How to I remove and/or reset an administrator password from a standard/local account?
I was given this laptop from my late relative who said I could keep it for myself. He already had an account created for me on the laptop with my own password. Everything was fine until I was unable to install certain applications/updates I needed…
Windows Admin Center WinRM not working over VPN
Hello all, I use Windows Admin Center often to manage my server (OS: Hyper-V Server) and workstations (Windows 10 PCs), and I have WinRM configured for all of them. However, when I switch to VPN, I can access all my workstations fine, except my server,…
Sign DKIM and spam emails from recipient
Good morning, some months ago we have initially posted the question in Italian Microsoft community that suggest us to post the question on this Microsoft Community in english language. So, We have posted the same question also in english language but we…
How to generate WSUS reports for installed update from three years back??
Hi everybody we have a compliance requirement to maintain logs for installed Windows patches for a certain number of years. Do we have an option to export WSUS reports for certain years? For example, generate WSUS reports for installed updates on certain…
Using gMSA for Task scheduler and Service account scenario?
Based on: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/service-accounts-group-managed I'm trying to implement the gMSA for the following scenario: Task Scheduler account Service account (Failover Cluster, SQL Server, ADFS,…
Server Manager problem: Online - Data retrieval failures occurred
Hello, I'm using Windows Server 2022 and I have this problem: data retrieval on Server Manager. Is there a fix for this issue? Obs: this is a test lab all servers are domain members I'm connecting on all servers with the…
Hyper V Virtual CPUs and Physical Core Mapping guide
Hi Everybody, Do we have any official Microsoft documentation that describes the relation between the Hyper V virtual processor and the physical core in the host? I am assigning the core for each software requirement but the vendor does not provide if…
Immersive Control Panel doesn't work and Settings-DCOM-Error
Hi all community, We have a problem on each enterprise domain controller with 2019 serve version. When we want to launch "Settings", the window just flash and disappear immediatly. So Impossible to go on settings panel and his…
Query on DNS
Hi all, I have a requirement where I have a host record, test.mydomain.com, pointing to 192.168.1.10. I also have backend IPs for this host record: 192.168.1.11, 192.168.1.12, 192.168.1.13, and 192.168.1.14. Is there any way to implement round-robin, so…
WinRM packet size is somehow too big so everything decides to freak out
One day, I wished to manage my server but Bill Gates himself inserted this lovely error message: Configuration refresh failed with the following error: The WS-Management service cannot process the request. The computed response packet size (512103)…
How to configure Proxy settings on windows servers using GPO.
"I'm trying to configure proxy settings for all our Windows Server 2019 and 2022 servers. I've attempted to use Group Policy to modify the registry, but the changes aren't being applied. Can you help me troubleshoot this issue?" Create a new…
How to Reset WSUS Server and clear database with out reinstall WSUS
I would like to clear all from my WSUS Server and Database (WID) and after to setup WSUS to download updates only for specific products we have and classifications only security-related. We don't want to reinstall WSUS. Thanks for help.
Unable to install RSAT feature - Windows Server 2019 Standard
When trying to install RSAT tools on windows 2019 servers I am getting error "The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701". SFC /scannow - resulted with below in CBD logs. 2021-01-23 02:35:39, Info CBS Added…
I have a server in a collection where the SCCM client is functioning correctly, but patches are not installing. They do not appear in the Software Center, yet SCCM shows the status as compliant. How can we troubleshoot this discrepancy?
I have a server in a collection where the SCCM client is functioning correctly, but patches are not installing. They do not appear in the Software Center, yet SCCM shows the status as compliant. How can we troubleshoot this discrepancy? FYI: Updates are…
Replicate DNS Zones Between AD integrated server and standalone
I am trying to create a secondary DNS server to act as a failover to my primary DNS server. The primary server is AD integrated, the secondary is not. Zone transfers is set to name servers tab. When trying to add the secondary server to the name servers…
WSUS server with SQL Server database configuration steps
hi everybody can anyone provide me with a reference for step by step guide to install and configure WSUS on SQL server ,This steps should include the SQL instance installation required for WSUS Regards
Mixed OS WSUS implementation
Hi Gents I have a task where we will upgrade the existing downstream WSUS from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2022. we should synchronize the new downstream configured on the new Windows OS to the existing upstream installed in the DMZ on Windows…
Assistance Needed: GPO for DNS Suffix Registration Not Applying
Hello, We are working on creating a Group Policy to automatically enable the option "Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration" when users log in to their domain accounts. We have created the GPO for this setting and tested it on one…
DHCP Log File Paused
================= Hi, I have couple of DHCP servers on Windows Server 2019 OS. By default log files are copying under C:\Windows\System32\DHCP and with 10MB file after enabling the auditing. Now I have changed the log file size to 100MB but the…
Unable to install IIS on Server 2019 DC error 0x800f081f
I`m getting this error: I tried the following commands: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.3650] (c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Administrator.WIN-ONA542MGLKP>dism /online /enable-feature…