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Can robocopy use multiple /SD (source directory) parameters?

I'm creating a robocopy job file for users to back up their local data to a network share. I want to give them the option of not just backing up their user data, but application configuraiton files ...
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NRPT via GPO while using Always On VPN NRPT

I have a working Always On VPN Profile deployed using the ProfileXML implementation of automatic NRPT to the local device configuration: <DomainNameInformation> <DomainName>.example....
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Windows Server 2022 Standard - Pack 5 cal's

I have a Windows Server 2022 Standard installed and activated, and I have a pack of 5 Cal's to activate, as a user cal. And here lies the doubt: How and where do I activate this pack?
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How to implement virtual UNC mapping in a Windows user session?

I need to implement virtual SMB UNC mapping in a Windows user session. Similar to what "NET USE H: \\realhost\share" command does, but redirect "\\virtualhost\share" to "\\...
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adding drivers to WinPE v4(win8 version) for NVME PCIe SSD

We have this specific iso that when mounted on a device with m.2 NVME drive it cannot detect it, and as such we cannot use it for its perpuses. We do not have support for this as such we cant get the ...
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Test-ComputerSecureChannel - Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

I restored a Win7 image that I know will be out of date. I then run as administrator powershell from an account that is a member of the local machine administrator group. All I get is: Test-...
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Samba Incorrect Disk Usage Reporting

I am playing around with a fileserver setup. Here are the specs of the system: root@files:/data# uname -a Linux files 6.1.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.76-1 (2024-02-01) x86_64 GNU/...
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Microsoft Configuration Manager Issue

I cannot join the primary site to an existing hierarchy while installing Microsoft Configuration Manager. SQL and the SCCM Server are connected. Am I doing something wrong? Problem with Configuration ...
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Breakdown the error 0x800f081e returned from DISM

I want to learn how to breakdown an error such this one. I faced it by applying a Windows Update. To be clear, I do not need someone to tell me what the meaning is: I already looked for the error ...
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Seeking Technical Solution to Restrict File Paths Exceeding 255 Characters on Windows Servers

I've encountered a recurring issue with my Windows servers (both 2016 and 2019) crashing, and I've noticed that backups using BackupPC sometimes fail. Upon investigation, I discovered that the problem ...
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Windows external domain trust Kerberos authentication on Power BI and external data sources, how?

Power BI Reporting Services in Forest1-DomainA (location F1-A). User accounts are in Forest2-DomainA (location F2-A). F1-A trusts F2-A. The VDI/RDS where the users login are in F1-A, the service is in ...
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Local DNS not resolving when connected to work VPN on Windows 11

I have an issue on Windows 11 that I haven't had on Windows 10. When I connect to my work VPN I can't reach my home servers that are on the same subnet as my pc via domain names. If I use ping "...
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I need some help determining an AppID with regard to binding a certificate

I need to install a certificate to enable https connections to an IIS database that is available solely on our local network. It is not in the public DNS. Researching this, I found a thread on ...
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Microsoft Server 2019 - Limit Recursive DNS Requests to Internal Clients

We have a network with a router and an internal DNS on a Windows Server 2019. The DNS is visible to the outside via a NAT on the router (UDP 53 -> Server IP, this is required because we're a hidden-...
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How to replace a certificate with certutil?

We have an application which runs a batch script which installs an OCA and certificates signed by that OCA to a set of Windows machines. Unfortunately the OCA certificate has expired, and certutil ...
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Hyper-V: The image's hash and certificate are not allowed

When trying to install Fedora 39 on a Hyper-V server I am faced with the error "The image's hash and certificate are not allowed" directly at startup.
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Get WinRM process ID for PsExec, and Use PsExec to do keyboard input

As for manipulating GUI in remote desktop or/and by PsExec, I have two questions. Is there any difference between Windows Remote Desktop and WinRM? I turned on respectively, and processed by psexec -...
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OpenVPN client doesn´t connect to OpenVPN server

I followed the guides provided by two youtube videos, Install and Configure OpenVPN Server in Windows PC and how to Install & Setup OpenVPN on windows 10, step by step. However, client doesn´t ...
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Apache2 send response while waiting for HDD to spin up

I have an Apache 2.4 Server that hosts static files. One directory (example.com/) is on the SDD (System-drive) and anotherone is on an external HDD (example.com/ef/). My Problem is that because my HDD ...
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Windows Server 2022 - Port 445/TCP Not Accessible from other machines

I have two physical copies of Windows Server 2022 running, both machines have firewalls completely disabled. I have enabled file and folder sharing on both machines on the domain, private and public ...
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Folder permissions - unable to change owner to domain admins

I am having issues changing the owner of a folder from my domain admin account to a domain admin security group on a SMB. The error is failed to enumerate and access is denied. I tried disabling ...
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How do I stop my PC's `LongPathsEnabled` registry setting from being reset to zero?

I have enabled long file paths in Windows 11, by using regedit to set the LongPathsEnabled registry value to 1, in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem. This has worked fine for years, but ...
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Windows Server - many event id 4625 authentication failures

In a small network environment, we have one Windows Server with Domain Controller, DHCP and DNS. When every non-domain Windows client connects to the network, a lot of 4625 logon failure events are ...
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Create a service for lc_adapter.exe in Windows - Error 1053

I have a program named lc_adapter.exe. The program is used to foward syslogs from a firewall to LimaCharlie.io. I want the program to start as a service. I have tried the following two different ...
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My Hyper-V vm doesn't have internet connectivity after installing NordVPN

Like the title says, after I installed nordvpn my VMs don't connect to the internet. I tried disabling NordVPN completely and restarting my machine but the problem still persists. My VM is connected ...
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Active Directory Account Operator Modifying Groups Which Inherit Privileged Groups

In Active Directory, if a member of the Account Operators group, by default, is possible to add myself to a group which is a member of the Domain Admins group? For instance, I have a group named Tier ...
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Copying a file through network giving different hashfile value

I am encountering a problem where the hashfile value differs when copying a large 8GB file between the local drive of ServerP1 in Production environment to ServerD1 in DR environment through the ...
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Is it possible to install docker on Windows Server 2016? [closed]

I installed docker on Windows Server 2016 using a blog: https://knowledge.kofax.com/bundle/TotalAgility_integrationserverinstallguide_TotalAgility_IS_guide/page/All_Shared/guide_installation/...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Entra ID (Azure AD) - Account Login Fail (Password Incorrect) After Joining Entra ID (Adding work account)

I have a windows 11 desktop with a local administrator account and added a work account using the Entra ID link on the join prompt (following a MS docs article to the letter). The join was successful, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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