Questions tagged [windows-8.1]
Windows 8.1 is an updated version of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 went RTM on August 27, 2013 and reached End Of Life on January 10, 2023. There are 4 versions of Windows 8.1, matching those that were available in Windows 8. They are: Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 8.1 RT.
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SSMS (2014) cannot connect to remote DB on local network [closed]
To start, this set up used to work. I wanted to help on a friend's project and installed git and vagrant and somewhere between the last time I opened my own project (using the setup listed below) and ...
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Does duplicate machine SID cause problems with Remote Desktop?
I am currently working on a Windows 8.1 image for Dell Venue Pro 11 and have been having some issues with generalizing the image with SysPrep.
I am not planning on placing the tablets in a domain, ...
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Windows 8.1 / 10 GPO mapped drives won't connect
UPDATE: not solved...
The issue persists, I also tried the hardened UNC paths approach, still no luck. I'll keep updating this thread if I encounter something new.
UPDATE and solved (hopefully)
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Can I configure mmc snap-ins to behave in the same manner as local admin tools on Microsoft Servers?
I'm running into a problem using the Microsoft MMC and RSAT tool snap-ins. Specifically, when I run Print Management from the RSAT tools on the local server, I am able to see all ports installed when ...
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Any risk of hosting a public website on my home network? Year 2015 [closed]
I have read the following post but it was already 6 years ago so I'm wondering if anything has changed over the last few years in terms of security because I heard windows firewall has been improved ...
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Moving from on-premise to O365
I am investigating what is required for a move for a client away from Windows SBS2008 to Office 365. The server has functions like Active Directory and Exchange 2007. There can be no hybrid solutions (...
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Unlink Windows 8 MS Account
I am the IT administrator for a few branch offices, and am seeing more and more of our staff "accidentally" linking their account to a MS account. I did some searching on here and found out how to ...
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CPU parking, windows 2012r2, with no hyper threading
I have server based on Intel R1304WT2GS with two e5-2660v3, windows 2012r2. I've installed last drivers from intel site. For business purposes i need to disable hyper threading, and use windows 8.1 / ...
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Group Policy on Win8.1 in WAN Environment won't fully apply
Client computer is Win 8.1 with local DHCP server/subnet and network based VPN (WAN) to the main server. DNS is set to the main server, on which client is registering itself correctly. Client can ...
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Microsoft Action Pack Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 upgrade questions
Is it possible to upgrade a Windows 8.1 pc to Windows 10 when the Windows 8.1 comes from a Microsoft Action Pack subscription ?
We don't see the little Windows-upgrade-icon in the system tray and don'...
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Windows 8.1 loses connection to network share
In my domain we have a network share but one of my users loses connection to it. She has a Windows 8.1 Enterprise machine, added to domain, always logged on domain user. The network share has ...
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BITS service will not start on Windows 8.1
The BITS service will not start on my machine (Windows 8, 64-bit), (preventing Windows Updates from being downloaded):
C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc start bits
SERVICE_NAME: bits
TYPE :...
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Remote desktop issue over VPN connection Windows 8 and now 10
I have recently reinstalled Windows 8 Pro and upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. Both operating systems had this issue.
When I connect to the VPN connection at my workplace, I am able to successfully remote ...
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Server 2012 Essentials not seeing PC after upgrade to Windows 10
I have Server 2012 Essentials R2 configured with a regular old domain, and several Windows 8.1 machines joined to this domain.
I created a Windows 10 install USB using the Windows 10 Media Creation ...
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Connecting to Oracle DB hosted on Windows 8.1 Azure VM
I have a windows 8.1 vm created on azure, it has 14 GB of memory and 200 some GB storage. I have installed Oracle with a templated database onto it. Everything is fine with the installation and I can ...
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Force automatic restart even with users logged in after installation of updates on Windows 8.1 Professional
I want a Windows 8.1 Professional installation which is always running and accessed by users via RDP to install updates automatically and also reboot automatically if the updates require it, but this ...
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Disable Visual Effects for Windows 8.1 Virtual Desktop
I am trying to build a new virtual desktop Pool in VMWare Horizon View 5 with Windows 8.1 clients. At the Moment, i am optimizing the image for best performance, including using an optimization ...
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Windows 8.1 SOE creation and capture
I trying to find information on Win 8.1 SOE creation/capture and wondering if anybody has ever done this and if there were any issues.
I've done it before with Windows 7, the process was:
Build the ...
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Windows 8.1 with CIFS Share Freezes File Explorer
We have recently migrated all of our network files over to a CIFS share. We have remapped the drives on our computers, but are encountering a very specific problem with several users who have Surface ...
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How to mount network drive as local disk?
I have some resource, which I can open by address \\dir\bin. I want to mount this resource on disk Z. In other words, I want to have path like Z:\file1.txt and get file \\dir\bin\file1.txt.
I tried ...
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TFTP running in boot2docker can't connect
I've asked this question over at the Unix Stack Exchange, but soon realised that the issue was not with docker, but with either VirtualBox or Windows, so I'm asking it here instead.
I'm trying to ...
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Force a specific theme for entire network using GPO
I am attempting to force a specific theme to all machines in my network. I know that the GPO "Load a Specific Theme" in:
User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/...
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NFS mount on Windows 8 non-enterprise
I've read the answers to a similar question, but I'd like to ask it here with a very narrow scope. Assuming Windows 8, not enterprise (which means no services for unix applications providing native ...
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Deploy Modern UI App
I have enrolled my devices with Windows Intune and Install Corporate Portal to them.
I have added to InTune some Windows Store App, MS Corporate Portal appx and my own application appx.
When I am ...
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Hiding the active Administrator account in Windows 8
I am trying to use the integrated "Administrator" account in Windows 8. The problem is that I do not want this account to appear on the Welcome Screen for login. I tried to hide the account by using ...
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How can i know whether a dmain admin "ever" browsed my computer's files? [closed]
I have a problem and i was hoping for an answer for by all the smart gentlemen around here. I work in a company that contracted with some external IT auditors as "ethical hackers" where they are ...
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Remote Desktop Connection stops working when connection is closed
I just started using a new HP laptop with Windows 8.1 using the same domain account I've used for years. I can remote desktop to any server / VM on the local network, however when I disconnect the ...
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PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (msiscsi.sys) - how to troubleshoot/resolve?
I am using Windows 8.1 Pro x64 with all updates installed. My machine is Lenovo W540 laptop and I have connection to iSCSI target (using gigabit wired Ethernet). iSCSI target is Synology NAS (DS415+). ...
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Passwordless login: virtual smart card with no pin? [closed]
I would like to set up a domain-joined computer for passwordless login with some low-privileged domain account that is specific to that computer. I've seen some blog posts that store the username and ...
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How do I troubleshoot "Failed to get staged packages for package" error when attempting to remove a provisioned app from an offline Windows 8.1 image?
When I attempt to remove provisioned apps from an offline Windows 8.1 image, most of the apps I want to remove cause no problem, but attempting to remove Microsoft.Office.OneNote causes an error.
The ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro migrating "Microsoft live" account to domain account
For a variety of reasons a significant number of our Windows PCs are not joined to our Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory domain. We are in the process of rectifying this, and are joining PCs on a per-...
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Windows 8.1 Update/Server 2012 R2 Workplace Join requires Microsoft Account?
If we look at the client side of Workplace Join process it says that we should log on with Microsoft account, but I've never seen it mentioned that Microsoft account is a requirement for Workplace ...
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Automatic unlock bitlocker to go (usb stick) on domain computer
Is there a way to automatically unlock bitlocker encrypted USB sticks on windows computers that are domain joined (8.1 Enterprise)? (e.g., based on the "BitLocker identification Field"?)
The scenario ...
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Prevent windows from assigning certain drive letters
After configuring our network to use certain drive letters, I bumped into a problem when at some times, some of our users plugs one or two USB disks to the computer before boot.
Windows then, ...
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Change Microsoft Account to Local Account from Administrator Account
My apologies if this should be posted elsewhere. I've searched around and cannot find an answer, and have found a few places that it seems appropriate to ask, and this is one of them. Let me know if ...
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Can I prepare a domain user account without the user's password
We have a 2012R2 domain and have configured many GPO settings for our users based on the team they are working for. In the near future, we will replace our existing laptops with new ones and move to ...
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Image build system that derives from a base Windows 8.1 image
For our VDI deployment, we have several Windows 8.1 images for target groups that require different suites of applications.
The current update procedure requires us to update the OS on each ...
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Does Windows support IPComp?
The title says it all. I've configured an IPSec IKEv2 connection between a Strongswan server and a Windows 7 workstation and I'd like to use compression if possible.
The config on both sides is dead ...
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Network Config: Difference between Windows and Debian
We have a so called "LAB"-Network(VLAN). The Switch and Firewall are configured to allow access from the ip 10.150.151.1 (Windows Client in LAB) and 10.150.151.10(Debian Client in LAB) to a mail ...
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WIndows SBS 2011 Standard - Connect Windows 8.1 Machines
I manage a Windows SBS 2011 Standard Server. Recently had to connect 3 Windows 8.1 machines....but I am not having any luck. I have followed everything I have read online. The updates are completely ...
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DirectAccess clients cannot browse network shares but can access them via mapped drive
OK, this is my first Microsoft DirectAccess deployment, so maybe I'm just lost in translation.
I have Windows 8.1 clients connecting to a 2012 R2 multisite DirectAccess setup (2 DA servers for global ...
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In-house java apps work in citrix environment but will not run locally on a users machine
BACKGROUND
I am one of three systems administrator for the organization i work at.
We previously had a Java developer who is no longer with the organization.
The developer built several custom Java ...
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Oracle Linux hangs on Hyper-V
I am trying to install Oracle Linux 7.0 on Hyper-V. While I click through the GUI installer the system stops responding. The mouse cursor stays in the same place.
It happened to me a few times, ...
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Remote Desktop works only with old clients
All of our Windows 8.1 computers suddenly refuse Remote Desktop connections.
The problem is when we connect TO Windows 8.1
We don't have the problem when connecting to other Windows versions.
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Show logon process on windows 8
I'm experimenting with server admin on windows 2008 since I started a new tech job and want to learn things. I'm using a windows 8.1 pro client computer.
The question is, is there any way to show the ...
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Strange route traces when connecting to L2TP/IPsec VPN
It was tough for me to think of a title for this question, so please bear with me.
My laptop running Windows 8.1 Pro connects to my home network using a wireless router/gateway that also provides ...
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How can I manage services on a remote computer with the Services MMC snap-in in Windows 8.1 in a workgroup
I'm trying to manage services of a remote computer in a workgroup via the Services MMC snap-in. Both computers are running Windows 8.1 Pro and are in a private (private as in Windows) network. RDP ...
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Setting to Show/Hide Hidden items on a Folder
Where is the setting to display or not display hidden items on a particular folder?
For example, if the global setting is to show all hidden files, how would I change the Desktop folder, so that the ...
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Use manually assigned ipv6 address
I have a /48, and from this I assigned a /64 to this lan
I have a windows 8.1, which I want to use an assigned ip for outgoing adress.
But I keep getting an automatically assigned address.
netsh ...
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RDP Internal Error over SSL-VPN
I have a Windows 8.1 client that connects over SSL-VPN.
The SSL-VPN connects and I can see it on the firewall. You can ping the remote computer (15-60ms with occasional 300+) with an average of ...
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