What GPO are Applied?
What GPO KB ID 0001898 Problem There are a number of reasons for you to test and demonstrate group policy application. Recently on Experts Exchange there was a question. where a user could not add a printer because those settings were “Controlled by their organisation’ but was pretty sure no printer GPOs were applied. Or you may simply be setting up a new GPO and it’s not applying, or not working as you would expect....
Windows 11 – Remove Search Adverts
‘Remove Search Adverts KB ID 0001897 Problem Why this has to be a ‘thing’ in a business version of Windows I’m not really sure, but if you want to remove these adverts from the Windows Search function. They are called ‘Search Highlights’ or ‘Dynamic Search Box’. Solution: Remove Search Adverts Option 1 Remove Search Adverts with Domain Group Policy In a domain envronment we can simply...
Microsoft Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
BSOD KB ID 0001882 Problem Recovering from a Microsoft Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) involves several steps to diagnose and resolve the issue. Here is a systematic approach to help you recover from a BSOD. Solution : BSOD Resolution. Note: If using Crowdstrike (18th Jul 2024) or you’re Stuck at the recovery screen. The problem is being worked on Ref: TEMPORARY WORK AROUND Boot Windows into Safe Mode or WRE. Go to...
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...
C0090016 Error
C0090016 Error KB ID 0001848 Problem C0090016 Error usually seen after a motherboard has been changed. when attempting to open an office 365 application, or something that requires Entra ID authentication. Something went wrong. Your computers Trusted Platform Module has malfunctioned. If this error persists, contact your system administrator with the error code C0090016. Error Code: C0090016 Server Message: Unknown Error Code...