Questions tagged [windows-server-2016]
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Successful Disabled/Anonymous Guest Login. What is this?
TLDR: Windows Server logs shows successful login with a disabled Guest account. Can someone explain this activity?
In our SIEM, I saw the following event below from our Windows 2016 Server (not a DC).
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Attached files from Outlook 2013/2019 on Windows Server 2016 are blocked when downloaded. "This file came from another computer..."
I have a virtual machine with W. Server 2016 Std. to which several users connect via RDP.
Some of these users are having problems downloading any type of attachments from Outlook; when they download a ...
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How to stop Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup?
I have a Windows Server 2026 that executes Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup now for more than one day.
This task is executed by TiWorker.exe. I read that it is not save to ...
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Windows Server 2016 slow boot (Over 15 minutes in Boot-PreSession Init-Phase)
we are currently having problems with an Windows Server 2016 who takes aproximate 20-30 minutes to boot. Most of the time the server is in the Boot Pre Session Init Phase and shows the following ...
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NTFS compression error on server 2016 with /EXE
I'm trying to transparently compress some files using the compact utility on my file server. These files are basically text backups, and compress easily at 10:1 or higher.
They are rarely read and ...
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Wsus client getting error 403 (0x80244018)
It's a couple of days that my clients can't download updates from my wsus server.
They control and find updates normally but when it comes to download them, they are all getting 403 error from the ...
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Fsutil usn queryJournal works on root (f:) volume but not on the child folders - Access denied
On windows server 2016 trying to execute
fsutil usn queryJournal f:\demo
but keep getting
Error: Access denied
However same command agains root volume f:
fsutil usn queryJournal f:
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Windows Server Essentials 2016 - how and when is the primordial pool created?
I have installed WSE 2016 to do client backups as a replacement for an old Windows Home Server. I started with one disk with a 120GB partition for the system and about 600GB for data. I now need to ...
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how to connect hyper-v management tool to a nested virtualization server which is a virtual machine
i am experimenting with nested virtualization in hyper-v, the setup is hyper-v windows server core virtual machine with a windows server core machine virtual machine inside it. while trying to connect ...
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Is Windows Server 2016 part of Internet Explorer Removal on Feb 14 2023
I have a machine running Windows Server 2016 and uses Internet Explorer. On February 14, 2023, will Internet Explorer be disabled/removed from this machine? If so, which update is being used? Thank ...
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VirtualBox “ failed to start the virtual machine because one of the hyper-v component is not running”
For my class I am running a Windows 2019 datacenter server with AD DS and Hyper-V. The goal is to create a windows 10 consumer virtual machine in hyper-v and start it, however it currently will not ...
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Tiny fonts on a Windows Server 2016 Standard Chrome file open dialog
I run an instance of Windows Server 2016 Standard inside a Hyper-V VM. All scaling, fonts and resolution looks fine across all apps, with 1 exception: Google Chrome's file browser dialog: the ...
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How to safely delete disk volumes on a RAID 5 logical disk in order to expand the C: volume?
Our small office has a RAID 5 server with 4 2TB disks using HPE S100i software RAID, running windows server 2016. The office files are just in the Shared folder of the C: volume, but for some reason ...
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How to allow Windows 10 standard users to run certain application as administrator?
We have windows server 2016, all clients are windows 10. We want to allow the users to run certain applications (for example OpenVPN, Chrome Browser) as admin, but other applications only as a ...
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Upgrade Windows Server 2016 Standard to 2019 Datacenter
I am trying to upgrade Windows Server 2016 Standard to 2019 Datacenter. As per what I google, I understood that this is not possible. The way to do it is first to upgrade to Windows Server 2019 ...
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Updating Policy Template in Windows Server 2016 to Include Relaxed Minimum Password Length Limits Feature
I'm working on a Windows Server 2016 AD server and noticed that the option to relax minimum password length limits is not available in the group policy editor. I understand that this feature is ...
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RemoteApp URL: TEL redirection to local computer
I am currently trying to diagnose why a program I use is unable to make use of soft-phone dialers. The application in use is a Published RemoteApp running (server side) on a Windows Server 2016 ...
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Force Install .NET 4.8.1 on Server 2016
Server 2016 supports .NET 4.8.0.
It does not support 4.8.1.
There are very few changes between 4.8.0 and 4.8.1, so I struggle to believe that this is a fundamental limitation and that 4.8.1 couldn't ...
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ActiveSync exception on Exchange 2016
On my exchange server with this info:
Exchange 2016 Version 15.1 (Build 2507.6)CU23 on
Windows Server 2016 (1607 Build 14393.5582)
In EventViewer I get error (Exception) from ASP.NET.
I run this two ...
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How to bypass error 0xC0000225 when installing Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
When booting from a Windows Server install DVD or flash drive made with Rufus selecting MBR, I see error 0xC0000225 before being able to select the locale and keyboard type.
My BIOS is not capable of ...
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Other Admins Editing my Task Scheduler Tasks [closed]
When I create a task in Windows Server 2016 Task Scheduler, it assigns authorship to me and looks like this:
Unfortunately, another admin named john_local is able to later change the User of the task ...
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How to close multiple tasks which remain suspended in the background regularly?
On one of the Windows server, I have multiple (100-350 instances) instance of a task left in suspended state which I want to kill automatically as they just eat ram and doesn't do anything. I also ...
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Why is Hyper-V freezing my host's networking when I run Server 2016 for a while?
I am trying to create a virtual home lab in Hyper-V for the purposes of self-education.
I have run into a problem with networking and I don't know how to diagnose or fix it.
Basically, I have Hyper-V ...
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Intel Core i3 10100 graphic driver in Windows Server 2016
The original driver is not compatible with Windows Server 2016.
How to fix this?
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Resource monitor missing services
I've got an issue with resource monitor on a Windows Server 2016.
When I open it, I can see the standard processes and they seem correct.
Unfortunately the services list shows 0% cpu usage all the ...
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Blocking Powershell with GPO
My manager has told me that they want Powershell to be executed only in servers with the admin account, so I created a GPO that blocks Powershell.exe and Powershell_ise.exe with "Don't run ...
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If possible how do you use a Tesla V100 on Windows Server 2016 for rendering in DX or OpenGL/gaming?
Our team has a Windows Server 2016 running multiple Tesla V100 (16GB). The GPUs are primarily used for machine learning tasks but now we need to do some "gaming" (it's actually a simulator ...
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OpenVPN Access Server is dangerously visible to everybody
I have an OpenVPN Access Server running on Hyper-V on a Windows Server with a static IP. It's purpose is to grant remote access to my network.
Now the Access Server is visible and accessible for ...
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How to fix the font sizes of DB browser for sqlite, which got tiny due to remote Windows server update?
Recently after an update in Windows server 2016 OS (64-bit), few apps font size went too tiny to be able to read. Currently my interest is for "DB browser for sqlite". Tried to fix it with ...
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AWS EC2 Windows server 2016 PPTP VPN not connecting because of GRE not allowed?
I have an EC2 instance of windows server 2016. I want to setup a PPTP VPN on it so I can access services and stuff in the domain controller.
I already setup the PPTP in the windows server, but I'm ...
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How can you allow executables from a trusted publisher to avoid UAC prompt?
Full disclosure - I am not a skilled developer.
However, I have built and properly signed a small application for a client in C# - signing it with a proper code-signing certificate from Sectigo, in ...
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How can I connect DBeaver to an oracle database running into a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V virtual machine?
I don't even know how to diagnose this problem. I've deactivated the firewall of the Windows Server 2016, I am connecting it to internet by an external virtual switch of Hyper-V. I can ping it ...
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Sync on-premises Active Directory to Office 365
I'm trying to find the correct way to sync new Active Directory accounts on an on-premises server to Office 365 for existing 365 accounts without breaking things. My attempts so far appear to cause ...
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Create External Connection from Azure to client on-premises network
I am new in Azure so i would like to know what is the best way to for below requirement:
I have an azure RDP server .
I have a client server (external company)
I need to create an RDP connection ...
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Why does it take so long for a Windows-Server 2016 machine to realise that a service has crashed and needs to be restarted?
I have installed a server application on a Windows-Server 2016 environment. During the last month, that application has crashed several times (for that matter, a StackOverflow question has been ...
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Missing Administrative Templates for Bitlocker
I have some laptops running 21H2 that we want to encrypt with bitlocker. The plan is to store the keys in AD. So I tested it on one computer and it worked.
However, when I went to set up the GPO to ...
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What's the sense of Windows Service Dependencies?
I have created a computer program, which I have installed as a Windows service, and I have added a dependency towards another Windows service, the "KEPServerEX 6.9 Runtime", as you can see ...
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Windows server manager got uninstalled after deactivating windows power shell ISE (Windows server 2016)
After removing Windows Powershell ISE feature, the server manager became unavailable until reenabling/activating Powershell ISE. any help on how to remove it without affecting server manager
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Grant Logon AS Batch using power shell script - Works fine if I ran it manually on windows server 2016 but fails when it is triggered from oneops
It creates tmp11.inf but its not exporting the user rights into tmp11.inf 0kb. Script fails at $currentConfig = Get-Content -Path $tempConfigFile since tmp11.inf is empty
I have added below line to ...
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How do I abort Windows signoff (while signing off)
During a maintenance task on our Windows 2016 server, something triggered the user from being signed off.
The problem is that this user is running business critical software (as user).
This software ...
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Can one crashing application cause another application to crash on a Windows Server 2016 machine?
On a Windows Server 2016 computer, there are some series of crashes, as described in Event log:
First crash: Notepad.exe
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: AppHangB1
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
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Prove which application is used for opening log files: assoc and ftype seem unreliable on Windows-10
My customer has a problem with logfiles, which become too large: on their PC (windows-Server 2016) Notepad.exe is used as the application for opening such files. I've altered this to Notepad++.exe, ...
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How can a Linux server update it's time using Windows Server NTP service?
I have a development server set up without connection to the Internet. (I update it using a makeshift http proxy only when required.) This afternoon, I realized that it's time was off of about 2 ...
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SCHTASKS.EXE works inconsistently
I created a task remotely on ServerB and ServerC from ServerA using a command like this.
SCHTASKS.exe /Create /S server /RU domain\user /RP "password" /SC ONCE /TN task /TR D:\scripts\script....
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Cannot delete files (on a ReFS volume, with leading and trailing periods)
I have a few thousand files (14,000) on my Windows machine, all named .TARDIRPERMS. that i cannot delete:
I can see them in Windows Explorer, and on the command line, but neither can delete the files....
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Cannot delete folder because it's not empty
I was trying to clean up the SoftwareDistribution folder on a virtualized server after some botched updates. Long story short - I now have a folder which seems to be empty but which I can't remove. ...
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Microservice HTTP port connection failure on Windows Server
We have written (in Go and Delphi) several Windows microservices, which respond to HTTP requests on specific ports in the 11000-12000 range. These are designed to run internally within the Domain or ...
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Consequences to manually adding a entry to `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall`
We have an application, lets call it 'App A', that when you run it checks the registry to see if another app, lets call it 'App B', is installed. It does this by searching HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...
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Install IIS Features on Windows offline without Powershell
As title. I have a problem with this because the targer server with OS is Windows Server 2016 Standard and connected only with intranet not to outside for some reason. That makes me unable to use ...
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Mouse Cursor Disappear While RDP
In our environment, users RDP to their company desktop through a remote desktop gateway. Occasionally, we heard users report to us that the mouse cursor disappeared while they were RDPing to the ...
