Working with Windows Update Automatic Update (WSUS) is not a relatively easy task, for ease of troubleshooting and fixing updates errors, there is a need to know a bunch of useful commands such as the WAUACLT, PowerShell, and USOClient. Please see How to disable Ads in Windows 11, How to apply Windows Updates with PowerShell,…
Windows Server Update Services (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. For more articles I have written, see the following links: Configuring…
System Insights is a new feature available in the Windows Server 2019 and it brings local predictive analytics capabilities natively to Windows Server. These predictive capabilities are leveraged by the machine-learning model which locally analyses Windows Server system data, such as performance counters and events, providing high-accuracy predictions. This helps reduce the operational expenses associated…
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By default, PowerShell prevents the execution of scripts on Windows systems. The PowerShell execution policy actively controls the conditions under which it loads configuration files and runs scripts as a security feature. In this guide, you will learn how to set Execution Policy via Windows PowerShell. Please see How to install and update PowerShell version…
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MMC is a component of Windows 2000 and its successors that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system. You use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to create, save and open administrative tools, called consoles, which manage the hardware, software, and network components of your Microsoft Windows operating system. MMC runs on…
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Sysinternals Tools are free and widely used by IT Administrators as they are handier than the built-in Windows Tools. With these tools, IT administrators no longer need to struggle to manage desktops because of the insufficient capabilities of Windows-native tools. In this article, I will show you how to Download and use Windows Sysinternals Tools…
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AutoLogon provides the means to configure Windows built-in auto logon. Here, the user does not need to enter his username and password. The systems (windows) automatically make use of the credentials entered in the AutoLogin. This is worth noting that this is encrypted in the Registry. In this guide, we shall discuss how to Enable…
With Hyper-V checkpoints, you can quickly restore a VM to the state when the checkpoint was created. However, this is completely different from restoring a VM from a backup. In this article, we shall discuss how to use “Hyper-V checkpoint to restore a VM to its previous state”. Please see How to create a Microsoft HyperV checkpoint, the differences…
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In this guide, I will be showing you how to fix “the following error occurred attempting to rename the computer Account already exists”. An Active Directory (AD) domain is basically the same as an Internet domain. It “defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, and control” for a group of computers. Please how to fix “The logon attempt failed for the…
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Assigned Access Configuration Service Provider (CSP) is an interface to read, set, modify, or delete configuration settings on the device. These settings map to registry keys or files and this is used to set the device to run in kiosk mode. In this article, we shall discuss “Single App Kiosk setup using a Local Account…
In this article, you will learn about “Application User Model ID: How to find the AUMID of an installed UWP App”. I wrote this article simply because I needed to get the AUMID of an Application needed for kiosk mode setup. Follow the steps discussed below to achieve this. Please see How to add WhatsApp…
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In this article, we shall discuss how to fix unable to create a new VM on HyperV. Hyper-V is a virtualization platform from Microsoft that enables you to create and manage virtual machines (VMs) on a physical server. It is widely used in enterprise environments for consolidating workloads, testing, and running multiple operating systems on…
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To boot a virtual machine (VM) using PXE boot, the VM has to support an emulated Legacy Network Adapter. Follow the steps below to perform this. Please see “Generation 2 VM deployment of Windows Server 2019, how to set up a Generation 2 VM via PXE boot, how to set up a Generation 1VM via PXE boot, and…
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