Force a specific default lock screen and logon image
Dear, I currently have a DC deployed on Windows Server 2019. i want to configure a specific default image on lock screens on Windows 10 pro clients via group policy. Is this possible or is it only compatible with Enterprise or Education editions? Thanks in advance,
HA Print Service Windows 2025 Server
There are two servers running Windows Server, both with the Print Spooler service enabled. They share the same printer queues. I created a CNAME alias named "printcore" pointing to Server01; the client can successfully connect to the printer using the UNC path `\\printcore\hpprincipal`, but if I change the alias to point to Server02, the client's connection to the printer fails. I enabled the Service Principal Name (SPN), but that didn't solve the issue. I need help setting up a High Availability (HA) environment for the print service. Alias: `printcore` (pointing to Server01 and Server02)Hyper-V Cluster Failover Event viewer log showing SMB traffic connect to quorum disk network share
Hi, To tweak my SIEM, I need to correlate smb network traffic between Hyper-V servers and witness disk stored on a network share on another server. I'm searching a log who tell me the Hyper-V is connecting to the witness disk (on network shared drive) for doing something ... probably I will be able to correlate and put exception when this happens and the SMB traffic between Hyper-V and the other server to stop always receive this alert. Any cues would be appreciated! Thanks
WSUS changing Update Source on its own
We have 2 WSUS Servers and ConfigMgr. A week ago, one of the WSUS servers began changing the Update Source on its own, no changes had been made. It began pointing to the ConfigMgr and when changed back to use MS Update, shortly after checking again it reverted back to use ConfigMgr. Checked all Events, checked the SQL SUSDB for the WSUS server however there was no information related to this action. Any ideas where I can look next ? Thank youStrict users to use specific software windows server 2022
I have MT5 installed on (C:\Program Files\MetaTrader 5) there are the meta trader 5 terminal64.exe and MetaEditor64.exe applications, mt5 data folder as follow C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\ MT4 on (C:\Program Files (x86)\MetaTrader 4) there are applications terminal.exe and metaeditor.exe and data folder as follow C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\ I use windows server 2022 and I want to create user accounts each account have access only to MT4 or MT5 and the meta editor and data folder only and each user can use the software MT4 or MT5 based on assigned group, users can use the same software at the same time in their own accounts I need 2 windows powershell scripts 1-create 2 user groups for MT4 and MT5 with the access restrcicted to all windows software and features execpt the MT4 or MT5 and the meta editor, and the data folder and desktop showing these icons/shortcuts and webview2 runtime to installed be allowed because it is needed by meta trader ( user cannot see windows bar cannot use any windows software, and the most important that the MT4 or MT5 software to be always running and start always after windows reboot/restart not when user log on, these software run trading algoeithms and must be working around the clock even if the user is not logged in 2- interactive script that use to create the users
PS script for moving clustered VMs to another node
Windows Server 2022, Hyper-V, Failover cluster We have a Hyper-V cluster where the hosts reboot once a month. If the host being rebooted has any number of VMs running on it the reboot can take hours. I've proven this by manually moving VM roles off of the host prior to reboot and the host reboots in less than an hour, usually around 15 minutes. Does anyone know of a powershell script that will detect clustered VMs running on the host and move them to another host within the cluster? I'd rather not reinvent this if someone's already done it.
SCCM- Upgrade from 2409 to 2509 WSUS timeout issue
Had a working task sequence on 2409 that performed software updates at the end of the task sequence. Upgraded to 2509 - I get a timeout issue when getting to that point on the task sequence. Ive performed maintenance on the WSUS Server, (obsolete, expired etc) I removed the Software Update Point - and re installed it selected the Products of Server 2016,2019, server operating system 21h2 , Windows 10 1903 or later and Windows 11. rebooted both the SCCM and SQL Server. after doing the above but the HRESULT 0x80244010 still persists. "Exceeded max server round trips" — client couldn't retrieve all updates in one cycle. Software centre updates in the OS seem to be unaffected or unknown if clients are affected, only in a task sequence this occurs. Blog posts refer to older items, what would cause this to fail after a upgrade from 2409 to 2509? AI help repeats about reducing metadata and updates but for weird reason i keep getting 700+ updates for the above categories!
Out of Band Cumulative Updates Question
I installed March 2026 Cumulative Update on a new server instead of April due to some RC4 changes to test something. I noticed that after the update installed in the event viewer it thinks the June 2026 update was installed. I don't see the June update under installed updates but shows up in update history. The build version of the server matches with the March 2026 update. Is this a weird side effect of installing a superceded update? I'm having trouble understanding what is going on.Hostname Character Limit
Still being limited to 15 characters for hostnames in 2019 is very upsetting. In an age where we are deploying servers in multiple data centres, whether that be on premise or in the cloud and having multiple environments as well means trying to come up with sensible hostnames in just 15 characters is basically impossible. I’m sure I am not the only person who is frustrated by this limit and would very much like it if Microsoft was to revisit this limit and increase it to bring it in line with the wonderful limit our Linux friends enjoy.
