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Can't Delete NIC Team That Doesn't Exist
I'm attempting to do an in-place upgrade from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019, but Windows is telling me there is a NIC Team that needs to be deleted before I can proceed. Problem is, there is no NIC Team showing up anywhere. And the cmdlets don't…
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Unable to COnnect to local NAS via WIndows 11
Community I have a 10 TB NAS that my wife and I back up our files. I recently purchased a second (external) drive as a second backup (Backup of my Backup). I first went into my network setting and enables all file sharing access I then connected…
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Restrict Access
We have few azure customers and they have firewall servers hosted in azure like PAN firewall or FortiClient, our network team need to access those firewall servers over SS and port 443, we have VPN setup in office so we have whitelisted our VPN IP in…
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my Seagate Central network drive shows up in file explorer as Seagate-41D834 but doesn't allow access to it in windows 11
All help welcome. It may have a date of 2014 or older. ***moved from Windows / Windows 11 / Settings***
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NTP on Windows 10 Pro
Hello Folks I have a Windows 10 Pro standalone machine I followed instructions here - https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-time-server-windows-10 with the only difference being I deleted time.windows.com and time.nist.gov since I only want to use my…
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Why is my DNS servers not updating when connecting to a hotspot?
This is on a Surface Pro running Windows 10. Pro The issue is, when I connect to a hotspot outside my home, the DNS servers do not update. They still show the servers from when I was connected to my home Wi-Fi. This is an issue since the first two…
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Windows server 2012 r2 in my laptop without a vm ware and only a command prompt in the screen
I accidentally Installed windows server 2012 r2 in my laptop without a vm ware and it restarted my laptop. When my laptop opened, A new administrator open and ask me to create a new administrator password then when i enter it and log in, only a command…
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I want to rip a new CD to WDMycloud, via Media Player.
I want to rip a new CD to WDMycloud, via Media Player. When I try to add a location where to store this new CD (rather than 'music'), I click on network, but Media player cannot see anything on my network including WDMycloud. However, wthin explorere,…
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Windows 11 won't accept network credentials to access USB drive plugged into wifi router
I've lost the ability to access the USB drive plugged into the USB slot of my MG8702 modem/router. I used to have access with Windows 10, but I'm no longer able to access it from my PC, after updating it to Windows 11. I can log into the MG8702 via a web…
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Wifi PC not showing up in explorer network tab
Hello. I've been struggling with getting our 2 PCs to show up in the explorer under network tab. I've enabled all the correct services and checked the firewall. Finally both of our PCs we're visible on both of our PCs. However, when I disconnected the…
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File Explorer Crashes Mounting Synology NAS (Windows 10) - IconCache Corrupt
I am running Windows 10 and the NAS I am trying to connect to is a Synology Diskstation DS1517+ I've been able to connect and add a Quick Access to this NAS drive in the past but recently I started having an issue where my File Explorer crashes whenever…
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Two W11 PC's one has mapped drives, can't be seen by the other pc
I have two mini PCs on a small workgroup of two. PC1 has 8 mapped drives on a shared with all NAS. all fully visible on PC1 PC2 can't see these files. It can see the NAS What have I missed? ***moved from Windows / Windows 11 / Files, folders, and…
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The folder you entered does not appear to be valid
Trying to connect a university network folder, copying and pasting the network address in my custom network folder on my home pc and it is telling me the folder I entered is not valid when it is identical to the university one.
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Unable to map a computer on the network but can do the folders
I have a computer that someone on the network gave me their address to a PC like this \nameofPC01. I can't map this. but could map the folders within the computer. I am using windows explorer. I could only map the subfolders like…
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How can I connect my tower to my all in one desktop
If this is not the correct board, please move and inform me. I purchased a new All in One and want to use it as a monitor for my old desktop tower. I've connected the tower to my All in One via HDMI and it is reflected on my All in One but no indication…
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Ghost appearing of DHCP option 121 assigned routes
Hi When connected to my office network DHCP server will assign option 121 three different networks to be reached using a router which is nor the default gateway. This works absolutely, the netwoks appears in my router table, in active routes. It does NOT…
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Windows 11 Pro Offline Files issue
I am on a domain joined work laptop with Windows 11 Pro 23H2. I have offline files enabled. Sometimes with offline files enabled many of the network drives will simply disappear. It is my understanding that the computer has detected a slower connection…
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Bought a new used laptop, old user still signed in cant sign on
hello bought a new used laptop it's a KUU Yepbook 2The old user didn't sign off. I can see her picture, her name.Its asks for a PIN, password or finger
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Failover cluster site name under nodes page shows old site name
Hi, I deployed a two node cluster, and later changed our Active Directory site name. A new cluster I deployed shows the new site name on each node when looking at the nodes page, but the old cluster still shows the old site name for both nodes. Is…
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Wifi connection struggles
My PC is not connecting to my wifi even after restarting it