272 questions with Windows Server Remote and virtual desktops tags
Netlogon or Workstation service is not starting
if netlogon or workstation service is not starting check its dependencies, such as found mrxsm10, mrxsmb20, bowser and NSI by using these cmdletson Administrative CMD: sc.exe qc lanmanworkstation sc.exe qc bowser sc.exe qc mrxsmb10 sc.exe qc…
OpenGL Support on Windows Server 2025 Datacenter
I'm trying to run an application that requires OpenGL to run (or so it claims). I am using Proxmox to run Windows Server 2025 Datacenter for a test project. Microsoft store isn't installed and I need OpenGL. Is there a way to do it & would switching…
chkdsk slowing down on new VM
chkdsk C: slows down significantly as it runs in read-only mode. After a few hours it showed almost 24 hours remaining, after 2 days this has grown to over 208 hours remaining (According to the original estimate it should be finished) Details: This is…
CVE-2025-21298
CVE-2025-21298 : Is this CVE applicable for windows server? Is this CRitical and what is resolution ?
How to recover moved/deleted folders from a shared drive?
A user(from his PC) has accidentally moved/deleted a folder(located on Windows Server 2012 R2). Folder is not backed up and not saved anywhere else. Is there any way of recovering same? No logs can be found in event viewer as well. * Moved from Community…
SSRS 2022 Embedded images no appearing when taskbar = False
Reports with embedded images work perfect when taskbar = true. However, the resources can not be found when = false. I've spent over 2 hours with ChatGpt troubleshooting logs and configuration settings. Both portal and service urls are 443 only. 80…
I want to run some job when should run even when there is no user logged in.
Hello, I have to run few apl jobs (APL is a programming language used by financial research people) even when there is no user logged in into the server, as of now we are using task scheduler but we need to make sure the user is always logged in into the…
WMI not starting
Dear We use a backup solution from N-Able to backup servers and clients. Now on a VM RDS server it keeps on failing. After contacting their support and trying to add the WMI service to the startup in the registry it is still failing to start. Can someone…
Windows server 2019 activation
Hi, I have valid windows server 2019 activation key but after OS installation, I can't be able to activate the windows with that key. I tried all the activation possibilities but no luck. Kindly help us on this. Error log 2025-01-19 19:43:36,…
SSRS Reusing a Shared Schedule through database
Hello! I am running some tests with MSSQL and SSRS where I have some shared schedules that expired last year. I used this update statement to try and bring those reports back to life to run. UPDATE Schedule SET StartDate = '2025-01-09…
i have change my phone number to ne one and no longer using old number phone and right now i cannot access to 2 step verity code
i have change my phone number to ne one and no longer using old number phone and right now i cannot access to 2 step verity code
Windows hello for business not working keep getting this This sign-in option is temporarily unavailable for both pin and biometrics
I set up Windows Hello for Business using Intune. However, I keep getting the error this option is temporarily unable to try a different signing option
Shadow Copy Scheduled Task Not Running
We have shadow copy enabled on our file shares, Server 2022 Core, we have it set to run weekly starting at 9am-5pm every hour for a duration of 8 hours Monday-Friday. It was working fine, then now it will do a snapshot at 9am, but nothing afterwards. I…
WMI error while installing MABS.
Hi, Let me give you system overview first. I am running windows server 2019 as Domain Controller I am running Hyper-V virtual machine as SQL server. So, in that SQL Hyper-V I am trying to install MABS to take backup of SQL database to the Azure. I…
We have a SQL Server 2022 Ent 2-core License. After purchased we come to know that SQL Server 2022 STD 2-core license if more than enough of our server. Can i swap this now. Its been 4 months now.
We have a SQL Server 2022 Ent 2-core License. After purchased we come to know that SQL Server 2022 STD 2-core license if more than enough of our server. Can i swap this now? Its been 4 months now.
Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr) won't close at end until the mouse moves
I have a scheduled task on my Windows servers to run Disk Cleanup via "cleanmgr /sagerun:1" and it works just fine except it never ends. Eventually it hits the time limit I set in Task Scheduler and its forced close but this seams like a bug. …
Windows 2025 server does not see updates from WSUS server
Hello, we are testing operating system Windows 2025 server and virtual machine with this OS does not see any approved updates from WSUS server. Approved cumulative updates for Windows 2025 showed no needed computers at WSUS console. We can updated this…
SQL Server 19 will not load on Windows 11 desktop.
Error message reads: SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: C:\windows\installer\8c 9620.msi This issue occurs in trying to load SQL Server 19 with Act Premium Cloud on Windows 11. The Act technical team says they need your support in…
Moving Hyper-V VMs from server to server where Allow CredSSP authentication is disabled by GPO
Good day, all. We are a small environment that cannot afford VMWare extortion fees so we have moved all of our virtualization to Hyper-C running on Windows Server 2022 Datacenter. Using Windows Admin Center 2311 my users are finding it easy enough to use…
Prevent window from cleaning temp folder
Hello, I need help with preventing Windows from automatically deleting files in the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp folder. I have turned off Storage Sense, but I still have the option “Keep Windows running smoothly by automatically cleaning…