Disabling IPv6
Disabling IPv6 KB ID 0001832 Problem Stop! Why do you want to disable IPv6? I see this regularly in forums, with other unusual statements like “If you’re not using it disabling it” or “It’s just another attack vector, disable it.” Well unless you’re running Windows XP and Server 2012 you’re using IPv6. If something does not work and disabling IPv6 fixes it, then it’s usually...
Windows Remote VPN no DNS
VPN no DNS KB ID 0001402 Problem I’ve been setting up a VPN solution on the test bench as I’m looking at Always On VPN. When I noticed that I had a problem with my remote VPN connections on Windows. They would connect fine but I could not resolve any FQDNs for my domain? VPN no DNS Solution By default, all (Windows) VPN connections are ‘Force Tunnel’ (this means they have the option ‘Use default gateway...
NameSpace ‘Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore’ Error
Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore KB ID 0001817 Problem While working in the Group Policy Management tool, upon expanding administrative templates I got this error. Namespace ‘Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore’ is already defined as the target namespace for another file in the store. Solution: Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore Error This is because in your policy definitions there are two (four actually) files that are pointing...
Disable LLMNR and NetBIOS (via GPO)
Disable LLMNR and NetBIOS KB ID 0001816 Problem LLMNR is a protocol that’s used both in IPv4 and IPv6 networks to provide name resolution (in the absense of DNS), the problem with it is that it is wide open to exploitation and can be used to perform a MITM attack on your network. NetBIOS is much older and asscociated with IPv4 networks only. Really old Microsoft OSs used to rely on it heavily, but these days its pretty much...
Upgrade Server 2012 (In Place)
Upgrade Server 2012 KB ID 0001802 Server 2012 End Of Life Windows Server 2012 (and Windows Server 2012 R2) will go end of life on October 10th 2023. Start planning to migrate your productions workloads off this platform as soon as you can. I’ve mentioned before on the site, I’m not a fan of ‘in place’ upgrades, you get to migrate all the ‘broken bits’ (that you didn’t realise were broken), and...
Windows Update Error 80072EFE
80072EFE Error KB ID 0001801 Problem Seen on versions of Windows built from ‘older’ versions of the install media, when attempting to check for updates you may see. Error(s) food: Code 80072EFE Windows update ran into a problem 80072EFE Update Error Resolution At first (because it was a newly build machine.) I thought the problem was incorrect Time zone, Time, or Locale. But thats NOT the problem, you’re stuck in a...