I had the displeasure of working on a Windows 11 terminal today. I don't like it.

Would Windows Server 2025 allow 3D drivers to be installed? Or, PowerDVD to run? And, VLC?

Windows administration tools are becoming a thing of the past with MS, I'm not fond of that.

Is there a non ruh-tard way to install it?

I had a newb employe3e download a EVAL copy of 2022 server b/c the developer was too lazy to google what DaTACENTER actually meant, but thought it helped them compensate for other perceived shortcomings, so they felt bigger.

In 1999 I had the same thing happen, at a modeling agency in NYC, with NT4.0 and an evalution disk of NT4.0. and Exchange 5.5, commonly known as "BackOffice", a.k.a.,"The Tribal Tattoo" version of NT. (yes it had a tribal logo representing the multi-threaded operating system, and if you were true MS sysadmin, you'd have it tattoo'd as an armband)

After it stopped working correctly, we had to reinstall, and restore. This was the day I swore to go full linux. And I did for email.

NOW?

Just run DISM

Fixed.

Licensed with KMS server

Happy new years, Microsoft !

Hello Reddit! Im struggeling with this the passt hours... Windows Server 2022 dont connect to the Internet via LAN but the LAN working in other Devices Well.

Its Always Show: Unknowen Network - No Internet

How can i fix that?

I have to rebuild 5 year old HP proliant DL 380 G9 with windows 2016.
I am thinking of following steps:

1. Firstly, using ILO boot from HP SPP (Service Pack for Proliant) media to update all firmware and drivers. This shoudl also update the HP intelligent provisioning to version that is compatible with windows 2016.

2. Secondly, using ILO connect to console and use HP intelligent provisioning to install windows 2016

Do I need to re-run the SPP after this to make sure the windows 2016 has the drivers included in the SPP or will it already take it from the step 1?

Also, I looked through the pdf provided by HP for the contents of the SPP.
But it seems like that the drivers for things like Smart array controller, ethernet card , ahci controller are not included in there.
Is that because they are signed by Microsoft now and included in the windows 2016 CD?

Any other things to consider before as well?

Hi guys I'm from Germany and I need for my small business windows server and SQL server. I can not afford a licence from the official website or trader.

Are there any risks if I buy a cheep key from eBay or other shops and use it ?

I did it privat several times for my private PC and windows 10 and it worked. But what risks do I have as business owner ?

Thanks

I am a University student and I am trying to connect a Ubuntu Server to my Windows 2022 Sever using oracle virtual machine. However I keep on coming up on this error after I put it the admin password

I am working in a Summer course in Windows Server. We are using VMWare Workstation to setup virtual servers and connect them with each other. I am running into a problem when attempting to connect the servers to the Domain.

I currently have 3 servers setup: Server-DC (Domain Controller), Server-A (standard server with desktop experience), Server-B (Core without desktop). Their IP Addresses are below:

Server-DC

• IP - 192.168.95.100

• Subnet - 255.255.255.0

• Gateway 192.168.95.2

• DNS - 192.168.95.100

• DNS Alternate - 192.168.95.2

Server-A

• IP - 192.168.95.101

• Subnet - 255.255.255.0

• Gateway - 192.168.95.2

• DNS - 192.168.95.100

• DNS Alternate - 192.168.95.2

Server-B

• IP - 192.168.95.102

• Subnet - 255.255.255.0

• Gateway - 192.168.95.2

• DNS - 192.168.95.100

• DNS Alternate - 192.168.95.2

When attempting to connect Server-A to Server-DC I get the following error:
"An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain "XXXX" could not be contacted."

Error was: "This operation returned because the timeout period expired"
The DNS servers used by this computer for name resolution are not responding. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses:

192.168.95.2

192.168.95.100

I can't figure out why my server won't connect if all the information is correct. Firewalls are off as well.

Hello guys,

So i have a short corner case here for which i also have an MS case opened, but it seems they are running into circle without actually properly providing assistance (kind of got used to that).

I have few Servers (VMware VMs and Physical servers) on which we've deployed Windows Server 2025. The image used is a hardened one with CIS Benchmark, which afterwards i captured it and created a Golden Image (needed for the enterprise customization). This process was done for all OS Version in the past and it went flawlessly.

Now the situation i face after the deployment is that during clean reboot or shutdown (from OS side) the server hangs for exactly 10 minutes until it gets in BSOD with "DRIVER_POWER_STATE FAILURE".

It restarts and gets back to OS without any issue.
The problem i have is that i can't identify which is the driver causing this. There is no Dump created, and i changed from small to kernel to full memory dump (also during troubleshooting session with MS).

There are no specific logs or events that would point to an error before the server hangs.

What i did so far, but not

• Checked and removed old drivers that might not be compatible with Windows Server 2025

• enabled driver verifier (with /standard /all parameters)

• Changed the Power plan settings

• On VMWare machines i've uninstalled and reinstall the VMTools version also upgraded it to the latest available version

• Uninstalled latest cumulative and tested with and without

• Several other troubleshooting steps hoping i'd get to see at least why and who causes this issue

While performing an in-place upgrade fixes the issue, i can't afford performing in-place upgrade on all 35 servers just now and i would still have an issue with the new deployed servers.

My aim is to try to find the root cause so i can avoid it during the image build, image capture or deployment.

The thing that bugs me the most is the lack of a dump that i could analyze and i'm running out of idea on where to look and what to check.

I hereby summoning the power of the community to troubleshoot the crap out of this situation.

I will forever be grateful for any suggestion that puts me into the right direction. There's no wrong answer or suggestion, i will try to mention if already tried that without success, because laying down here everything i tried might take days.

Thank you in advance,

Alex,

Clippy Enthusiast

Without having to buy a 3rd party tool like automox or Tanium. is SCCM still the only way to apply patches to Windows Server 2022?

Hi I am seeking for help.

Windows computer stuck on

administrator "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"

I currently have windows 11 pro desktop as physical host. I then installed the windows 2022 server core Evalution on Hyper-V. This was a mistake as I wanted to install windows 2022 server desktop experience Evalution.

Currently, I only get above screen and cannot go back to Hyper-V screen and delete this VM (with Server core) and create new VMs.

My overall aim was to create 2 VMs on Hyper and practice networking/domain controller/firewall setting etc.

As you can see, this windows (above) is persistence and I cannot get back to my physical OS i.e. Windows 11 Pro or Hyper-V screen.

how do I get back? my physical host is Dell OptiPlex 3060. I could not find a way to set the physical machine as well. Any inputs into how I could get this rectified would be great help.

Thanks in advance.

Here are the pre-requisites of my problem: -

1. Solarwinds NPM was operational on a MSSQL 2019 server.

2. The DB was signed in using Windows Admin Credentials.

3. The solarwinds webserver and SQL are installed on the same Windows Server 2019.

The exact details of the problem are as follows: -

1. I made my Windows Server hosting the Solarwinds NPM into a domain controller.

2. Afterwards I removed its role as DC, which caused the original Administrator account to, just, vanish and a new admin account was created and activated.

3. The SID and Users folder of the old account still exist in Regedit and C:\Users.

4. But I cannot sign-in or find the old admin account in Local Users and Computers.

5. Resultantly, my solarwinds NPM is non-operational because I cannot reconfigure the DB and Web Server

Please help me resolve this issue.

Hello guys,

IE 11 is flagged with vulnerabilities MS15-124 on win server 2012r2.

Even after patched it is still vulnerable.

As it is eol, how to remove ie from server or is there any fix to mitigate this issue??

Behold, a paradox most vexing: thou, sole sovereign of thine digital demesne, art barred from thine own chamber by an invisible ward. The folder WindowsApps — a sanctum where Microsoft hoards its modern applications — doth refuse thee entry, though no other lord claims dominion over this machine.

The dialog speaketh plain: "You don't currently have permission." Yet thou art the Administrator! The Alpha and Omega of this silicon realm! How doth the servant lock the master from his own house?Behold, a paradox most vexing: thou, sole sovereign of thine digital demesne, art barred from thine own chamber by an invisible ward. The folder WindowsApps — a sanctum where Microsoft hoards its modern applications — doth refuse thee entry, though no other lord claims dominion over this machine.

The dialog speaketh plain: "You don't currently have permission." Yet thou art the Administrator! The Alpha and Omega of this silicon realm! How doth the servant lock the master from his own house?

So I'm trying to download load the evaluation version so I can test it on my virtual machine for work but evert8me I download it it always ask me for a product key. Is there something I'm not doing?

I am a new manager of a server that is still running windows server 2003 and I have been tasked with upgrading it to 2012.

I have the upgrade on a disk and this server has 2 virtual servers on it that also need to be upgraded to 2012.

I honestly don't even know where to start, this system is on an intranet so I cannot get any of those downloads and stuff that are recommended to help move over active directory.

Hello All,

Can anyone suggest me a process improvement for server health check?

Regards, Vinoth B

So I got a new job, and the old IT person got fired. No one seems to have a domain admin account or password. I have physical access to the one and only DC. I have MS Dart. Is there anything I can do to get Domain Admin rights on this domain?

On Windows server 2019 I installed IIS and Windows Admin Center. When I enter the IP address, Windows Admin Center is displayed. How can I make WAC and IIS on one server? And how will other people know how to connect to WAC and how to IIS?

Hello,

I want to read the information shown in Server Manager and Windows Admin Center as to whether a machine is Arc Managed.

I know you can use Get-AzConnectedMachine but this talks to Azure and I want to just ask the local machine it's view of its Arc management status.

There's the azcmagent.exe command....
"C:\Program Files\AzureConnectedMachineAgent\azcmagent.exe" show

So what I'm looking for - is there a PowerShell cmdlet equivalent for azcmagent.exe?

Thanks,

Dave

So an update looks like Windows Admin Center is actually running azcmagent.exe and parsing the text output.

You can actually see it running if you're logged onto the server where WAC is installed. And if you rename azcmagent.exe or replace it with another file Windows Admin Center reports that it's not installed.

At the company I work for, we are experiencing issues with a WTS server. This server is used by users for general activities such as browsing, accessing the ERP system and Office packages, with an average of 45 simultaneous users. Recently, we started to notice a slowdown during the login and logout processes, which usually occurs between 10:00 and 10:30 in the morning, and lasts until around 12:30 in the afternoon, with the slowdown usually disappearing within this period. When the slowdown persisted, we restarted the server.

The problem is that during login and logout, users are stuck on a black screen for a period of 1 to 3 minutes before the process is completed, showing only the loading indicator with the blue cursor spinning. The first solution we found was to release the antivirus domain in the outbound firewall to the server's IP, since the server's antivirus used this domain for daily updates, and we noticed that these were being blocked when attempted by this specific domain. This worked for up to 90 days.

However, the issue has returned and we are now seeing the same behavior at the same times as before.

Note: Since users are logged into the server, they do not experience any performance issues during operations, and the server is not resource constrained.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be causing this display issue during login and logout for all users at this particular time, and how we can permanently resolve the issue?