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).
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Renew MS Exchange Trusted Certificate
Here are steps I use to renew MS Exchange 2007 trusted Rapid SSL certificate:
- On the Exchange Server open IIS 7 Manager (Internet Information Services)
- Go to Server name > Server Certificates
- In Actions panel click on Create Certificate Request
- Fill all certificate request fields and save the request as request.txt file.
Common Name: full webmail URL
Cryptographic service provider: Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider
Bit Length: 2048
Configure DELL SonicWALL SSL-VPN (NetExtender)
Configuring SSL-VPN service on SonicWALL NSA 220 (Firmware v5.8.1.15)
- SSL VPN > Server Settings
- Enable SSL VPN for WAN zone. (WAN icon should turn green)
- Enable SSL VPN for WAN zone. (WAN icon should turn green)
Files disappearing from redirected folders in Windows 10 (DFS gone crazy)...
This was one of those head scratchers...
Decided to give Windows 10 a spin in business environment. Pretty standard setup - Windows Server 2008R2 domain, Windows 7 clients, users' Desktop, Document and Download folders redirected by Group Policy to a DFS share on a Windows Server 2012. Those redirected folders also have offline mode enabled.
Installed Windows 10 on one DELL machine and logged with a test account. To prevent clutter from previous projects being transferred, on a server created new empty structure for redirected folders.
Initially everything seemed OK - folders got redirected, all group policies applied correctly. Then I noticed something very unusual - whenever I create or copy any file to one of the redirected folders (Desktop, Documents, etc.), it immediately disappeared without any traces! Folders were unaffected.
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- Find out if your domain SYSVOL replication is run by FRS or DFS-R
- Pervasive SQL services don't start after server reboot
- Allow remote server reboot without admin rights
- Prevent Exchange users from sending rich text format messages
- Suppress "Welcome to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" message
- Windows Server 2012 - Domain network detected as Public
- GPO File Association fails with "0x80070005 Access is denied" error
- Use PowerShell to find out if user password expired
- Receive email notification when WAN link on SonicWALL firewall goes down
- Configure MS Exchange Web Access to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS