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Updated GPO hasn't applied to all computers in OU

Hi, In my domain we have a group policy deployed for the 'Computers' OU as a workstation policy to configure some things. Recently we've added an item within this GPO to remove local admin access for domain users by configuring a restricted group for…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,920 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:24:02.027+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:32.61+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Auto-Enrolled (GPO) Email Encryption Certificates - multiple and why

Based on this procedure https://www.vkernel.ro/blog/set-up-automatic-certificate-enrollment-autoenroll we have setup an certificate autoenrollment group policy in order to autoenroll Email Signing and Encryption certificates to AD users. this policy only…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,920 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:23:03.533+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:20.967+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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shortcut apply fault

Hi, I have a question for GP for shortcut apply. one GP (called shortcupt 01) to apply 4 shortcuts to desktop for on group. user A in the group. it works. I create another GP (shortcut 2) to apply to user A only. (scope only apply to user A) …

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,920 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:21:27.78+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:05.397+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Group Policy Drive Maps_ the AccountName and password is diable,anybody know why? Thanks

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Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,920 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:18:35.947+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:44:40.883+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,226 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

Hi, Which license is required to get: Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection? Source link:…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:33:34.347+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:31.787+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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How HackTools are harmful for Windows 10?

Hi, How HackTool:Win32/AutoKMS, HackTool:MSIL/AutoKMS and HackTool:Win64/AutoKMS are harmful for Windows 10? With Regards source link:…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:37:19.7+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:26.043+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot Change Firewall Settings After Update

We have a Server 2016 installation that has had several miscellaneous issues relating to Windows Firewall. First we have a recurring issue where a local network switches itself back to a Public network on reboot after being set to Private. I currently…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:38:46.187+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:23.937+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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Lock out screen after inactivity. Windows 10

Hi there, All I need is quite simple but somehow I couldn't achieve it. Windows 10 x64 desktop, I need the screen lock out option (not user sign out) after a period of inactivity for example after 15 mins. So when user is back he just unlocks screen…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:40:29.47+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:21.537+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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How to block 445 port from windows firewall defender but skipping the c$ share?

Hi, I'm blocking the 445 port from the windows firewall defender, in the inbound rules, but I'm also blocking the c$ share. Can anybody tell me whether it is possible to block the 445 port and at the same time let the c$ share opened? Thanks in…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:41:22.107+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:19.35+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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Windows 10 Version 1903 keeps failing to Sync with Microsoft Defender Singature Repository

Hello everybody, I am in the role of an IT administrator who's administrating a network of windows 10 and windows 7 servers as well as clients with about 200 users. We are rolling out Windows 10 on every new machine and therefore faced many…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:42:08.913+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:16.657+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Whitelist Windows Store

Is there any range of IP or an URL that I can use to white list the Windows Store on my firewall. Normally if users need to download apps then win10 use micsoft.update service to download the apps. If we allow micsoft.update then its create huge…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:43:04.777+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:13.103+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

BitLocker and TPM

Hi. I want to configure bitlocker and configuration requires to configure tpm as well. When I entered BIOS Security setting, I saw TPM with different option.For now I checked only TPM security and activate checkbox. The rest (ACPI etc.)were kept…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,805 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:44:19.997+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:41:10.517+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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Azure App Services - Auto Scaling requires republishing?

Hi Team, I am running a BOT in S1 Production Plan which has been provided with 10 instance max for auto scaling. I am yet to enable auto scaling feature. Currently, BOT is running in single instance. I am planning to add a rule if the Avg CPU exceeds…

Azure AI Bot Service
Azure AI Bot Service
An Azure service that provides an integrated environment for bot development.
765 questions
asked 2020-06-22T02:58:00.917+00:00
MANIKAVASAN RANGASAMY 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-07-15T06:39:53.183+00:00
romungi-MSFT 43,361 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Invalid username and password accessing OWA and ECP

Hi I have problem accessing the owa and ecp on Exchange Server 2016 on an Microsoft Server 2016. I can reach the pages owa, ecp and localhost, but the error is: Invalid username or password, please try again later I have posted this topic and…

Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
7,426 questions
asked 2020-07-14T12:56:34.453+00:00
Atle Johansen 101 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-15T06:39:45.83+00:00
Lydia Zhou - MSFT 2,371 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Chromium Edge

Does anyone know which Windows 10 build will include the new Chromium Edge? There was speculation it would be in 20H1 or 20H2 by default, but I don't see it mentioned in any of the preview documents. Thanks! source link:…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:45:28.86+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:30.883+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Version Update

Hi All, Currently my desktop windows 10 version is 1803 and as we know it is a expired version of win 10. i wanted to upgrade the version from 1803 to 1903. in windows updates the 1903 has been downloaded and installed but in update history it…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:46:10.153+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:28.227+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Upgrade win 10 entreprise evaluation copy to fully copy

Hello, I've deployed many machines using the evaluation copy of Windows 10 Entreprise. After months our company activated for us a ME3 licenses could you please share with us how we proceed to activate this machines. Thank you source link;…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:46:47.55+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:25.973+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows defender smartscreen eating cpu time build 18363.476

Since a recent update (to 1909) my previously responsive PC has been laggy - especially slow to respond to keystrokes. In WTask manager I find windows defender smartscreen (smartscreen.exe - Embedding File, 10.0.18362.1) is continuously using 25% cpu…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:48:27.277+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:20.227+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
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i go in event logger but how i can take the errors log of process SearchUI or Cortana ?

i go in event logger but how i can take the errors log of process SearchUI or Cortana ? source link:…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:57:13.453+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:10.733+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 10 Upgrade

Hi All, Need some advice please Can i upgrade 1507/1511/1607/1703/1709 to Windows 10 1909v using SCCM feature update. Will this cause any performance issue Is there anything i need to perform before upgrade source link:…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,933 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:57:56.983+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T06:39:01.067+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points