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Unable to open Microsoft functions after update by Microsoft

Microsoft updated my laptop a few weeks ago and afterword I was unable to unlock my computer. I had to take it to a local tech store to get it unlocked. When I got it back, each time I signed on, Microsoft opened under a different user. Also now I cannot…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,200 questions
asked 2020-08-21T17:13:04.647+00:00
John Willhoite 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T06:46:58.107+00:00
Joy Qiao 4,886 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How can I start a program/process with a specific GPU?

I need a reliable way to ensure a program will always run on the appropriate GPU. The systems being used will have two dedicated GPUs, one that will be connected to a monitor (an AMD GPU) and one that will not (an Nvidia GPU). There is a specific…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,200 questions
asked 2020-08-19T09:31:36.423+00:00
AxoBeau 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T06:46:44.867+00:00
Joy Qiao 4,886 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Windows 10 enterprise 2015 LTSB

After downloading the latest version of DisplayLink USB Graphics Software, it is shown on installation that Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB system is not supported. I want to know Which version can be used for LTSB

Windows 10 Compatibility
Windows 10 Compatibility
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Compatibility: The extent to which hardware or software adheres to an accepted standard.
469 questions
asked 2020-08-22T05:52:11.45+00:00
GBL0071 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T06:45:59.797+00:00
Joy Qiao 4,886 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Trying to setup my first S2008 R2 Server

I have added my roles: ADDS, DHCP, DNS and I can't resolve any of them. Can someone guide me in the right direction?

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,638 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,246 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
248 questions
asked 2020-08-24T08:57:18.223+00:00
Carl_Haley 41 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T06:06:01.187+00:00
Carl_Haley 41 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

AD domain Admin Can't Open ADUC

Hello all, My manager AD account is member of domain admins group, he's able to remote desktop the DC but if he tries to open any winds\ task such as open ADUC then a pop up message appear to enter his user name\ password but even though it won't open…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,246 questions
asked 2020-08-24T22:15:03.697+00:00
Marco 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-25T05:27:34.63+00:00
Marco 21 Reputation points
1 answer

Hostentry in DNS server for other partner company

My organization has an AD-integrated DNS server. My organization is operating call centers for other companies. For our daily operations, we have to access the resources of the other companies with private IP addresses. Hence, we cannot access the…

Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
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.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,035 questions
asked 2020-08-16T07:05:00.507+00:00
Alex Antony 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T05:21:58.153+00:00
Sunny Qi 10,926 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Point of Distribution processes content automatically?

Hi, team. I have a problem with several of my client's DPs. It's processing content or software patches update from March specifically, apparently alone, no user has sent to process or distribute content to the dp. My question is is there any…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,638 questions
asked 2020-08-17T16:02:03.297+00:00
Rafael Aguilar 496 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T05:21:01.07+00:00
Sunny Qi 10,926 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

How to solve the error message when executing bat automation batch file? B A T C H R E C U R S I O N exceeds STACK limits

How to solve the error message when executing bat automation batch file? B A T C H R E C U R S I O N exceeds STACK limits I wrote a series of automated scripts, but after executing them, error messages will jump. How can I solve him? ****** B A T C…

Azure Batch
Azure Batch
An Azure service that provides cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management.
322 questions
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,463 questions
asked 2020-08-17T06:19:02.63+00:00
Ru Ru 6 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T05:20:33.94+00:00
Sunny Qi 10,926 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

RemoteApp run in user context

Hello, We have configured Remote Desktop Services with RDWeb and published an application - with multiple session host server for load balancing. When the user is login into RDWeb and starts the application - the application is run on one of the…

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,407 questions
asked 2020-08-14T19:02:53.433+00:00
Rahul Jain 66 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T04:45:49.653+00:00
2 answers

User Profile Disk reset at Logon

For a small numbers of users, we are encountering a problem where their UPD is “reset” upon login, which means all their profile data are gone. In these cases, we currently just restore their UPD (the actual VHD file) from backup, but we’d like to find…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,614 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,407 questions
asked 2020-08-10T11:38:06.47+00:00
Stroopwafel 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T04:43:28.227+00:00
3 answers

winword.exe slow on RDS2016

Hi, On one of our customer sites; were experiencing slowness in Ms Word on a RDS2016 server. Envoirement: Ms Server 2016 ( Updated with 2020-07 patches ) Office365 Pro Plus ( installed with ODT ) Patch level 2002 ( Half year routine ) …

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,407 questions
asked 2020-08-10T10:15:12.623+00:00
Nick Bloemers 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T04:32:32.923+00:00
2 answers

SNI Extension Server Name in IP Address is Rejected

Hi, We have 2 Windows Server 2016 installation. In one installation, when a client passed an IP address to the SNI extension, the SSL exchange can proceeds. However, in another installation, if we pass an IP address, the server rejects so we can…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,436 questions
asked 2020-08-23T06:24:30.547+00:00
Al 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-25T03:40:11.22+00:00
Al 21 Reputation points
1 answer

DHCP failover issue

I have set dhcp failover relationship between 2 windows servers. Load balance mode. Everything works fine when these 2 server are online. But when one of the servers down, the client still cannot obtaine the IP address from the worked server. Any…

Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
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.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,035 questions
asked 2020-08-18T10:12:08.937+00:00
HC1DU 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T02:24:44.657+00:00
Candy Luo 12,691 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

A file in the 2020-07 Update (KB4565912) is not installed to the system

Hello, We have recently upgraded a server from Win server 2008 R2 to 2012, then to 2016. After we have applied the 2020-07 Update (KB4565912) to it, our vulnerability scanner indicates that the file "NetSetupApi.dll (10.0.14393.3801)",…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,436 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,638 questions
asked 2020-08-20T16:15:52.3+00:00
NL 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T01:59:03.053+00:00
NL 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2016 - DHCP

Hi All, I need to reset (Forgot the old Password) the DHCP Failover Cluster share secret password which was configured as part DHCP failover PLease let me know how to perform it

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,638 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,246 questions
Windows DHCP
Windows DHCP
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.DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). A communications protocol that lets network administrators manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's network.
1,035 questions
asked 2020-08-20T08:47:35.037+00:00
karthik palani 1,036 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-25T01:38:33.513+00:00
Sunny Qi 10,926 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

HOW TO CHANGE MICROSOFT STORE APPS LOCATION IN WINDOWS 8.1 ???????

PLEASE HELP ME I REALLY NEED A WORKING ANSWER. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.
5,102 questions
asked 2020-08-19T08:32:46.16+00:00
123JUICE_BOY321 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T01:25:42.31+00:00
Dale Kudusi 3,231 Reputation points
1 answer

My PC is not booting after KB4565503 windows update

My PC was not booting it was showing a black sceen , i did a system restore of the laptop before this update and now it's working properly. after i did KB4565503 windows cumulative update it was again not booting. is it a windows update problem or a…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,638 questions
asked 2020-08-18T12:52:59.377+00:00
Saurav Nailwal 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T01:24:50.147+00:00
Dale Kudusi 3,231 Reputation points
1 answer

Checking vulnerability of Windows 10 custom app

I have a custom APP developed with Microsoft tools (C#, Visual Studio, SSMS) which needs to be tested for security vulnerability. What is there?

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.
2,844 questions
asked 2020-08-24T01:01:54.86+00:00
Stanley Haavik 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-25T01:12:00.31+00:00
Jenny Yan-MSFT 9,336 Reputation points
0 answers

ADFS 2.0 - how to get users from groups within a specific OU

Hi, Thanks in advance for anyone who can assist on this issue. Am running ADFS 2.0 on Win2008R2 SP1 and encountered some problems. The purpose is to get the users in the different groups inside the specific OU and rely it to a 3rd party app. So…

Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Federation Services
An Active Directory technology that provides single-sign-on functionality by securely sharing digital identity and entitlement rights across security and enterprise boundaries.
1,226 questions
asked 2020-08-19T15:41:00.587+00:00
TZW 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-24T23:42:26.013+00:00
Pierre Audonnet - MSFT 10,171 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

LDAP filter optimization

Hello, I have the following filter to select users from multiple groups. As these groups all have the same parent OU path, is there any way I can simplify this filter to remove the need to remote the common parent path for each sub-group ? Thank you.…

Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server PowerShell
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.PowerShell: A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
5,463 questions
asked 2020-08-24T20:02:31.617+00:00
dave parker 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-24T21:39:30.05+00:00
Rich Matheisen 45,906 Reputation points