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How to clear WSUS disk space
With thousands of updates released from Microsoft your WSUS disk space can get low pretty fast. To free up some WSUS disk space we can delete superseded updates that are not applicable and thus not...
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KB3159398 – MS16-072 Group Policy update issues
With the latest security update KB3159398 from Microsoft installed on our machines we have noticed that some of our group policies failed to apply. After this update Authenticated users group needs to...
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WSUS Error: Connection Error (Event ID:7053)
During the regular updates approval on WSUS, I have run into a WSUS error. We are using Windows Server 2012 R2 server with WSUS 3.0 environment. When I have tried to open the WSUS console I have...
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Event ID 7000 UAC File Virtualization error
You might notice Event ID 7000, Service Control Manager error in Event Viewer. The UAC File Virtualization service failed to start due to the following error: This driver has been blocked from loading....
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Printer properties grayed out
Some of our printers changed their location and we had to change IP addresses of the printers. Therefore, we just had to open Printer Properties and change the PORT IP address. Once I have opened the...
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Server login stuck at Applying Group policy, Symantec issue
We had huge issues with Citrix servers recently. The problem was related to users being unable to run Shared desktop from Citrix servers. We have noticed that many of our Windows Server 2008 R2...
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Cannot change Windows theme, grayed out
Our users reported that one of our Citrix shared desktop servers uses a classic theme. Upon investigation, I have noticed that themes on the server are grayed out and cannot be changed. The server was...
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Cannot access template. Error code = 3
One of our clients reported that newly created policies are not being applied on several member servers in a domain. I have run gpupdate /force command and checked logs on the server. I have discovered...
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An authentication error has occurred. The function requested is not supported
Another update from Microsoft brings a new set of issues in a corporate environment. Users started reporting errors when they have tried to connect to a remote computer via RDP. The error message says:...
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Cannot Add Office Administrative Templates on Windows Server 2012 R2
You might run into a problem when trying to Add administrative templates in GPO on Windows Server 2012 R2. After you have downloaded the administrative templates from Microsoft website and tried to add...
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WSUS Error: Connection Error
We started experiencing issues with the WSUS server recently. I wasn’t able to connect to the WSUS server using WSUS Administrative console. When I have tried to connect I got the following error...
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Group Policy not being applied
After a recent group policy change, I have noticed that new settings are not being applied to one of the servers. After some investigation, I have noticed that the SYSVOL folder is not syncing properly...
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How to grant non-admin users permissions for managing Scheduled Tasks
Following the tutorial on how to grant permissions for non-admin users to handle services on the server, here is the tutorial on how to grant non-admin users permission to handle scheduled tasks on the...
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Cannot change passwords through RDP connection
One of our clients reported a problem regarding the change of expired passwords through RDP connection. Some users are connecting to jump stations and they do not have any other access to local company...
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Cannot boot Windows Server after installing update 0Xc000021a
After installing updates on our Windows Server 2016 machines, one of our application services failed to start. Because of that reason we had to remove the installed Windows update. Unfortunately, after...
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.NET Framework 3.5 couldn’t be installed
Although Windows Server roles and features can be automatically installed from the Server Manager, some of those features require source files. For instance, when I’ve tried to install .Net Framework...
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How to transfer FSMO roles on Windows 2016 Server
In the following article, we will describe how to transfer FSMO roles on Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller using GUI (graphical user interface). FSMO abbreviation means Flexible Single Master...
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Licenses are not available for this Remote Desktop Session
With the installation of the new license server in our environment I have installed RDP licenses using RD Licensing manager. Strangely, some users started receiving licenses in their server sessions,...
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Please wait for the Windows Modules Installer
One of our Windows Server 2008 servers got stuck after rebooting displaying the following message: Please wait for the Windows Modules Installer We have tried to wait for a couple of hours, but the...
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How to configure time source (NTP server) for a PDC
In our environment with two Active Directory forests, we had to configure PDC’s from one domain to use PDC from another domain as a time source. I have tried to use the following command to set the...
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