Windows Server
All pages referring or tutorials for Windows Server.
Fixing CVE-2026-41089 on Windows Server
Sunday, May 17, 2026 in Windows Server
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5 minute read
How would an attacker be able to use this? An attacker would send specially crafted Netlogon requests to a vulnerable server. By manipulating the way the Netlogon service processes these requests, the attacker may be able to trigger remote code …
Active Directory FSMO roles
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 in Windows Server
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4 minute read
What are the FSMO roles of Active Directory? FSMO stands for Flexible Single Master Operations. Active Directory is normally multi-master, meaning changes can be made on any domain controller. However, some operations must be handled by one specific …
Managing Hyper-V server without Active Directory
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 in Windows Server
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4 minute read
When you use Hyper-V server, you want to manage this with the management tools. However, by default Hyper-V only allows connections from domain-joined machines by design because of security and trust reasons. We can bypass this requirement by …
How to repair faulty Windows in 5 steps
Saturday, August 17, 2024 in Windows Server
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6 minute read
Windows and Windows Server installations can in some rare cases become unstable after failed updates, corrupted system files, missed backups disk issues or unexpected shutdowns. In my experience, Windows Client systems are less stable than Windows …
Migrate Group Policies to a new server or domain like a pro
Wednesday, August 07, 2024 in Windows Server
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3 minute read
Once in a while, we as IT administrators need to export and import our Group Policies of Windows Server to another server. Sometimes to copy a great policy you’ve built, or to migrate a customer to a new server. By default, the only option …
Windows Server Backup Retention
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in Windows Server
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2 minute read
For more information about the wbadmin tool, see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/wbadmin The Script With this small script based on wbadmin we can remove old backups while keeping the last 30 items …
Change Evaluation version to Standard/Datacenter version
Wednesday, May 03, 2023 in Windows Server
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2 minute read
When you install a fresh Windows Server installation from a .iso file, it will be installing the OS as a Evaluation version. When you want to activate the installation with a key you need to rebuild the OS and set the edition to Standard. Microsoft …