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HYPER-V
I just followed the below steps, its works for me for below issue in Windows 8.1 1, Open “Window Security” 2, Open “App & Browser control” 3, Click “Exploit protection settings” at the bottom 4, Switch to “Program settings” tab 5, Locate “C:\WINDOWS\System32\vmcompute.exe” in the list and expand it 6, Click “Edit” 7, Scroll down to “Code flow guard (CFG)” and uncheck “Override system settings” 8, Start vmcompute from powershell “net start vmcompute”
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How to collect Winsock (AFD) logging for Windows
Starting in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, we added an Event Trace for Windows (ETW) provider for Winsock (AFD). ETW provider: Microsoft-Windows-Winsock-AFD ETW provider GUID: E53C6823-7BB8-44BB-90DC-3F86090D48A6 Method 1: Enable AFD logging using the perfmon GUI Note: The benefit, it’s built-in to the O.S. 1. Open Perfmon 2. On the left under “Data Collector Sets” 3. Right-Click “Startup Event Trace Sessions” 4. Choose “New”->”Data Collector Set” 5. Type “Winsock-AFD” and click Next 6. Click Add 7. Wait for the dialog to populate and choose “Microsoft-Windows-Winsock-AFD” and click ok 8. In the Properties Dialog select each item and click edit 9. Enable all check boxes and for the level type 4 10.…
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Windows 7 Domain PC cannot connect to shared folder on Windows 2019
1. To get this working for my Windows 7 client PC’s, I ran this PS Script on the server: Set-SmbServerConfiguration -RejectUnencryptedAccess $false 2. Go to “gpedit.msc” to configure “local security policy” on the Win7 client, change “LAN Manager authentication level” to “send LM & NTLM -use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated”. Local computer policy > Computer configuration > Windows settings > Security settings > Security options > Network security: LAN Manager authentication level > send LM & NTLM -use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated 3. If the issue persists, please also check if there’s any error message in the event viewer regarding SMB on server side. Event viewer > Applications…
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DFS – diagnostics report
check the DFS Replication event log for any warnings/errors? Log location:Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > DFS Replication Also create a DFS diagnostics report and paste the results here. Creating a DFS diagnostics report: 1. Select the DFS replication group, on the right-hand side click Create Diagnostic Report. 2. Select Health Report. 3. Select a name and location for the HTML report. 4. Select all the DFS replication member servers. 5. Select Yes, count backlogged files in this report. 6. Create. Powershell: Restores files and folders that DFS Replication previously preserved. Restore-DfsrPreservedFiles
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How to address disk space issues that are caused by a large Windows component store (WinSxS) directory
Symptoms When you examine the size of the C:\Windows folder, you may notice that the C:\Windows\winsxs directory seems to use lots of disk space. Cause The Windows component store (C:\Windows\winsxs) directory is used during servicing operations within Windows installations. Servicing operations include, but are not limited to, Windows Update, service pack, and hotfix installations. The component store contains all the files that are required for a Windows installation. And, any updates to those files are also held within the component store as the updates are installed. This causes the component store to grow over time as more updates, features, or roles are added to the installation. The component store uses…
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DFS – Check DFS Replication backlog
To check DFSR backlog, run following commands on one of your DFRS servers. dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:<REPLICATION_GROUP_NAME> /rfname:<REPLICATED_FOLDER_NAME> /smem:<SERVER_1> /rmem:<SERVER_2> dfsrdiag backlog /rgname:<REPLICATION_GROUP_NAME> /rfname:<REPLICATED_FOLDER_NAME> /smem:<SERVER_2> /rmem:<SERVER_1> For verbose output, add /v switch at the very end of commands.
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How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 & Windows Server 2008 R2
To perform a repair installation of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, follow these steps: Close all the running applications. Insert the Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD in the computer’s DVD drive. In the Setup window, click Install Now. Note If Windows does not automatically detect the DVD, follow these steps: Click Start, and then type Drive:\setup.exe in the Start Search box. Note The Drive placeholder is the drive letter of the computer’s DVD drive. In the Programs list, click Setup.exe. In the Setup window, click Install Now. Click Go online to obtain the latest updates for installation (recommended). Type the CD key if you are prompted to do this.…
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WSUS – HRESULT = 0x800f0805 – CBS_E_INVALID_PACKAGE
We need to run SFC /SCANNOW and a full DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Patches: While installing this patches may face issue,KB3197873; KB4012213; KB4019213; KB4022726 2. error = 0x800B0100msiexec /unregister and msiexec /register regsvr32 wuapi.dll Run CheckSUR tool and restartnet stop cryptsvc rename %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 catroot2old net start cryptsvc
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WSUS – Error 80244007 when WSUS client scans for updates
Symptom: You use Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to deploy software updates to computers that are in your organization. When a WSUS client computer scans for updates on the WSUS server, the following error message is logged in the WindowsUpdate.log file on the client computer: WS error: <detail><ErrorCode>InvalidParameters</ErrorCode><Message>parameters.InstalledNonLeafUpdateIDs</Message><ID>GUID</ID><Method>http://www.microsoft.com/SoftwareDistribution/Server/ClientWebService/SyncUpdates”</Method></detail>” *FAILED* [80244007] SyncUpdates_WithRecovery failed Additionally, the following exception is logged in the SoftwareDistribution.log file on the WSUS server: ThrowException: actor = http://WSUSServerName:8530/ClientWebService/client.asmx, ID=GUID, ErrorCode=InvalidParameters, Message=parameters.InstalledNonLeafUpdateIDs, Client=Client_ID Cause This issue occurs when the number of updates to be synchronized exceeds the maximum number of installed prerequisites that a WSUS client can pass to SyncUpdates. Resolution To fix the issue, follow these steps…
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WSUS – Troubleshooting BITS with PowerShell
Import-Module BITSTransfer get-help *bits* Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers | select * Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers | select -ExpandProperty FileList We can use PowerShell to help streamline this process so we don’t have to output to a log file and search for our 0 BytesTransferred. Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers | foreach {get-bitstransfer -jobid $_.jobid | select -ExpandProperty FileList | where {$_.BytesTransferred -eq 0} | select -first 1}