RDS CAL License error
Hello Guys i have installed Windows Remote desktop services(terminal Sever) in my windows server 2019. and i have purchased windows 50 user Cal license retail key one time was key activated successfully but i was deleted key now trying to again enter key…
SQL Express
I have a computer connected to internet to perform downloads. I have another computer on a lan that I can't connect to the internet. I want to upgrade my sql express from 2012 or 2022. Where can I get the complete file from and not an installer that goes…
Security Recommendations for LAPS are outdated
These recommendations in the Microsoft Secure Score seems to be ignoring the new Windows LAPS and looking at the old LAPS. When we changed over to the Windows LAPS, these recommendations started getting flagged. I thought Microsoft would eventually…
isolate VM network from work network and in the same time gain internet access to VM using Hyper-V
Hi I want to isolate my VM network from my work network and in the same time gain internet access to VM, I followed the video tutorial and it did not work, the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30X0oOwCruE in the video, he is using DHCP to configure…
We are having outlook authentication issues during sign in for Android and iOS Apps
Hi Team, Since yesterday, users in our organisation are no longer able to sign into the Outlook apps on iOS or Android. We use basic Authentication to sign into our Exchange and currently we are on-premise. I have seen a couple of posts now floating…
The Add Role and Component Wizard and Remove Role and Component Wizard in Windows Server 2025 Data Center do not work.
When trying to install components and roles in Windows Server via the Role and Component Deployment Manager, it just displays a red cross with no error code. I performed sfc/scannow, the system did not detect any integrity violations. I have also…
GetDateFormatEx returns a non-zero value but the buffer returned by it is faulty
This is the sample program in which "GetDateFormatEx" returns an invalid string. It is failing in customer's setup. #include <windows.h> #include <iostream> uint64_t shimTime(void) { FILETIME ts; …
The disk quota is used up during folder sharing. After the file content is deleted, the disk quota capacity is still full
The disk quota is used up during folder sharing. After the file content is deleted, the disk quota capacity is still full
Windows Storage Replica - Source Data Drive not being unmounted after Destination Drive down?
It's currently set to Synchronous so I'm not sure why I'm still able to update the data volumes when I powered down the destination server.
Sync center disabled after March cumulative update
Good morning. I am within a school setting and have been using Sync Center on staff laptops. Never really had any issues until I installed the latest March Cumulative update. Now every single device has had Sync Center disabled and there appears to be…
AD DNS manager records duplication with SQL always on failover cluster
Hi, We are managing our SQL Always On listeners records in 2 active directory servers (they are syncing each other) and we came across an issue which we couldn't pinpoint the cause for. We are testing MSSQL failovers on our windows DB servers and after…
Schannel 36871 and 36874 error
Hi Support, We have several servers have Schannel 36871 and 36874 errors. Seems this is related to TLS 1.2 and we can enable it by registry in Server side. But which registry key can fix this…
Server RDP Device License?
I have two questions that are related so thanks ahead of time: I have paid for and am using an RDP Device license on a Windows 2019 server and everything is working fine. My question is, Will this license work for the life of the server or will it…
How to log Windows DNS server reply
Hi there. I am trying to find a solution to log the Windows DNS server replies (what ip address returns during resolution or time out). In the both logs I can only get what request came to the DNS but no information what DNS returned. Please help me to…
what is the grace period for Windows Server 2019 Standard
I checked the license details of the virtual machine after cloning using the 'slmgr /dlv' command, but I could not obtain information about the grace period. If I do not perform license authentication on the above OS, how many days will the grace period…
Apply a Drive Letter to OneDrive Folder
Hi, This is the Scenario: Company is moving away from Home folders on Windows file server to each user having a Home folder in business OneDrive. A portion of the company needs to save files back to their desktop via a drive letter as this is what the…
Are the Azure US East and US East 2 facilities on the same campus?
I've done some Internet sleuthing and cannot find a straight answer. I represent a large organization that wishes to use Azure, but requires primary and backup facilities in different geographic locations (we'd like to have 100+ miles of separation…
Windows Server 2022, high CPU use from "taskhostw.exe"
Hello, we've been a little puzzled at trying to track down what may be causing a high CPU usage from a particular application. We've recently built out new DC servers under the Windows Server 2022 OS. In all of these servers, we've noticed the CPU usage…
how to fixThe ws-management service cannot process the request. the service is configured to not accept any remote shell requests.
Hello Everyone we are using server 2022 and unable to add Roles and features in server when we try to add any roles and features we are getting below Error The ws-management service cannot process the request. the service is configured to not accept…
Hyper-V Windows 2022 boot loader error
Hello, I'm trying to install Windows server 2022 (eval version) on Hyper-V (Windows server 2019 version). I got the UEFI error with the message the Boot loader failed. I tried with Windows server 2019 iso file and it works. Few…