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Windows Update, ESU, System Restore fail, fill C: drive
My C: drive on my laptop running Windows 10 Home has gone from about 20 GB free to 133 MB free after aborting Windows 11 installation, trying to sign up for ESU and trying several times to use System Restore to put things back the way they were. I'm hoping you can tell me where to look for the leftover files that are causing my C: drive to be so full. Here's roughly what I did, in order: I set Restore Points between the steps below. In Windows Update, chose to update from Windows 10 to Windows 11 24H2. After a lot of downloading, I got an error saying C: was full, that I should attach an external drive and remove about 5 GB from the disk. I tried for a while but realized that installing Windows 11 could fill my C: drive and make the computer useless. So I canceled the update. I read that ESU (which extends Windows 10 updates for a year) requires a Microsoft account to sign up. I only use local accounts because I'm often not on the Internet, and a Microsoft account requires me to be online. I created a Microsoft account with administrator privileges. From there, I ran Windows Update... but didn't see the option to join ESU. Then I went to the local adminstrator account and tried Windows Update again. I don't remember what happened, but I couldn't get ESU. The worst is that this changed my local admin account to a Microsoft account!! I tried System Restore to (I hoped) un-do the change to my local admin account, remove the Microsoft admin account, and un-do the files that were clogging my C: drive. But System Restore failed because there wasn't enough disk space. I tried earlier restore points, but for some reason they had been deleted. I started a chat with Microsoft support, then had to restart the chat after the first reboot during System Restore. The agents ran Disk Cleanup and also cleaned up various folders. That gave me about 3 GB free... not near the 20 GB I used to have. Luckily, the agent was able to restore my previous admin from a Microsoft account to a local account. What I think I need to know is what folders Windows Update, ESU, and System Restore use. I'm hoping I can go there, find the files changed yesterday afternoon / evening, and see that they take up nearly 20 GB... then I'd delete those files. For example, does ESU signup create C:\Windows\XYZ123? If you have any other suggestions, I'd sure appreciate them!
"Install Windows Windows could not finish configuring the system..." Stuck!
Tried to reset my wife's laptop to factory settings by reinstalling Windows. At one stage of the process after an automatic restart I got this error message. I then hit Shift/F10 to open Command Prompt and input "cd oobe" and hit Enter. I then input "msoobe" and hit Enter. Now the laptop displays a spinning circle of white dots with the caption "Just a moment..." and has been doing so for the past five hours. After this length of time I'm assuming that it's stuck and nothing will happen. What can I do?
Invalid requesting-user-name value after system reboot (IPP Everywhere)
When I add a IPP Printer, it works fine until I restart OS, after system reboot the requesting-user-name contains WORKGROUP\VM132786998$ so it's domain\computerName$. And the user cannot be correctly recognized. Steps to reproduce it: 1. Add IPP printer 2. Print Test page 3. Restart system 4. Print Test page Current result if inspecting by Wireshark: at point 2. requesting-user-name contains correct "Administrator" value at point 4. requesting-user-name contains incorrect "workgroup\VM132786998$ Expected result: in both cases correct value Administrator must be present. Currently only restart print spooler or recreating printer solves the issue. (See attached wireshark captures before and after print spooler restart) Note: The issue is not reproducible in build 22H2 22621.3447. I'm able to reproduce it in 23H2 22635.4076. Same error is observed here (comment from Douglas Kosovic): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1428508/ipp-everywhere-ipp-2-0-server-basic-authentication Attached screenshots from wireshark captures when it's happening and after restarting Print Spooler.Connection Refused at TCP/IP Level
Guys, i have a web application running on Windows 2025. Occasionally, the application experiences bursts of over 500 simultaneous connections. Even though, the server showing less than 10% CPU utilization and about 75% of RAM still available, I am encountering "connection refused" errors. I can see Windows Performance counter TCPv4 / Connection Failures change when this happens. There is no antivirus deployed during my test, and Windows defender is off. i have seen similar issues on Windows 2019 and 2022 also. I suspected SynAttack detection, but the TCP diagnostic counters for SynAttack detection dont know any values. It appears to me that there is some Windows OS limitation that causes this issue. Does anybody encounter this situation before?
About recommend hardware for the next version of windows in the future
I am a loyal Microsoft Windows user. Now, I have a small problem: I want to upgrade my computer to Windows 11 but my hardware does not meet the requirements; I need to upgrade the hardware for it. I am also a loyal AMD Threadripper Pro user. I see the minimum requirement is Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5945WX. I want to ask when Windows 12 is released, will it still be supported? And Win 13, Win 14 in the future. I do not have the conditions to change the hardware every time there is a new version of Windows. If it is not supported, I may have to learn to switch to another operating system. P/s: Don't ask me why it have to be Ryzen Threadripper Pro or Recommend another one, Just say I want to use Ryzen threadripper pro to experience playing Pikachu in 1080p mode more smoothly.Windows Research Kernel Bring it Back!
I think it is time to revive the Windows Research Kernel! We need the community to be able to understand what is going on without letting everything out of the bag. The last version available was v1.2 which was based off of the kernel for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 SP2. We need a modern release for development, education, and security research. Who is with me?
