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Windows hello for business: remove certificate from virtual smartcard

I've managed to add a certificate to windows hello for signin to RDP. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/rdp-sign-in?tabs=intune However ...
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How to run a batch script completely and automatically on event such as sleep/hibernate and shutdown event using task scheduler?

I have written a batch script to perform some folder synchronizing task. I have scheduled the script to execute using task scheduler on events such as sleep/hibernate(kernel power event id 42) and ...
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How to detect current media type in CLI under Windows? (DVD-RW, BD-R, etc)

How to detect current media type in CLI under Windows? (DVD-RW, BD-R, etc) I've tried with wmic cdrom get /format:list but no info about the current media type. I want to detect if the disc is a CD, ...
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Office Update Won't Install

I have several servers failing to install a security update for Office 2016 (KB5002521) 32-bit with error 0x8024002d. I've also read some articles saying this update actually breaks Office, so if I ...
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BitLocker Full Disk Encryption - WIN

I am encountering a recurring issue with BitLocker Full Disc Encryption (WIN) via Policy Management on Windows devices. The issue manifests as a failed encryption attempt due to the presence of ...
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0x8024401c on all new WSUS clients

I keep getting the error 0x8024401c on all new clients connecting to WSUS. (Only Windows 10 and Server 2016) According to Google, this error results to "WU_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT" but I can ...
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RDP not working after restart

Windows Server 2022, this host is used for VPN and RDP. It works fine until when we restart it. RDP stops working. VPN, SSH, git and command line works, but not RDP. A workaround we found is to logon ...
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Windows - Is there any way to detect if a Remote Desktop Session window on my desktop was disconnected?

I have multiple remote desktop sessions (RDP) to other servers running on my desktop. Occasionally, one will get booted either due to network problems or the RDP session being launched somewhere else ...
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Dell ME4084 slow speed with Intel E810 25G in Hyper-V Failover using iSCSI

PLEASE READ 3RD EDIT BELOW I am currently trying to figure out why the following server setup is getting me only slow speeds on SMB copys. The setup is the following: 2x Dell PowerEdge R7525 each ...
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PC Crashing - Memory Management and IRQ

I've been having some issues as of late with my PC that I use for my CCTV and storage system. It's normally on 24x7 but has been crashing lately. I've used whocrashed and it looks like i've got a ...
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PowerShell ExecutionPolicy prompt while registry value 'bypass'

I need to run scripts without user input. But recently my scripts have started to require input for the ExecutionPolicy. I'd set the ExecutionPolicy previously via Set-ExecutionPolicy for all scopes ...
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Forward UNIX syslog to Windows Event viewer

I'm running a pfSense firewall which runs syslog and can forward it's logs to a remote syslog server. I'd like to be able to view these on my SBS 2011 server's event viewer, via a subscription. I ...
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Windows Appending Domain Suffix To All Lookups

I have a recurring DNS problem that has been plaguing our users occasionally causing their laptops to appended our companies domain to the end of all DNS queries. The problem only occurs when users ...
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How to forward windows log using Nxlog to rsyslog server(linux)?

Im using nxlog version 3.0 on WinServ2012 R2 Standard, i can forward the event logs under Eventviewer --> windows logs --> application, system, security. But Im not able to forward other log that is ...
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No connectivity in LAN (arp table does not learn IP addresses)

enter image description hereI have a server connected with NICs as follows, 10.0.11.11/24 - no gateway required. 10.0.10.11/24 - with gateway 10.0.10.240 192.168.2.11/24 - no gateway required. When ...
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Add a new Subordinate CA on a single ROOT CA environment

I'll have an ROOT CA that is already joined to an Active Directory, this one has been serving certificates to the Joined Computers. Now we want to add a subordinate/intermediate CA to deploy new ...
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IIS 10 (MS Server 2016) FTPs - failed to retrieve directory listing

I'm trying to get Microsoft Server 2016's IIS 10 to run FTPS. I have it working internally (need to change the External IP Address of Firewall to match internal IP (for LAN) and external IP (for WAN), ...
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Windows: What could be the reason for a "paging file is too small" error even though there is plenty of physical memory available?

In one of our applications, we received an error message indicating "The paging file is too small for this operation to complete" while the application was trying to load a DLL (a .NET ...
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Jenkins windows slave unable to connect

Trying to start Jenkins slave on Windows with Java Web start gives me this: >java -jar agent.jar -jnlpUrl https://jenkins.example.com/computer/slave-office/slave-agent.jnlp -secret ...
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Remote desktop connection does not ask me for credentials

When I try to remote into my server from my PC a box comes up that asks me for my credentials, however no input boxes come up for me to give it my username and password. Here is what I get,
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Microsoft Configuration Manager Server Sharing

I have my SCCM Server connected to the SQL Server via ESXI through two different VM's. I have Microsoft Configuration Manager on my SCCM trying to get it connected to the SQL Server. How do I connect ...
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Access denied to Samba share from Windows 10

Samba version: Version 4.1.17-Ubuntu Ubuntu 15.10 When accessing a Samba share in windows, I can see the share but whenever I try and access it - entering the same username and password as the Samba ...
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SMB connection to server fails with "The Network path was not found", SMB attempts to connect over HTTP

Issues with one user unable to connect to any SMB shares on any Windows Servers. The user and shares are in different domains, that have a trust between the domains. The user has permission to the ...
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Reissuing AD certificate breaks Always On VPN

Reissuing AD certificate breaks Always On VPN. We needed to update our AD CA to have a longer key length and an improved signing algorithm. This works fine and we are able to issue new certificates ...
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Cannot uninstall Python 3.8.1 silently using MSIEXEC

I initially deployed Python 3.8.1 in our org (through WSUS Package Publisher if relevant) using the MSI's found here. I installed these MSI's using WSUS Package Publisher with the following command ...
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Windows Firewall and IIS permission

I have a website running on IIS. I have set inbound rule for wp3wp.exe with any port option, but web site is not reachable with this rule. When I add rule with settings: Program and Services > All ...
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Is sysprep /shutdown sufficient in this case

In our environment, we manage college computer labs with 30-40 devices each. Our current workflow involves creating a Windows image on a physical machine, sysprepping the image with the /reboot switch,...
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Unable to manage existing IP address ranges in IPAM after its installation

I have an environment with one Windows server that is running as DC, DNS and DHCP server. In my LAN, I have one network: 192.168.10.0/24. On another server, I've installed Microsoft IPAM server (as a ...
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Adding MDM server to Microsoft Autopilot is not working

Via Microsoft Intune, I want a device that registers with Autopilot to register to the MDM solution I have written. I enter my own MDM server information from this screen. enter image description here ...
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Upgrade Pre-Installed Windows 11 Home to Pro in setup

I have some HP OEM systems with Windows 11 Home preinstalled. Since they all should connect to a MS365 company account, they need to have a Pro versions (at least as far as I know). Otherwise the ...
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December Windows Update disable use of registry keys to set lockscreen image for Windows 11 Professional?

As the title says, to clarify, you can't normally set lockscreen image with GPO for Windows 11 Pro computers, as it only works for Enterprise and Education. However you could set three ...
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How do I import into ADAM / AD LDS - The specified instance type is invalid

I'm having a hard time importing an LDIF file into ADAM/ AD LDS, and the error is below (instance type is invalid). I've tested and recovered from errors that relate to The import file is ASCII, ...
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Can't mount samba share, but can access using smbclient

I have a network share on Windows server in my local network. I can access this share using smbclient on my Ubuntu 13.10 (with installed cifs-utils package) desktop like this: smbclient \\\\192.168.5....
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ssh from CL using keyfile from Windows client to Linux server

This sort of thing drives me crazy - hopefully obvious solution(s). Have keys on Win 10 laptop, and on one of my Linux servers. If I use puTTY, where I can explicitly browse to the keyfile on the ...
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How to export Cisco AnyConnect preferences and certificates to another PC

I have two computers (PC and MAC) connected to different organization VPNs. I want to be able to connect from MAC to the same VPNs set on PC. So I need to export VPN list and certificates, etc to my ...
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What could be causing MsiInstaller to continuously reconfigure applications(EventID 1035)?

I have a brand-new machine that we just installed Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on about two months ago. In the event log, I am seeing thousands of EventID 1035 logged. This is MsiInstaller ...
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No NPS (Network Policy Server) Event Logs

Running into something very painful. We use Microsoft's Network Policy Server, and need the Network Policy Server security event subcategory to work - specifically, event id 6273 and 6272. NPS works,...
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How to issue a windows machine cert for a non-domain joined computer?

I have a Windows Server 2012 AD/CA and domain joined computers automatically receive the CA public cert and also get a computer certificate generated and pushed using GPO auto-enrollment. All of this ...
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How to store SSH key without attempting to login with password using Plink?

The below command is used to attempt to store the SSH key, even though we tried to force exit in the command, still it is asking password. echo y | plink -ssh [email protected] "exit". The server's ...
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SQL Server installation failing due to Software Restriction Policy - but no policy exists on server?

I am attempting to install SQL Server Express 2022 on Windows Server 2022. When I setup the Windows server, I added a Software Restriction Policy for preventing the installation of executables and msi ...
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rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12)

Guys this is an error I am getting when I try sending files to a server. I am not sure what went wrong. Can anyone help me fix this? Thanks in advance. $ rsync -avz ./ ssc:/webapp/ rsync: connection ...
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check if Windows Firewall is allowing an Application

tl;dr using Powershell, how do I check if the Windows Firewall is allowing an application? Using Windows 10, I want to programmatically check if an Application is allowed through the Windows Defender ...
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"Unknown user name or bad password" in specific Client, Server combination

i have problems logging in specific client, server combinations. Destination servers are all from a domain. Let's call it "Destination Domain". Login via RDP from most clients to this ...
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Website and Active Directory domain share the same name

In our network the name of the network domain is also the domain of the organization's website (say, example.com). Externally, people can enter example.com to visit our website, but internally, this ...
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Windows Active Directory naming best practices?

This is a Canonical Question about Active Directory domain naming. After experimenting with Windows domains and domain controllers in a virtual environment, I've realized that having an active ...
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GPO with computer configurations are not applied

server running server 2012 R2 - clients running server 2012 R2 and windows 8.1 pro I have several GPOs linked to the domain root, some have user configurations only and some have computer ...
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RHEL 8 IPA/DNS secondary to Windows AD/DNS

I have a particular scenario that I am trying to implement at work. I work on an enterprise that has both Windows and Linux clients and would like the added Linux benefits of utilizing an IPA server ...
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msi for Web Deploy 3.6 for Hosting Servers... where to find?

On Win2012-R2 The Web Platform Installer offers an option (that I need...): "Web Deploy 3.6 for Hosting Servers" I would like to get this into my dsc script, but cannot find the discrete msi(s) on ...
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DNS resolution error when using OpenVPN v3 on Windows 11

OS: Windows 11 Software: OpenVPN connect v3.4.3 I have a problem connecting to the VPN on AWS, I used the .ovpn file that was working on Windows 10 (OpenVPN Connect v2), but it always shows a ...
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How to select what LAN port to use with VNC, ping, or another apps?

See image to get info how is my network built: I do have office network 192.168.1.0/24 connected through router/NAT to internet. My PC has TWO LAN ports: the main has address 192.168.1.50, and the ...