Windows update fails on server 2019
Hi Team, Getting windows update fails on windows server 2019. DWLD:Failed to do Windows update search [HRESULT = 0x800f0954 - CBS_E_INVALID_WINDOWS_UPDATE_COUNT_WSUS] CheckSur: hrStatus: 0x800f0954 [CBS_E_INVALID_WINDOWS_UPDATE_COUNT_WSUS], download…
Global Secure Access showing as Insecure SMB Service -
Hello, Please i need your help on this issue. Any devices with GSA are showing as "Insecure SMB service", which has High Criticality in our vulnerability management scanner. I've looked at the AI generated content, but we don't use SAP and…
Windows Server Hangs At ‘Please Wait For The User Profile Service
Hi, We have a Server 2019 Datacenter VM hosted on VCenter. When trying to log in using RDP or VCenter console, we encounter a "Please wait for the User Profile Service" or "Remote desktop service is currently busy" message. We don't…
in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019 keep failding
I have an issue when I try to do an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019. Installation keep fails at 5% The server is Domain joined I used Local admin & Domain admin same error According to Upgrade logs i found these…
Where To download Windows XP?
I would like to inquire where to download Windows XP for Vmware?
How to Exclude a User from Auditpol - Discovered a possible bug with auditpol.exe
Hello all, I am trying to exclude a user from being audited on a Server 2019 Domain Controller. Using the following: Auditpol /set /user:adm.svc.acc /subcategory:"Logon" /Success:disable Reason for doing so, it's a service account that is…
how to license our windows server VMs in esxi7?
we are using VMware virtualization how to license our windows server VMs?
Administrator Account
Hi All If I disable the group policy listed below, can any locally created user still log in to any of the member servers(i.e during troubleshooting if any server is moved out of the domain or any issue with the member server)? How will it behave for…
security policy processing
Hi I want to understand the below 3 GPOs and its impact on applying them on windows server. Please guide me. Configure security policy processing: Do not apply during periodic background processing is set to Enabled: FALSE Computer…
Azure AD Connect
Hi All, I have a Windows Server 2019 VM in Azure with Azure AD Connect installed. Experts please guide me on how to upgrade the Azure AD Connect version? Additionally, the following components are also installed on the same VM, but I am unsure if Azure…
query on timestamp
Our vulnerability scanner tool has detected the following vulnerability on windows servers: ICMP Timestamp Request Remote Date Disclosure. It provides the following solution: Filter out the ICMP timestamp requests (13) and the outgoing ICMP timestamp…
Devices: Allowed to format and eject removable media
Hi All i have the below GPO setting set to Administrators & Interactive Users. I believe recommended setting is Administrators. is it safe to remove interactive users as i am not sure please guide me. Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows…
Allow user to open specific program with admin privileges
I have a software that requires admin privileges to run but the standard user needs to work with it. For now I gave the user admin privileges on those computers, but I'm looking for different solutions. I can schedule a task to run on event that the user…
How to generate WSUS reports for installed update from three years back??
Hi everybody we have a compliance requirement to maintain logs for installed Windows patches for a certain number of years. Do we have an option to export WSUS reports for certain years? For example, generate WSUS reports for installed updates on certain…
how to fix "XAAccess - EnableXAAccess(EnalbeXAAccess) => Exiting(False)" error in DB2OLEDBv6 in for Windows 2019 Server
When install DB2OLEDBv6.msi for a Windows 2019 Server it start install, but in middle cancel and do rollback for install process. I tried install it with "DB2OLEDBv6 /quiet /l log.txt" In log.txt file appears first errors: Calling custom…
Inplace upgrade Issue from Windows Server 2012 r2 to Windows Server 2019
While I'm trying to in-place upgrade few of my VMware VMs from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019, "Keep personal files & app" radio button is grayed out. For solution I've updated the server with latest patch level, then al it's…
How to upgrade Windows Server 2019 Standard Evaluation Edition to Official Edition offline
Upgrading with the official version image file will result in an error, but the server cannot connect to the external network. How can I upgrade offline。The specific error is oxc1900101-0x30018。
Turn off Spotlight collection on Desktop
Hi All i have an ask to enable the below policy on windows servers. What benefit will i get by enabling this policy on windows servers. This is Personalization settings i believe. User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows…
Migrating quota
Hi guys. I'm migrating a FS. Windows server 2016 to 2019 I have quotas and I need to migrate them, I already copied the files and the shares are already created.. I'm looking at the dirquota option. but I can't find any info to export the quotas. only…
RD Gateway and the remote computer are unable to exchange policies.
I am getting this error when trying to access a Windows 11 Pro computer using RDC and a Remote Gateway externally. "Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Remote Desktop Gateway and the remote computer are unable to exchange…