Tag: Windows 11

Mitigate Veeam Threat Hunter Service Scanning Interference

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Mitigate Veeam Threat Hunter Service Scanning Interference

According to Veeam, the new Veeam Threat Hunter service scanning process might be interrupted by existing antivirus software on mount hosts. To prevent interference from security software, the following folder should be excluded on all Mount Servers. As you can see, they have recommended the exclusion of the folder “Threat Hunter”. Therefore, in this article, I…

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Windows Server

Get MBAM BitLocker Recovery Keys from Microsoft SQL Server

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Get MBAM BitLocker Recovery Keys from Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) provides a simplified administrative interface that you can use to manage BitLocker Drive Encryption. Therefore, customers find this solution very useful for managing client PCs with BitLocker that are domain-joined on-premises. In this article, we shall discuss how to Get MBAM BitLocker Recovery Keys from Microsoft SQL Server. Please…

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Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically on Windows

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Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically on Windows

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform that helps teams stay connected across devices on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. In this article, we shall discuss how to Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically on Windows. Please see How to schedule and join meetings with Microsoft Teams, Veeam Backup Deployment options for Microsoft 365 Data, and…

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Install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 11

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Install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 11

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server. In this guide, we shall discuss the steps to install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 11. Because these steps have…

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Sign-in options for Windows: Ditch Password for Enhanced Security

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Sign-in options for Windows: Ditch Password for Enhanced Security

In this article, we shall discuss “Sign-in options for Windows: Ditch Password for Enhanced Security”. Since I will be publishing a guide on how to setup the revamped Windows Hello available in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27754 (Canary Channel). This will also be available starting in Windows 24H2. I will therefore focus on Windows…

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Fast Boot Options: Fix specific Drive issue with BitLocker [MBAM]

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Fast Boot Options: Fix specific Drive issue with BitLocker [MBAM]

Dell Fast Boot is a feature that minimizes the startup time of your system. It does this by bypassing certain POST (Power-On Self-Test) checks during boot. Depending on your Dell system model, you can configure it through the BIOS/UEFI firmware interface. In this article, we shall discuss “Fast Boot Options: Fix specific Drive issue with…

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SSD TRIM: Delete files permanently without using the Recycle Bin

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SSD TRIM: Delete files permanently without using the Recycle Bin

TRIM is a command that enhances the efficiency and longevity of solid-state drives (SSDs). It does this by enabling the operating system to communicate directly with the drive regarding unused or obsolete data blocks. In this article, we shall discuss “SSD TRIM: Delete files permanently without using the Recycle Bin”. Here is how to Fix…

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How to uninstall Hyper-V on a Windows PC

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How to uninstall Hyper-V on a Windows PC

In the last article, we discussed how to “Run Hype-V on Windows 11 and Install Windows OS via PXE Boot“. This can be done in many ways including using the Windows control panel, PowerShell or using the Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management tool (DISM). But in this article, we shall discuss How to uninstall Hyper-V on…

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Virtualization, Windows

How to configure SSL for WAMP server

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How to configure SSL for WAMP server

The WAMP server (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) is a software stack designed to create a local development environment on Windows. It bundles “Apache”, a web server to host websites and applications, “MySQL”: A”, a relational database management system for managing data, and “PHP/Python/Perl”, a programming languages for server-side scripting. In this short article, we shall…

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Windows Server

Fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out

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Fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out

Recently, I wanted to upgrade my Configuration Manager from the evaluation version to a full version, but I was unable to due to the following error discussed in this article. Therefore, we will fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out. Please see how to Fix Keep personal files and apps option greyed…

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Windows Server

Run Hype-V on Windows 11 and Install Windows OS via PXE Boot

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Run Hype-V on Windows 11 and Install Windows OS via PXE Boot

In this article, we shall discuss the steps on how to run Hype-V on Windows 11 and Install Windows OS via PXE Boot. The Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) allows seamless access to the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) over the network. This enables efficient deployment and troubleshooting without requiring local installation media. Please see AADSTS50020: User…

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How to Install OpenSSL on Windows Computers

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How to Install OpenSSL on Windows Computers

In this article, we shall discuss how to Install OpenSSL on Windows Computers. OpenSSL is an open-source command-line tool that is used to generate the SSL certificate and private key and is available in both versions 32 and 64 bit. Please see How to fix Windows Update Fails with Error 0x80092004, how to Fix the…

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Windows, Windows Server

How to fix Windows Update Fails with Error 0x80092004

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How to fix Windows Update Fails with Error 0x80092004

In this article, we shall discuss the fix to Windows Update Fails with Error 0x80092004 (Windows Update Logs in Windows: 2023-KB5022498 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10 failed)”. We can unravel more information from the Windows Event Log. Windows Events provides a standard, centralized way for applications (and the operating system)…

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Windows, Windows Server