Sometimes, you may encounter a situation where you cannot stop a Windows service through the usual means because the start, stop, pause, and resume options are all grayed out in the Services application. This can happen when a process associated with the service becomes unresponsive. In this detailed guide, we will explore a method of…
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In this article, you will learn how to Fix Audio Services Not Responding on Windows 10 and 11. The Windows sound troubleshooter, which is usually run when you have problems with your sound devices, gives the error “Audio services not responding.” This error usually means that your sound device is in a state where it…
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For critical production servers and services, monitoring is very critical. One is to get notified about issues immediately and the second is to resolve quickly hence not affecting SLA. Here, I will be showing you the steps employed in monitoring services using Zabbix, a basic Zabbix template, and very easy Linux commands. Please see PC…
Active Directory communication involves the following ports and as a system administrator, you must be familiar with some of the following ports already. In this article, we will discuss the Service and Network Port requirements for Active Directory. You may want to see the following related guides: Pass-Through Authentication with on-Premise AD, reasons to deploy AAD, Microsoft Azure Active…
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A service principal name (SPN) is a unique identifier of a service instance. SPNs are used by Kerberos authentication to associate a service instance with a service logon account. This allows a client application to request that the service authenticate an account, even if the client does not have the account name.In this article, we shall discuss…
Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a really interesting tool from Microsoft. In this article, we shall discuss “How to deploy images to computers using PXE Boot”. WDS allows an administrator to remotely deploy Windows operating systems to machines booting from a network adapter. Please see how to Add boot and install images to WDS and…
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Windows administrative tools are built-in and downloadable features for advanced users and system administrators to monitor and configure individual and network devices. Windows Administrative Tools are available for systems administrators wanting more insight into device settings, or to configure policies for a given device. Kindly refer to these related guides: How to enable automatic logon on Windows…
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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS): WSUS previously known as Software Update Services (SUS), is a computer program and network service developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates and hotfixes released for Microsoft products to computers in a corporate environment. Please see How to disable unused Cisco Access Ports, Windows…
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Services in the Windows OS are background processes that usually require no user interaction and is similar to a UNIX daemon process. Services provide core operating system features, such as Web serving, event logging, file serving, printing, cryptography, and error reporting. In this article, we will discuss how to query or stop and delete a…
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Automate the process of applying Windows Updates from WSUS to multiple servers on AWS using RunCommand. Streamline your update management effortlessly. After having updates pushed to all servers from WSUS, in order to avoid the manual operation of installing updates, we can automate this process to a whole lot of servers on AWS using the…
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In the corporate realm, the WSUS Update Services Console plays a pivotal role. Formerly recognized as Software Update Services (SUS). In this article, we shall discuss how to Fix WSUS Clients appear then disappear in the console. For more articles I have written, see the following hyperlinks: Configuring WSUS Email Notification to Work With Office365,…
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Configuring WSUS Email Notifications ensures effective communication. It’s a powerful way to inform subscribers about changes or updates to a website or service alongside push notifications. For related content, see these guides, Windows Server Update Services Commands, WAUACLT, PowerShell, and USOClient. How to Start, Stop, and Restart Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) via PowerShell and…
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