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Updating Group Policy .admx template files with Windows 10 (1607) specific settings

New Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) and Windows Server 2016 group policy templates (.admx and .adml) can be download from Microsoft (Windows Server 2016 ADMX.msi package). Install the downloaded .msi package on a client PC and all the template files will be copied to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Group Policy\Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016\PolicyDefinitions folder.

Read more: Updating Group Policy .admx template files with Windows 10 (1607) specific settings

Symantec Backup Exec agent install error - Microsoft VC++ Redistributables

Issue

Symantec Backup Exec 15 agent manual installation on Windows Server 2003 R2 fails with following error:


Microsoft VC++ Redistributables (x86) Installation failed.

Read more: Symantec Backup Exec agent install error - Microsoft VC++ Redistributables

Cannot start IIS website - Exception from HRESULT: 0X80070020

Issue

Cannot start IIS 10 site on Windows 10 Pro. Following error message is displayed when trying to start the website:

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070020)

Read more: Cannot start IIS website - Exception from HRESULT: 0X80070020

WindowsUpdate.admx on Server 2012 (Windows 10 upgrade pop-ups on domain PCs)

After widespread criticism of unusually aggressive push to upgrade consumers to Windows 10, Microsoft decided that this was not enough and announced that very soon domain joined PCs will start "enjoying" similar notifications / adverts. In order to get these notifications, domain-joined PCs must meet following requirements:

  • Be running Windows 7 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro OS. Enterprise versions of Windows are not eligible for free Windows 10 upgrade.
  • Receive updates directly from Windows Update (not from WSUS).

Most of businesses I support receive updates from WSUS, so this in not a concern for them. However, there is one very small office running Windows Server 2012 Foundation, and their PCs receive updates directly from Windows Update (WSUS is not even available in Foundation). 

Read more: WindowsUpdate.admx on Server 2012 (Windows 10 upgrade pop-ups on domain PCs)

  1. Renew MS Exchange Trusted Certificate
  2. Configure DELL SonicWALL SSL-VPN (NetExtender)
  3. Files disappearing from redirected folders in Windows 10 (DFS gone crazy)...
  4. Find out if your domain SYSVOL replication is run by FRS or DFS-R
  5. Pervasive SQL services don't start after server reboot
  6. Allow remote server reboot without admin rights
  7. Prevent Exchange users from sending rich text format messages
  8. Suppress "Welcome to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" message
  9. Windows Server 2012 - Domain network detected as Public
  10. GPO File Association fails with "0x80070005 Access is denied" error

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