Turn off Spotlight collection on Desktop
Hi All i have an ask to enable the below policy on windows servers. What benefit will i get by enabling this policy on windows servers. This is Personalization settings i believe. User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows…
Win11 join in Domain issue(Apps didn't work)
On a fresh install of Windows 11 join in Domain issue after joining the Apps don't work. Reloading Windows 11 the same thing happens again.
Windows Hello for business ask a Microsoft account
Hi, I have an active directory on Windows server 2016. I tried to setup Windows hello for business on my clients whth these GPO : Use Windows Hello for Business Use certificate for on-premises authentication Windows Hello is then available on…
in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019 keep failding
I have an issue when I try to do an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019. Installation keep fails at 5% The server is Domain joined I used Local admin & Domain admin same error According to Upgrade logs i found these…
Random RDS Session Crashes (Disconnections with black screen and only RDS banner) unable to re-connect until logged of by admin
Problem: - Users report RDS session crashes usually but not always where the screen will go black leaving the only option to X out of the RDS banner. When trying to re-connect it will briefly allow login then immediately the session will drop and they…
Can copy/paste text from RDP, but not files
Hi, I ran into an issue on one of our RDS servers: I cannot copy/paste files from or to the server (Server 2016), from my workstation (Windows 10). However, I can open a .txt file on the server, and I can copy/paste text from that file, into a text…
LogonUser Win32 API Function gives error of incorrect username or password passed for the correct credentials passed!
I created a Windows SSHD MSI Installer using CPP and Win32 API Function to create a SSH login to the remote user on the Windows Server on which we install our MSI Installer. The Portuguese Language based Windows Server 2016 when logged in with a default…
Administrator Account
Hi All If I disable the group policy listed below, can any locally created user still log in to any of the member servers(i.e during troubleshooting if any server is moved out of the domain or any issue with the member server)? How will it behave for…
security policy processing
Hi I want to understand the below 3 GPOs and its impact on applying them on windows server. Please guide me. Configure security policy processing: Do not apply during periodic background processing is set to Enabled: FALSE Computer…
Azure AD Connect
Hi All, I have a Windows Server 2019 VM in Azure with Azure AD Connect installed. Experts please guide me on how to upgrade the Azure AD Connect version? Additionally, the following components are also installed on the same VM, but I am unsure if Azure…
query on timestamp
Our vulnerability scanner tool has detected the following vulnerability on windows servers: ICMP Timestamp Request Remote Date Disclosure. It provides the following solution: Filter out the ICMP timestamp requests (13) and the outgoing ICMP timestamp…
Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media
Hi All i have the below GPO setting set to Administrators & Interactive Users. I believe recommended setting is Administrators. is it safe to remove interactive users as i am not sure please guide me. Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows…
query on powershell script
Hi All I am trying to use the following lines in a PowerShell script. Lets say extensionAttribute1 represents the job ID of users. When I use the query below, I am getting users with different job IDs as well. What I need is to pull users with job ID 123…
Problem with WEC
Hi everybody! In the infrastructure, I need to configure the SYSMON utility event collector server. The collector server runs on Windows Server 2019. I configure according to the Microsoft documentation according to the Collector Initiated Subscription…
Multi-Provider Router (MPR) notifications
I need help on two GPOs. If I disable the policy below, will there be any impact besides issues with mapped network drives? Policy: Enable MPR notifications for the system --> Disabled Location: Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative…
how to update a windows 2016 WSUS server to windows server 2022
We are currently running 1 WSUS upstream server on windows server 2016 and 6 downstream servers on windows 2016, we need to update the Server Operating systems to windows server 2022. We want to start with the windows upstream server and maintain the…
Windows NTP Client
Hi All on my PDC i have below registry by name NtpServer and it is pointing to a Linux appliance which is my NTP server. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters(NtpServer) I have the ask to enable/disable the…
Error Code: 0x7 KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN LDAP/Localhost
Hi! "In the event log, an entry like this appears every 5 minutes. How do I fix it?" A Kerberos error message was received: on logon session Client Time: Server Time: 13:55:10.0000 9/10/2024 Z Error Code: 0x7 …
ntoskrnl.exe
After implementing the Windows Update, the CPU usage and disk usage of "ntoskrnl.exe" are quite high. Do you have any information about the Ntoskrnl .exe, such as the cause and how to deal with it?
Desktop App Installer
Hi If the below policies are disabled through GPO, I suspect that only command-line utilities like winget will be impacted. Could there be any other effects? Computer Configuration-Policies-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Desktop App…