We had this odd issue when, after installing the ESU keys, the servers were still unable to receive updates and gave us back a failed installation.
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Remove extra keyboard layouts in Windows 11
You know this pain when some random keyboard layout pops out in languages and spoils your day. So here are some tricks on how to fix it.
Continue readingUnable to promote a server to a domain controller
During one of the activities with the demo environment I faced an issue that I was unable to promote any server to DC, and was giving the errors:
ADPrep execution failed –> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Check the log files in the C:\Windows\debug\adprep\logs\20220518075032 directory for detailed information.
Error after completing configuration of the RD Connection Broker server for high availability with windows server 2019 and SQL 2016
I was set up high availability for brokers with 2019 windows server and faced this error:
Could not create the database <DatabaseName>. Please check that the broker server has access to the SQL server, the path for -DatabaseFilePath parameter exists and contains the SQL Server database file, the connection to SQL database is correct and SQL database is online. See the SQL Server and broker event log for more details.
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Create custom indexes for WSUS Database
The following steps should be used to create custom indexes in the SUSDB database. This is a one-time process, which is optional but recommended, as doing so will greatly improve performance during subsequent cleanup operations.
Continue readingFix WSUS Console Crash
The WSUS engine had crashed and it turns out the problem is it runs out of memory. Make sure your WSUS server had at least 8GB of memory then perform the following:
Continue readingExchange ActiveSync – HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
Basically, I was unable to add an exchange account to my phone.
I had this error from testconnectivity.microsoft.com – HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
How to fix WSUS clients when they are not reporting to the server
I had a situation when windows clients are not reporting in WSUS server. To fix it I’ve used this small script at the clients.
Continue readingDrag and drop is not working on Windows 10
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Outlook “The command line argument is not valid”
If you have these errors when you are trying to share the Excel or word file thought the Email:
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