Windows Server Evaluation Extending & Converting
Server Evaluation Extending & Converting KB ID 0001879 Problem If you download and install Windows Server evaluation, you get 180 days grace to upgrade it to a full licensed version. Now the internet is awash with articles telling you how you can extend that – In fact you can extend it by 180 days a further SIX TIMES. But what they fail to tell you, is this only works if you DONT LET IT EXPIRE. Once you’ve breached the 180...
Domain Replication Issues – Fix Replication Issues
Fix Replication KB ID 0000301 Problem You have one or more domain controllers in your Windows domain that is not replicating to one or more replication partners. Fix Replication Issues: Solutions Fix Replication Issues Step 1 DNS First! Before you start make sure all the domain controllers are pointing the PDC emulator ONLY for their DNS settings. 1. On the PDC emulator > Start > run > dnsmgmt.msc {enter}. 2. Expand...
Windows 11 Unsupported CPU
Unsupported CPU KB ID 0001878 Problem I needed to upgrade a Windows 11 VM from 21H2 to 23H2, as is recommended I installed the PC Health Check, I was surprised to see this error. The processor isn’t currently supported for Windows 11. More about supported CPUs Processor Intel Xeon CPU E5-2650 v3 @ 2.4GHz I say surprised, because although this was a VMware virtual machine it was ultimately on a HPE DL360 Gen 9 – which is...
VMware vSphere Adding vTPM
vTPM KB ID 0001875 Problem I’ve been asked about this a couple of times in the past, back then my test bench was running a mix of ESX 6.7 and 6.5 so I could not test and document the process. Now Everything is running ESX 8.x I can test the procedure in anger. The reason is because I was met with this today. TPM 2.0 must be supported and enabled on this PC So what’s a TPM, and a vTPM and why is that important? Trusted...
Proxmox Windows Drive Missing
Proxmox Windows Drive Missing KB ID 0001871 Problem When attempting to deploy a Windows VM, in this case Server 2022, you do not see the local storage. Solution I’ve been in this situation a hundred times in the past, (usually on physical servers). The problem is simply Windows does not have the driver for the storage controller. There two ways you can approach the problem, Option 1: Proxmox Windows Drive Missing The...
Windows Create NFS Share
Windows Create NFS Share KB ID 0001869 Problem It has been a while since I mentioned this, but if you have a Windows server, and you would like to present an NFS Share, the process is pretty straight forward. The following procedure was carried out on Windows Server 2022, but the process is pretty much the same going all the way back to Server 2012. Solution : Windows Create NFS Share Install Server for NFS (GUI) You need to add the...
Exchange Size Limits
Exchange Size Limits KB ID 0001368 Problem When attempting to send an email from Outlook via Exchange, you see a message like the one below. The following files weren’t attached because adding them would cause the message to exceed the maximum size limit of {Size} MB: {File-Name} Or, when someone attempts to send a message to one of your mailbox users they get an NDR that looks like this. Remote Server returned ‘550 5.2.3...
Remove Failed DC from Active Directory
Remove Failed DC KB ID 0001860 Problem To remove a ‘dead’ domain controller from Active directory you need to perform a metadata cleanup. In the context of Microsoft’s Active Directory, metadata cleanup refers to the process of removing remnants of a failed or improperly demoted domain controller from the Active Directory database. Active Directory is a directory service that stores information about objects on a...
Migrate to Microsoft Entra Connect
Migrate to Microsoft Entra Connect KB ID 0001857 Problem You want to migrate from Microsoft Azure AD Connect to Microsoft Entra ID connect. Let me let you into a secret, (at time of writing) Entra ID connect and Azure AD connect ARE THE SAME THING, if you go to download Entra ID connect, the file you will download is called AzureADConnect.msi. So what you want to do is, upgrade Azure AD Connect. If your existing Azure AD connect is...
Microsoft Edge Notification?
Microsoft Edge Notification KB ID 0001855 Problem This is the second time I’ve had this problem, luckily it took me so long to figure it out the first time, this time I was fine. On my mac I use Edge as the browser for all the work applications. But when it had a notification for me like this. Despite my best efforts, it was not obvious what it was telling me. Solution: Microsoft Edge Notification Another clue is the...