Audit GPO Changes
Audit GPO Changes KB ID 0001920 Problem If you are reading this your either replanning ahead (bravo!) or there’s been an incident that you are concerned about. If that is the case its important to remember that “you cannot audit retrospectively”* *Note: you can find out when GPOs were altered, but not by whom, with some simple PowerShell i.e. Get-GPO -All | Select-Object DisplayName, ModificationTime Group Policies are...
Kodi Screen Resolution (Changing)
Kodi Screen Resolution KB ID 0001919 Problem I’ve used Kodi for years as my media library of choice, usually installed on a Firestick. Every so often, I have to reinstall it or set up a new Firestick, and each time the screen is slightly too small for the image that’s presented by default (i.e. the menus and edges of the screen cannot be seen). Every time I Google this, I find forum posts going back years, with people...
Server 2025 Network Profile Wrong After Reboot
2025 Network Profile KB ID 0001918 Problem If you have a domain controller running Windows server 2025 you may find that after a reboot the network profile changes from Domain to Public. This can cause a myriad of problems. 2025 Network Profile Group Policy Failures Symptoms: Group Policy Objects (GPOs) may fail to apply or update. Reason: The system doesn’t recognize it’s part of a domain, so it won’t retrieve policies from the...
Windows Server 2025 Trust Relationship Failures Post-Upgrade
2025 Trust Relationship KB ID 0001917 Problem Following a full upgrade of all domain controllers (DCs) to Windows Server 2025, organisations may experience trust relationship failures between domain-joined workstations and the domain. This issue predominantly affects clients running Windows 10/11 versions up to 23H2. Notably, environments retaining at least one older DC do not encounter this problem. Symptoms Users unable to log in to...
Windows 11 Bypass Microsoft Account Requirement
Bypass Microsoft Account Requirement KB ID 0001916 Problem Microsoft have been pushing for you to have a Microsoft account to login to windows for some time, originally you could open a shell window and use the oobe\bypassnro command, then they stopped that, but you could still add a registry key to bypass the requirement. But now there’s a much simpler way. Solution : Bypass Microsoft Account Requirement Some site...