels between locations, as well as RADIUS-backed ...
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Hyper-V Clustering Resource Availability
I have a Hyper-V Cluster with 4 Hosts at 51 VM's (Roles) across those. I would like to keep it so that I can still power down 1 host at a time for maintenance/Patching. So I'm looking at my ...
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Squid Proxy - allow http for specific url
I'm learning about squid proxy in a Windows environment. I have verified that the list of allowed urls in a notepad file and add it to squid.config file as path of allowed url is functioning well.
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Local Windows machine cannot connect to another except port 80
Trying to test a dev web service endpoint.
Firewalls and Windows Defender are off on both.
From different machine
Test-NetConnection -Port 80 -ComputerName 192.168.1.5 -InformationLevel Detailed
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How to create Origin (@) DNS record in Windows DNS Server
I am running Active Directory, and have a Domain Controller with a DNS server for my internal (acmecorp.acme.com) and external (acme.com) domains.
So, my machine names are things like workstation1....
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Suggestions on the best way to migrate to a new server
I have an OLD server (Windows server 2012 R2) and a NEW server (Windows server 2022).
Old server is a bare-metal Domain Controller Server and the New server is a VM. I am planning on migrating to the ...
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Windows ping chooses IPv4 address
When I run ping myserver I can see two DNS queries in Wireshark, one for A and one for AAAA. Both get answered with the IPv4 and IPv6 address respectively and ping starts pinging the IPv4 address. If ...
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How to default to TLS1.3 for all dns traffic to and from Windows 11 box?
I was browsing Wireshark output and noticed that the handshake process for talking to Google DNS servers was asking for TLS1.2 vs the supported default TLS1.3 at 2001:4860:4860::8844.(https://...
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How do I mark the only Windows (10) disk as NOT bootable?
How can I prevent Windows from (ever) booting to the current (and only) Windows disk?
I am doing "legacy" (not UEFI) booting.
I want something lower in the boot order to be attempted.
I ...
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Why does Windows not launch specific application associated with a file type?
I have .jsp files associated with 'javaws' (Java Web Start) from my JRE installation. When I double click on .jsp files nothing happens. If I associate the .jsp files with other applications such as ...
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Test-SRTopology Fails to Create CIM Session to Local Host
We are trying to setup Storage Replication between two brand new Server 2019 VMs. I have followed all the steps in Microsoft's guide (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-...
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printer settings import not working as system account
I'm trying to import the settings for printers via SCCM that runs installations in the system account.
Manually as User with Administrator rights, it's working as expected.
Manually as system account ...
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Reducing NTP offset with local server and Windows 10
I'm trying to synchronize my Windows 10 (22H2) workstation with our local NTP server.
I already synced another Linux device and I got <1ms offset:
nvidia@nvidia-orin-rt:~$ ntpdate -q 10.1.2.3 ...
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About the quick assist in AD domain environment
My company network is MS AD domain environment.
All my client's PC are joined the AD domain.
Therefore, I must connect the client's PC when my user needs the admin. right.
I can connect to my client's ...
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Is there a way to filter on a specific local user at the domain level?
I have a local admin user account with the same username across all our domain machines. I want to apply a user level security filter on any local user with this particular username. So for instance, ...
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Windows Server Resource Monitor details are all blank
I'm not a Windows admin, just a DBA using Windows. I don't know how it would be related, but we just did an in-place upgrade from SQL 2016 to SQL 2019. To be honest, I am not sure whether this was ...
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Completely unable by any and all means to move Hyper-V VM from one computer to another due to "permission issue"
This is completely incomprehensible how this issue is so pervasive. I want to do something VERY SIMPLE: move a VM from one computer (HOST1) to another (HOST2), but some bull$h!t error ALWAYS HAPPENS ...
