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Windows Server disabled start menu icon.

Hi, I have an issue when I try to pin a program to the start menu. The initial pin on the menu is fine - the icon fires up the relevant program when I run it. However if I try to reposition the icon some where else on the start menu it becomes…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,575 questions
asked 2020-07-23T15:51:45.513+00:00
WardH 61 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-06T06:17:39.903+00:00
Andy YOU 3,071 Reputation points
3 answers

Authentication silos - User won't get claims

Hey, i am trying to setup authentication silos. I followed the setup instructions as writtin in technet. In my test environment it is working like a charm. When i log on on the machine with my user account which are both members of the silo i get a…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,544 questions
asked 2020-07-22T04:59:59.85+00:00
Kevin K 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T06:14:12.057+00:00
Daisy Zhou 20,791 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How to check particular user has what rights on Hyper-V Failover cluster using WMI APIs

How to check particular user has what rights on Hyper-V Failover cluster using WMI APIs. e.g.: I wanted to check, does "user1" has rights (with provided credentials) to list out VM(s), perform checkpoint/snapshot on VM(s) in Hyper-V Failover…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,615 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
975 questions
asked 2020-08-05T08:11:05.777+00:00
Krupal Joshi 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-06T06:04:37.023+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,696 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

D2D with ID3D11On12Device

From a Directx12 project template created with Visual Studio 2019: I added to "pch.h" as follows: #include <d3d11on12.h> #include <d2d1_3.h> #include <dwrite.h> Based of reading this article: …

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
asked 2020-08-04T22:14:07.387+00:00
Anonymous
accepted 2020-08-06T02:47:08.493+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

In place upgrade of Windows Server 2016 to 2019 on a laptop fails during SET_PRODUCT_KEY

I have an older laptop serving as the primary domain controller. I am trying to perform an in-place upgrade from 2016 to 2019 The install almost fully completes, then rolls back and the error message says it cant set the product key I suspected I…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,575 questions
asked 2020-08-03T18:04:03.123+00:00
Scott Berger 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T02:39:09.383+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,696 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Hyper-V Remote Management / Windows 10 client / Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

Hello, I've been struggling for a few days now with some crazy issues connecting to my 2012 R2 server via Hyper-V manager from Windows 10. Setup: Client is a Windows 10 Pro machine running v1903 Host is a Hyper-V 2012 R2 machine running…

System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,615 questions
asked 2020-08-04T21:08:55.927+00:00
malikguy 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-06T02:32:22.057+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,696 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
7 answers

Cannot join node to AZureStack HCI cluster

Se are trying to re-add a node we evicted from a Server 2019/AzureStack HCI cluster and cannot re-add it. I keep coming back to crypto. In a successful cluster join, you see something like this: 00002494.0000171c::2020/07/28-20:26:01.895 …

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
975 questions
asked 2020-07-30T22:51:41.187+00:00
RJ Riemensnider 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T02:27:01.447+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
2 answers

Migrate local groups from 2008 to 2019 Server

Hi How can I migrate local groups with SID from our 2008 R2 to 2019 Server ? Windows Server Migration Tools support only 2008-2012 Thanks

Windows Server Migration
Windows Server Migration
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Migration: The process of making existing applications and data work on a different computer or operating system.
415 questions
asked 2020-07-30T06:26:46.397+00:00
gardenzwerg 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-06T02:24:54.687+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
3 answers

Not being able to write to secondary disk Server 2019

We have a Server 2019 and cannot seem to write to D:\ drive. Administrators have full control over the disk. When creating an empty folder we get an error "You need permission to perform this action". Using the Share Path we can access the…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,575 questions
asked 2020-08-03T12:38:12.883+00:00
Sabri Gul 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T02:23:11.537+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Virtual mahcine getting stuck accessing host disk

Hi Windows Server 2016 std + essentials host, and Windows Server 2016 std guest. The Windows Server 2016 guest has a drive mapped from the host. On long disk operations to the host disk such as copying a large file, the guest gets stuck and…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,425 questions
asked 2020-07-30T07:04:21.107+00:00
Y a h y a 416 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-06T02:08:12.83+00:00
Y a h y a 416 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to add &#34;Desktop Experience&#34;features in windows server 2012 R2. Getting error code 0x80070002

Hi Team, Please support to resolve the subjected issue. I have installed the same .iso (windows server r2) on another machine but there "Desktop Experience" feature installed successfully.

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,544 questions
asked 2020-07-31T04:08:26.233+00:00
Virender Duhan 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T01:41:01.547+00:00
Candy Luo 12,686 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

View Storage usage on other drives

Hello, I have recently built a gaming pc with a SSD Partitioned for Boot (Local Disk C:) and a separate partition (D:) for games, documents, media etc. and a HDD (E:) for additional game storage. In disk management these are all recognized and…

Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10 Setup
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
1,919 questions
Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft Q&A
Use this tag to share suggestions, feature requests, and bugs with the Microsoft Q&A team. The Microsoft Q&A team will evaluate your feedback on a regular basis and provide updates along the way.
667 questions
asked 2020-07-31T19:01:06.85+00:00
Nick 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-05T19:56:37.237+00:00
Nick 21 Reputation points
3 answers

Remote Desktop App for MacOS new version 10.4.0 (1811) connects but gives black screen

I just upgraded to the new Microsoft Remote Desktop 10.4.0 (1811) that came out a few days ago. I can connect to my remote session fine (Windows 10, still on 1803 due to corporate antivirus). The connection is initiated, but when the remote screen…

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,374 questions
asked 2020-07-30T23:54:11.97+00:00
Rob Milk 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-05T18:48:28.437+00:00
Rob Milk 1 Reputation point
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Get the powershell output either propertly formatted out or directly in CSV

Below code prints output with empty lines in between. I have to manually copy output, remove empty lines and add comma in between and then copy to excel. How can we have have output like or directly save in CSV folder1, 12.34, 555,666 folder2,…

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.
5,446 questions
asked 2020-08-05T14:33:47.467+00:00
Vaibhav Chaudhari 38,681 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-05T15:24:28.523+00:00
Vaibhav Chaudhari 38,681 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Fix a sign in problem

My computer was owned by my past business. We had MS 365 and I was signed in. I retired and they gave me my computer. I have since paid for my own MS365. When I sign in, I have my profile with my picture and the old profile with the photo of the new…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,102 questions
asked 2020-08-05T13:50:15.823+00:00
Mimi Gattinella 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-05T14:52:24.807+00:00
Mimi Gattinella 21 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

File Server Permissions Issue

I am inheriting a file server where permissions are all over the place and not consistent across the board. Where people have access to things they should have, or vice versa. I've done a little clean-up here and there as issues have arisen. But now I…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,544 questions
asked 2020-08-04T16:26:47.353+00:00
JP Sys Admin 111 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-05T14:51:00.393+00:00
JP Sys Admin 111 Reputation points
3 answers

Runas another user to share

Hi All, can someone help me understand runas permissions in windows 10? If a standard user has read access to a file share and log on to windows with that account, can they runas a different user who has admin permissions to that share and be able to…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,544 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
643 questions
asked 2020-08-05T11:23:14.927+00:00
altima 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-05T14:00:36.097+00:00
Dave Patrick 426.5K Reputation points MVP
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I check whether a certificate is CA or end entity?

Want to confirm the cert type CA or End Entity, before it is imported to the certificate store. Is there any utility function available for this. I have written the below function. But it returns always return the cert as CA. Is this have a bug or is…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,102 questions
Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,505 questions
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.
2,826 questions
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.
1,775 questions
asked 2020-08-05T06:08:09.78+00:00
Vishnu Gopalakrishnan 126 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-05T13:29:06.937+00:00
Vishnu Gopalakrishnan 126 Reputation points
0 answers

Persistent WifiDirect P2P connection?

I am relatively new to UWP / WifiDirect. Using the Microsoft UWP "WifiDirect" c# sample application (win 10), I am able to pair a Wifi Direct device and also open a socket and communicate across it. Works great. When the pairing is…

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
asked 2020-07-17T16:02:21.757+00:00
Jason 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-05T12:49:03.81+00:00
Richard Zhang-MSFT 6,936 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

patches required for windows server 2016

Hello, What all hotfixes and patches required for windows server 2016 applicable for AD and Exchange Server 2016.

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,425 questions
asked 2020-08-05T08:07:51.717+00:00
Gurudas 886 Reputation points
commented 2020-08-05T11:21:51.047+00:00
Leon Laude 85,716 Reputation points