When expanding the disk size of a VMWare virtual machine or deleting a disk, sometimes it is hard to understand which VMware virtual disk matches the specific Windows VM disk.…
Windows Server 2016
- Active DirectoryWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Unable to Access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders from Windows 10
May 10, 2023I noticed some strange things when trying to access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders in the domain from Windows 10/Windows Server 2016. When I tried to access the domain by the…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Mirror (RAID1) Boot GPT Hard Drive on Windows 10/ Server 2016?
April 19, 2023In this article we‘ll show you how to create a software mirror (RAID1) from two GPT disks with Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 installed for UEFI. We’ll consider a full-featured BCD…
A Windows administrator can use the good old Dnscmd cli tool or DNSServer module for PowerShell to manage DNS zones and records. In this article we’ll cover the basic operations…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2016
Transferring/Seizing FSMO Roles to Another Domain Controller
March 15, 2024In this article, we’ll consider how to find domain controllers with FSMO roles in Active Directory, how to transfer one or more FSMO roles to another (additional/secondary) domain controller, and…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Fixing Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Error with Event ID 8193
February 5, 2020The monitoring system on one of my servers running Windows Server 2016 started sending multiple messages of the Volume Shadow Copy Service error with the Event ID 8193 and VSS…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Using PortQry to Check TCP/UDP Open Ports (Port Scanner)
March 17, 2024Windows has many tools for diagnosing problems in TCP/IP networks (ping, telnet, pathping, etc.). But not all of them allow you to conveniently check the status or scan opened network…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
The Disk is Offline Because of Policy Set by an Administrator
June 7, 2022On one of the servers running Windows Server 2016, an additional disk (not a system one) connected as a SAN LUN over FC gets offline after each restart of the…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Managing Windows 10 Start Menu Layout and Taskbar Pin Apps With GPO
November 19, 2019In the Active Directory domain, you can centrally manage and customize Start Menu and Taskbar Layout on Windows 10 users’ computers using Group Policy. This allows you to assign the…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Fix RDP Connection Error ‘CredSSP Encryption Oracle Remediation’
July 23, 2024The “CredSSP encryption oracle remediation” error when connecting to the remote computer’s desktop over RDP indicates that the remote host (most likely) or your computer is missing a security update…