Windows – Firewall Group Policy
May01

Windows – Firewall Group Policy

  Firewall Group Policy KB ID 0000979  Problem For everyone who simply does not disable the Windows firewall, then you need to be able to manage what ports are open on your machines. The simplest way to do this is via firewall group policy. This week I had to open TCP port 9503 on the local firewall of my McAfee Move Offload Servers. Below I will open that port on all my machines, but in production I will only apply the GPO to...

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Server Manager Error
Apr16

Server Manager Error

 Server Manager Error KB ID 0001915 Problem I needed to add a role to a Window server today, but when I attempted to do so I got the following error. The request to list features available on the specified server failed. Solution : Server Manager Error This one had me perplexed for a while, I close this dialog box and was looking at Server manager and noticed there was an error ‘large red flag’ so I clicked that and got...

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Updating Domain Computer Objects with Last Logon and Machine Information
Apr09

Updating Domain Computer Objects with Last Logon and Machine Information

Last Logon KB ID 0001340  Problem I can’t really take the credit for this, I was at a client’s site a few weeks ago, and they were doing this. I thought ‘That’s cool, I’ll have a play with that when I get the chance”. Essentially, you update the description of the Computer object(s) in AD so that they list; The last user who logged on. What time they logged on. What AD ‘Site’ the machine...

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Remote Desktop Services – Connection Errors (RDP Errors)
Mar07

Remote Desktop Services – Connection Errors (RDP Errors)

 RDP Errors KB ID 0001132   Below is not an exhaustive list of connection errors, it’s just a some things that have tripped me up. If you have a nasty error that you have fixed, feel free to drop me a line, send me some screenshots and the fix, and I’ll add them as well. RDP Errors: General Errors RDP An internal Error Has Occurred This is seen a lot on Windows 11, it’s because of a bug where RDP fails back to use UDP for...

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How to track failed logon attempts in Active Directory
Jan23

How to track failed logon attempts in Active Directory

Track failed logon  KB ID 0001209  Problem If a large number of failed logon attempts occur within a certain period of time, it could be an indication of a security threat, which is why it is important that organisations have a proactive means of auditing and monitoring whenever this happens. There are a number of ways you can perform this audit, one of which is using the native tools. Here, we will take you through the steps so that...

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Enable Javascript
Jan18

Enable Javascript

Enable Javascript  KB ID 0001133  Problem I had just built a Windows Server server, and needed to download some updates. When I went to Microsoft to get them This is what I got; Javascript is disabled Please enable javascript and refresh the page. The message “JavaScript is disabled. Please enable JavaScript and refresh the page.” usually appears on websites that require JavaScript to function properly. Here’s how to...

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