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Random users having Authentication errors
On our network we have random times to where many of our users cant log into their computers. User A has been using their computer for months, comes into work the next day and cant log into his own computer. (Credentials Cant Be Verified) Nothing has…


Transfer MAK key
I found an old pc that has a Volume Mak key. I tried to transfer the key to my new pc but I can't find the key. How do I transfer and find that key?


How to retrieve Windows 10 Pro license key
How do i find, and unregister an Windows 10 Pro license? I am unable to find the email containing the Windows key ( can i find it in another way?). I want to retrieve the key and unregister it so that i can use it on new installation or hardware change…


2022 Windows Server DC Licensing Requirements
I need to replace an existing domain server which is not eligible for an upgrade. I am working to determine the licensing requirements. This DC will only be a DC and have no other applications installed on it and no users will be accessing. This will …


The option to license Windows Server by virtual machine was added in October 2022, and is available to customers with subscription licenses or licenses with active Software Assurance only.
I’m struggling to identify which licenses options there are for our customers as “subscription licenses” for Windows Server. I am aware of some subscription based options, such as “DG7GMGF0D5RK:0003”, but thought it only eligible for Azure usage. Can you…


DFSR event ID 4004, Error 9075
I have two Windows 2012 servers, SVR1 and SVR2. Initialy SVR1 was PDC, and SVR2 DC. Then due to NTDS database errors on SVR1 that caused Azure AD Sync to stall, SVR2 got promoted to PDC and SVR1 was demoted and removed from the AD. When the problem with…


Error message computer is locked for this authentication method
There is an error message when trying to log in with a new password. It says something of the nature of "Your computer is locked for too many login attempts with this authentication method. Please try again in 2 hours."


Corrupt Bitlocker Virtual Drive in E drive after crash on C drive
My main drive is C which is SSD. My secondary SATA drive is E which held a virtual drive F that was protected with bitlocker. Two days ago while I was surfing the web, my C drive crashed. Just shut down expectantly and I had to purchase a new SSD to…


Share wifi with others
guys - is there native functionality within windows 10 to share my wifi connection on the plane with my phone? So basically I pay for the airplane wifi and connect to the public hotspot and then re-share this with my phone so I don't have to pay a 2nd…


Does the latest Windows Server Cumulative and Quality Monthly update cover patches back to 2019?
Hi there, I have number of Servers which have not been patched since 2019. The automatic function to check for updates (from WSUS) has been turned off and now I need to push out Cumulative and Monthly updates for various Windows versions (2012,2016 and…


Need windows xp update( KB969442 for Chinese version)
Because a large number of Windows xps from customers need to do domain migration, which involves Chinese and English versions of Windows xp. The KB969442 patch needs to be installed during the migration process. The KB969442-x86-enu version at hand only…


Download form URL and be able to click on it
So, I am doing shared file functionality. Right now, I am successfully uploading the file to Azure, and then putting the link in an email address, but I have some problems Even though I am inserting a URL, is not blue (Like a URL, that I can click on) …


Azure SQL DB log file system volume information is too big
Hi, I found the log file path is mostly full, then I found system volume information was taking the most size. please, do you have any idea what makes the system volume information size too big? Best Regards Tariq


Configuring Windows Update Management Schedules for Hybrid Environment
Need some advice setting up Windows Updates Management in Azure to manage updates for servers in our Hybrid environment. I am looking setup Update Schedules deployments grouped by type. For example, Management-Windows-Servers-Monthly: this includes…
what is diffecrence between do/while and do/until in vbscript
what is diffecrence between do/while and do/until in vbscript
Using the same identity in multiple azure tenants owned by the same organization
We are on a journey towards migrating workloads to Azure cloud and want to use hybrid identity between Corp AD and Azure AD. We currently have an Office 365 tenant (o365) with identities synchronized from On-Prem AD via Azure AD connector. All the…
LAPS - not updating AD attributes for servers on particular OU
we have noticed that the servers in one of our OUs is not updating the local administrator password. All is working fine and as expected in all the other OUs. local administrator passwords on computers are being updated and the AD attributes…
Unlock Bitlocker
I have upgraded my windows from 7 to 10 and I have bitlocker on one of my drive how do I unlock it. I dont have the recovery key nor the password. Please help 🙏🏻


seralize object returns empty file after save
Hello All, Morning: I'm reading a XML file to fill the datagrid have no issues; then i modify the some values in the datagrid then save back to the xml file without changing the structure of the file. When i tried to seralize the file, empty file is…
CaptureEngine Error 0x80070005 (access is denied)
Hi all, I'm trying the CaptureEngine example from the classic examples but I got the error : MF_CAPTURE_ENGINE_EVENT: {219992BC-CF92-4531-A1AE-96E1E886C8F1} (hr = 0x80070005) Ausnahme ausgelöst bei 0x76B1CA42 (KernelBase.dll) in…

