Unable to run post Installation task for wsus
Hi, I have Server 2019 Std SQL 2019 STD with CU 20 When I run Post installation task for WSUS its keep failing with below error 2023-05-19 15:42:43 Postinstall started 2023-05-19 15:42:43 Detected role services: Database, UI, Services 2023-05-19…

How to use DHCP name protection in dual stack network
Hi, we are using Windows DHCP server for a dual stack network. Name protection is configured and works well, except for one small thing: The non-windows machines have only one DNS record either A or AAAA but not both. If the machine registers first the…
Which plan to use for on-demand AV scan on the provided file in on-premises server?
Hi, We have an on-premisis web application which sends a file to AV to scan for malware detection and get result. Which option would be best for us among Windows Defeneder & Windows Defender for Endpoint plans? If we choose windows defender for…
HTML Email Styles Not Applied When Sending to Gmail Using Exchange 2016
I am experiencing an issue when sending HTML emails to Gmail using Exchange 2016 (Build 15.1). The styles defined in the HTML body are not being applied to the email received. However, when I use Exchange 2019 (Build 15.2), the styles are correctly…
Hyper-V on win 2019 service does not start automatically after last windows update
Hi, I have a win 2019 which was updated last week as usual by windows update "2025-02 CU win 2019 1809 x64-based systems KB50502000. On my desktop, when I usaually fire Hyper-V manager, it connects directly to the server but after rebooting I was…
I need instsrv.exe and srvany.exe that can work in windows server 2019 standard
I have the windows server 2019 standard. There is myapp.exe to run on it. We hope it to be set to windows service. I need instsrv.exe and srvany.exe that can work in server 2019 standard. Thank you. Harley Liang
windows 2019 FailoverClustering encountered error with event id 1041
Windows 2019 system log often encounter error with event ID 1041 for Windows 2019 Failedover Clustering, But the application can be used normally. May I ask who has encountered a similar problem and how it was resolved? Thanks very much!
windows 2019 FailoverClustering encountered error with event id 1041
Windows 2019 system log often encounter error with event ID 1041 for Windows 2019 Failedover Clustering, But the application can be used normally. May I ask who has encountered a similar problem and how it was resolved? Thank you very much!
I am unable to access the Virtual Machine, which has Active Directory installed on it.
I am unable to access the Virtual Machine, which has Active Directory installed on it.
Assistance Required – Unable to Access Azure File Storage in the Azure VM from different Azure network
We are using a Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Azure VM, and one of our clients has shared Azure File Storage credentials with us. While all credentials are working correctly, we are unable to access the file storage. We have already ensured the…
Microsoft Azure AD Sync service not showing in Services.msc but shows in Get-Service
We've noticed that "Microsoft Azure AD Sync" & "Microsoft Azure AD Connect Agent Updater" services are not showing up in Services.msc but shows up in Get-Service PowerShell command & also in Task Manager >> Services, as…
Windows 2022 Server Product Key
Hello, we bought a MS Windows Server 2022 Std. license and received the product key via the usual Microsoft sticker, part of which can be scratched off. Now we recognized one character of the product key is not legible, because the middle part is…
Issue with Secondary ADFS Server Creation – Event ID 4
Hi, error1.pngI am facing an issue while creating the secondary ADFS server. My primary ADFS server is functioning properly; however, when attempting to set up the secondary server, I encountered an error during the pre-check process with Event ID…
Windows 2019 using Windows Server Bacbkup has failed
Tried reboot the server still show this error, how to fix this issue, Backup of volume \?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume2\ has failed. Windows Backup failed to get an exclusive lock on the EFI system partition (ESP). This may happen if another…

Windows Server 2019 Scheduled Job Problem
We have moved a system across from a Windows 2016 server to a Windows 2019 server and I have set up various Scheduled Jobs that run a VB Script and use an Excel spreadsheet as the input file in the script. However, when the Scheduled Job runs, it is…
Server 2022 Lsass.exe excessive memory usage
Hello, July 07/2024 installation, we have a windows server 2022 server, we use this server for web broadcasting and there are many websites, in November (11/2024) suddenly lsass.exe memory usage started to increase, so much so that web services started…
cannot start sshd on windows server 2019
I've installed OpenSSH Server on an Azure Windows 2019 VM and attempted to apply the temporary fix for the October 2024 update issue by updating ACLs on the affected directories. However, since I haven't started the service yet, there are no files or…
Server Manager Crashes - CPU Utilization goes 100% when trying to add servers to All servers section
Hello All, Since yesterday we've been facing a weird issue, the server manager on our jumpbox VM keeps closing after pushing CPU utilization to 100%. We have tried clearing server manager cache, running sfc /scannow, DISM, .Net repair, however no luck…
RD License Server no longer handing out device CALs to clients connected to separate RD Session Host Servers
I have been running into a strange issue with our RD licensing server. We currently have 1 RD Licensing server, and 2 RD Host servers, all 3 are running Windows Server 2019. They are all in a workgroup, so device CALs are used. Local group policy's and…
unable to add a session host to any collection on our rds farm
Hello, Since 3 days, we can't add any session host to any existing collections on our rds farm (Windows 2022 DataCenter). we have this message: the french error message in english => unable to retrieve session collection properties. unable to…