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MAK key installation

Hello We have bought extended support for our 2008 Servers. They have provided us with a MAK key. I have installed the MAK key on couple of servers but its license status is showing as "Unlicensed". I have enabled the Internet connection…

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
424 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:52:19.393+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T07:00:51.907+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I test if my windows server communicate well with DC?

Hi, I have many different servers and wondering how can I test their connection to DC? I want to make sure there is no problem related to DC. Is there a command that can give a brief report whic ensure communication with AD is ok? Source link: …

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
424 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:51:19.713+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T07:00:34.237+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What happen if a Windows server CA lost his trust relationship with DC?

What happen if a Windows server with CA role lost his trust relationship with DC? The server is still up but I'm just curious what is the impact because I heard it can be installed on a stand alone server too. Source link: …

Windows Server Management
Windows Server Management
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
424 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:49:52.897+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:58:58.82+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unexpected system shutdown

Hi, i have a PC of my LAN that sometimes shutdown without any advice. if i go to explore the events i notice ID6008 = "The previous system shutdown at 4:23:44 PM on ‎2/‎12/‎2020 was unexpected." Under "Application" i have…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,986 questions
asked 2020-07-14T08:50:57.333+00:00
Teemo Tang 11,366 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-15T06:54:34.797+00:00
udara peiris 676 Reputation points
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Move ADCS 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and problem certificate template to issue

Hello, I move ADCS 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and when I click on Certificate templates --- New ---- Certificate template to Issue, I see only the template with version 1. No problem with the cmd command certutil.exe -setcatemplates +templatename Source…

Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,766 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:43:50.187+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:48:14.743+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Password replication tab of computer object

I am trying to understand the working of Password Replication tab of computer objects. I found a description on top that says, "Password for users and computers are permanently stored...." I cannot remember setting a password while creating a…

Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,766 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:39:47.157+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:47:15.637+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Safe to delete expired CA cert?

Hello, I'm cleaning up very old Enterprise CA objects in AD as machines are still getting pushed old certs between 2005 and 2015 from the old decommissioned objects. One of the steps is to delete NtAuth certs by using this command: certutil…

Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,766 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:38:35.187+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:47:11.7+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
4,960 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:24:02.027+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:32.61+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
4,960 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:23:03.533+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:20.967+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
4,960 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:21:27.78+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:45:05.397+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 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.
4,960 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:18:35.947+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T06:44:40.883+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,461 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
2,808 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
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
2,808 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.
2,808 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
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
2,808 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
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
2,808 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
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
2,808 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.
2,808 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.
2,808 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
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.
10,986 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