Questions tagged [windows]
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How can I get a computer to show the same shares when connecting to its IP address that appear when connecting to the name?
On a workgroup Windows network if I ping server it correctly returns 10.47.20.2.
If I browse for \\server (right click on windows icon, run and type in \\server) it only shows one folder (the folder ...
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Windows Workgroup Application Installation Restrictions
I want to restrict the Windows Workgroup user to install the applications and i want to allow the user to install the specific applications. User will be having Local Admin privilage. Any solution?
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Custom RPC Kerberos authentication working on Samba but dont Windows
I have implemented an RPC client in C# which uses GSS/SPNEGO authentication. I am trying to connect to the standard/Active Directory services (DRSAPI, SAMR etc...) on the server. The authentication ...
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Proxy setting for non-winhttp and IE applications on windows server
I have an application on a Windows server (server1) that uses http to grab xml and wave files from another server. This works great on a local network. However we want to start using a cloud service ...
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Samba share not accessible to client in the same network
Two servers in the same network, a
Windows server (client), and a
Linux server (samba share host)
The shared folder can be seen by the client but not accessed. See below for the configuration:
smb....
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SSH agent forwarding when Host and Hostname different
On my client I have an SSH agent setup and the following example config
Host gitserver
Hostname gitserver.example.com
ForwardAgent yes
User git
IdentityFile C:\Users\user\.ssh\id_rsa.pub
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How to change MS-SSTP (RRAS) server port?
I have a webservice on port 443 and 80 in IIS. I want run SSTP Server on port 8443. How can I change the default port (443) to 8443?
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Windows automated service logon with AD service user fails to start the first time
I am dealing with this issue for the past 4 years and it bugs me very much.
My company generates msi installers with wix toolset, and they create multiple Windows services. Those services run with an ...
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Error 404 Message | Django | PyCharm
Right, is there any particular valid reason as to why - despite me doing everything correctly - do I get the error 404 message when I deploy my development server (on port 8000) from PyCharm?
This is ...
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Windows NTFS filesystem - user cannot access file using Administrators group permissions
There is a shared folder on the computer running Windows 2012R2 with a NTFS filesystem.
There is a local User X who is part of the local Group Administrators on the computer.
The Shared folder is ...
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Allowing users to Utilize Remote Desktop Connection on their PC
Hi everybody i need help with this issue. So currently all users cannot connect in via RDP unless they are an administrator on their PC.I want to enable RDP access to all users , but Windows cannot ...
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After setting the windows 10 gpo "DenyUnspecified" and "DenyRemovableDevice", and configure AllowDeviceIDs device is visible but cannot be removed
I need to allow only specific usb media on my windows 10 Host (21h1).
The gpo configuration:
GPO_LocalMachineRegistryKeySet "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Restrictions&...
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Can not read from Synology NAS from Windows OS, but Linux access works fine
So as mentioned in the title: we have a Windows machine here needing access to a samba share on a Synology NAS. This machine can not access it and Windows responds with "wrong username/password&...
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Limit Managed Service Account to only run certain service
I've started learning about Managed Service Accounts in Windows. As I understand it, such accounts make password management easier and the accounts can be limited to be used on certain machines.
You ...
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Turn off Focus assist via GPO not working as expected
Is there a standardized way to turn off focus assist centrally since i am trying to display balloon tips and toast notifications for applications and windows updates being deployed from sccm software ...
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Windows doesn't failover between internal DNS
We have an Active directory environment with 2 servers - WS2019 being the "main" one holding all FSMO and WS2022 being "reserve", almost all clients are Windows 10. Both are in the ...
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Windows AD to OpenLDAP synchronisation with password cache
We're looking for an "LDAP proxy" solution that can synchronize a Windows Active Directory with an OpenLDAP server inclusive passwords.
The openLDAP server will act as primary and failover ...
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Converting partition from basic to dynamic in Windows Server 2022 gives security error
The server has 2 1 TB SSD drives, meant to be in RAID1 on the OS level, using Windows Disk Management, or Diskpart.
We have over one hundred of servers with this configuration which were installed ...
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IIS 10 - IP Address And Domain Restrictions is denying all traffic
I have a server that has multiple sites set up on it in IIS 10.
On one of the sites, I want to allow access to a range of IP Addresses, and deny traffic to the site from all other IP Addresses.
In IIS,...
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Start Docker Desktop automatically after Windows Server restart [closed]
I have a Windows Server 2022 with Docker Desktop installed.
I am trying to make Docker always start after the server restarts.
I tried to set the Docker service from manual to auto, but after restart ...
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Powershell: How to read secure strings from textfile with windows service
I saved credentials of my vSphere environment to text files with the Powershell ConvertFrom-SecureString. I want to use this credentials in my powershell script using the following command:
$...
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Data corruption when disk write caching is enabled
I've recently learned that enabling disk write caching can significantly improve system performance. However, I'm concerned about the potential risks of data corruption or loss in case of a sudden ...
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Possible to mirror DNS forward lookup zone to second TLD? (Windows Server)
We recently started using a new TLD for our company, but are still maintaining the old TLD.
On our local DNS server (Windows Server 2012) we have internal DNS records set up as subdomains of the old ...
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Running Installer or Uninstaller fails with SWbemObjectSet: Invalid Class
Whenever I try to uninstall a piece of software through Add/Remove Programs I get the SWbemObjectSet: Invalid Class error. How can I fix it?
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Net group command
I'm working on an automation project, and I need to add members to a specific group using a command-line approach. Currently, I'm using the net group command like this:
net group "group name"...
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How to set Windows Server DNS to resolve recursively for every IP in my subnet?
Windows Server DNS server (active directory integrated) does not resolve for linux clients in my subnet, but resolves for Windows machines that are domain members.
Disable recursion checkbox is NOT ...
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ICSharpCode.sharpziplib.zip.zipexception. Cannot find central directory
Every time we run a certain commercial software in a Windows Server 2019 we get a pop-up window with this error:
ICSharpCode.sharpziplib.zip.zipexception. Cannot find central directory
It looks like ...
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Windows shared folder accessible only by Administrators
Windows Server 2012 R2.
A shared folder was created and the permissions set to full control.
The share is only accessible by Administrators.
Why?
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How to force Domain Controller to get new certificate from PKI Server
I bluntly created a PKI Server (AD CS) that sits inside the Domain.
My Domain Controllers got a DomainController Certificate from it.
After that I thought that it would be better, to create a Root CA ...
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Windows Server 2022 Standard is giving me crashes in the HTTP module that reboot my server. I need help tracking down the exact issue. How?
I don't know if this is a problem with the memory on the server, one of my SSD's, or something software related. the crash has happened 4+ times in the last few months.
I need some help in figuring ...
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Active Directory: Should a computer object have admincount=1?
I have run Purple Knight to see if there are things in our Active Directory (two DCs running Windows Server 2019) that should be changed. One of those elements is "Privileged users with SPN ...
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how to make file server use RAM cache
most file server systems like TrueNAS or Proxmox, when using their software raid, will cache files in system memory to increase performance. also, they will use as much ram as available. this has ...
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Find where DNS is being overridden on Windows 11
When trying to connect to plane WiFi, I was unable to resolve the captive portal. When looking at my network settings, I saw that at sometime I had my DNS set to override as 8.8.8.8. (I vaguely recall ...
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Ansible winrm Warning but ssh is used
I tested the last few days OpenSSH as connection method for windows hosts in Ansible, because we are a mixed environment and I want a similar approach for linux and windows.
I tested for windows 10 ...
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applying a GPO to all users for a specific server
first time writer here.
My situation is as follows:
we have an active directory, that is more or less organized. All users are in a single OU, and working on a Terminalserver (WINS 2012R2), lets call ...
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Access subnet from another subnet
I have ipv4 address 192.168.88.130 assigned by DHCP (cannot use static IP).
I have to access devices on 192.168.20.X by changing adapter settings to static and assigning some IP from 192.168.20.X, and ...
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How to troubleshoot stunnel dropping repeatedly?
I don't know much about stunnel but we use it in many locations to connect from a Java app to a cloud database. We have one Windows computer where stunnel keeps dying. What might cause this? How can I ...
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OpenVPN can connect but can not ping any server and internet traffic fails
So this is a weird one. I have dozens of OpenVPN servers hosted on a pfsense server 2.4. I recently ran into a problem where the a single client can connect but can not ping the router or the openvpn ...
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pg_ctl start on Windows gives error: could not open file "global/pg_control": Permission denied
On Windows Server 2022, I am logged in as Administrator and trying to do a pg_ctl start on a Postgresql database that was initially created by user SYSTEM, but get the following error in the cmd ...
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Advanced tab missing in Network Adapter properties after installing 28.2 version of Network Adapter Driver
I recently updated my Intel X540-AT2 Network Card on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system to the latest version 28.2. This update included both the driver package and the Intel® PROSet package, which I ...
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Windows MariaDB 10.6.5 upgrade to MariaDB 10.6.11
I am considering upgrading my MariaDB 10.6 to 10.11 -- (maintained for 5 years).
I updated 10.6.5 to 10.6.15 with a simple in-place update; but found these troubling comments on doing updates form 10....
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Running wsl received "An error occurred in the secure channel support"
What is the reason behind this error when running wsl --install
PS C:\Users\dev> wsl --install
An error occurred in the secure channel support
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Two mail server installs (for two domains) on Windows VPS with one IP?
I'm starting with 1 IP address and the supplied mail server software license supports only 1 domain.
I'm now adding a second domain to the VPS on the same IP address. There's a LARGE increase in cost ...
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How to Exclude Files and Folders from Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Backups
I've been using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) to create backups of my files and folders. However, I've encountered a situation :
I need to exclude specific files and folders from Microsoft built-in Volume ...
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Windows Server with two NICs with cross communication between the two with DMZ
Network Topology
I have a Windows Server that is connected to a modem with a public ip address of 42.251.46.174 which is in DMZ that we will call Modem1.
I then have a modem with the public ip address ...
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Recovery a table in MySQL but it [Err] 1030 - Got error -1 from storage engine
I have a MySQL with InnoDB engine on a legacy Windows, MySQL version is really old is 5.5,I have a table is really big like 90Gigabytes, it disrupted its MySQL database ,when the restful API read ...
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TCP capture show different user when attempting SMB connection
I'm attempting to map a SMB share on an Isilon server in windows 10. I have Ubuntu and Windows computers on the same network, can mount the SMB fine on the Ubuntu machine. But when trying windows ...
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Upgrade Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2022
Is it possible to upgrade from Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2022, passing through Windows Server 2012 R2?
I don't know if it is possible with the "storage" version of ...
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Domain Controller Authorative Restore to a point in time where other domain controller(s) are not present
Day 1: Only one Domain Controller (DC1) is present. Windows Server Backup is configured on DC1 to save the system state. Delete an important user from AD.
Day 2: Promote additional Domain Controller (...
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UAC elevation via Local Admin "pin auth" not present for Azure AD Joined Windows 11
Is there any way to elevate via local admin pin in UAC prompt for non-admin Azure AD user on Windows joined to Azure Active Directory by making a change in group policy or registry to achieve desired ...
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