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…
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…
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…
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: …
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…
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…
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 …
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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
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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…
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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…
Unable to add "Desktop Experience"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.
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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…
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…
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,…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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patches required for windows server 2016
Hello, What all hotfixes and patches required for windows server 2016 applicable for AD and Exchange Server 2016.
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