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Unable to use a certificate from my Windows CA
I am trying to use my own certificate signed by my CA, instead of the self-signed SSL certificate it offers by default. In fact, with the self-signed SSL certificate, WAC runs on HTTPS: However, when I switch to the certificate I have generated in my CA: When I try to access the link, it returns me: So if I switch back to self-signed SSL certificate: The WAC console is working properly again: What I doing wrong when I generate that certificate?Unable installing extensions from a different feed
I added a new feed from a path, and WAC is telling me it can't read the feed or update the corresponding catalog. I followed the instructions in this link: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/configure/using-extensions#installing-extensions-from-a-different-feed". In fact, since my network isn't connected to the internet, I also followed the instructions in this other link: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/configure/using-extensions#installing-extensions-on-a-computer-without-internet-connectivity". Regarding adding a file share as a source, it must meet the criteria outlined in this link: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/configure/using-extensions#installing-extensions-from-a-different-feed". However, I'm getting these error messages and therefore don't have any extensions available to add:
NUMA Problems after In-Place Upgrade 2022 to 2025
We have updated several Hyper-V hosts with AMD Milan processors from Windows 2022 to Windows 2025 using the in-place update method. We are encountering an issue where, after starting about half of the virtual machines, the remaining ones fail to start due to a resource shortage error. The host's RAM is about 70% free. We can only get them to start by enabling the "Allow Spanning" configuration, but this reduces performance, and with so many free resources, this shouldn't be happening. Has anyone else experienced something similar? What has changed in 2025 to cause this issue? The error is: Virtual machine 'R*****2' cannot be started on this server. The virtual machine NUMA topology requirements cannot be satisfied by the server NUMA topology. Try to use the server NUMA topology, or enable NUMA spanning. (Virtual machine ID CA*****3-ED0E-4***4-A****C-E01F*********C4). Event ID: 10002 <EventRecordID>41</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="5524" ThreadID="8744" /> <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Compute-Admin</Channel> <Computer>HOST-JLL</Computer>VM Load balance is not working
Hi All, I have 4 node cluster in which VMs are manually distributed and now when i enabled the load balance feature via Windows Admin Center it not load balancing the VMs i double checked the load feature via PowerShell and it shows true. kindly suggest form where i should start the troubleshooting.26063 deduplication data corruption is still there.
From Server 2022 up to this newest 26063 build, they all have the same problem, as described here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-insiders/server-vnext-26040-and-server-2022-deduplication-data-corruption/m-p/4047321 I am out of energy for today and give up for today. It seems to be impossible to get Microsoft to care for actual OS bugs instead of marketing.
Hyper V Server 2019 VM Paused-Critical Disk(s) encountered critical IO errors
I am running Hyper V server 2019 and running 2 windows 10 VM (only OS running) and 1 Windows server essentials 2019. It worked fine for 6 months just running basic AD tasks. a management software was installed and we had issues since. The 2 windows 10 VM can't start up. An error occurred while attempting to start the selected virtual machines 'Windows 10 VM' failed to change state When I starte the windows server 2019 essentials a Paused-Critical shows on STATE and Status is 'Disk(s) encountered critical IO errors. there's plenty of available storage space in the VM Can anyone help? thank you
Windows 11 automatically restarting after install security Update — With GPO and WSUS.
Hi everyone, I’m facing a strange behavior with Windows 11 devices that receive updates through WSUS and are fully managed via Group Policy. Here’s the scenario: We have a GPO configured as follows: -Configure Automatic Updates → 4 (Auto download and schedule the install) -Scheduled installation every day at 10:00 -Install during automatic maintenance → disabled -Active Hours configured -Turn off auto-restart for updates during active hours → Enabled -Update deadlines set to 0 (to avoid any forced restart) -No other restart-related policies set in the domain Even with this configuration, after updates are installed, Windows 11 shows the following message: “Your organization manages update settings. We will restart and install this update at X minutes.” And then the device automatically restarts, even when: -a user is logged in -it is outside Active Hours -deadlines are disabled -no-auto-restart is enabled This behavior does not happen on Windows 10 — only on Windows 11.
Windows Admin Center 2410 not updating Server 2025
Hi, I have 3 new 2025 servers all updated and on the domain. Windows Admin center is working fine with all other servers (2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022). For these 3 new servers, I can connect and login through Adm Center and when I choose the "updates" tab the circle in the middle of the screen spins indefinitely. It never even shows if updates are available or not, it just spins. If I log onto the servers locally, I can see and install updates manually. But when I go back and connect through ADM Center, I just get the spinning circle. I currently only have 3 2025 servers, so for me it appears to be an issue with how they talk to ADM Center concerning updates. (and this makes me hesitate to update other servers) I've tried RDP, registry, Powershell, etc (all through ADM Center). It ALL works, but updates never do. Additionally the 2025 servers are able to communicate just fine to report update status to our WSUS server. If I click the "update history" tab on the updates page in Admin Center, I then see an error, but not sure what would be denying anything, when the connection already seems to be made: "Message We couldn't check update history. Error: (1) RemoteException: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) (2) RemoteException: The property 'ServerSelection' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set. (3) RemoteException: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. (4) RemoteException: You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression." I tried to temporarily disable the firewall with no change in behavior. The account I'm using is a domain admin account and also added to the local admin group for testing.
Windows Admin Center Preview - 2511 English [MSI Corrupt]
When attempting to launch the WindowsAdminCenterPreview_2511.msi, I received an error message (See Below). In addition, when I test the MSI using 7zip, the archive fails to validate. This occurred downloading the installer package twice over a two-day period. My system info is below.2025-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 (KB5066586) Undoes Update on Reboot
We have a Windows Server 2019 Standard which will not install the 2025-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 (KB5066586) update. The installation part goes fine, but when the server is rebooted to finalize the update, it goes into "Undoing changes". Then it reboots again, and I am back where I started. The error code is 0x8007000d. I have done the following to debug this: Ran System File Checker sfc /scannow. No errors found. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth. No errors found. Ran Windows Update Troubleshooter. No errors found. Shut down Windows Update services. Renamed SoftwareDistribution and Catroot2 folders. Restarted services. No change. Ran ScanDisk. No errors found. Disabled antivirus. No change. Ran Disk Cleanup and manually deleted additional temp files. No change. Checked Event Viewer. Only error is Event 20 which is a failure of the Windows Update Agent. I am out of ideas. If anyone has some, I would much appreciate the help. I am out of ideas.
SystemSettings. exe on Windows server 2025 crashes after installing Xbox game
I installed the Microsoft App Store on Windows Server and installed Minecraft. However, entering the system>display>graphics tab in the settings will cause the settings to crash.I tested both Bedrock and Java and found this issue. I think any Xbox game in the Microsoft Store should be able to reproduce this issue. + System - Provider [ Name] Application Error [ Guid] {a0e9b465-b939-57d7-b27d-95d8e925ff57} EventID 1000 Version 0 Level 2 Task 100 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2025-12-04T08:55:23.2042032Z EventRecordID 27146 Correlation - Execution [ ProcessID] 10988 [ ThreadID] 20000 Channel Application Computer WIN-JSD290TH0EL - Security [ UserID] S-1-5-21-868965638-952098041-1598110278-1002 - EventData AppName SystemSettings.exe AppVersion 10.0.26100.7019 AppTimeStamp f88449de ModuleName Windows.Gaming.Preview.dll ModuleVersion 10.0.26100.7019 ModuleTimeStamp 8e7f4dfa ExceptionCode c0000005 FaultingOffset 000000000003aadd ProcessId 0x1230 ProcessCreationTime 0x1dc64fbb631455a AppPath C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe ModulePath C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Gaming.Preview.dll IntegratorReportId f2340132-82be-40d6-9c76-ec8fcbb9d19e PackageFullName windows.immersivecontrolpanel_10.0.8.1000_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy PackageRelativeAppId microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanelAllow VMs attached to internal switch on hyper-V win2k19 access Internet
Hi, I have 4 VMs attached to an internal switch with IPs 10.10.0.*, assigned 10.10.0.1 to the switch. One of the NICs on the host has the 192.168.1.70 which I shared its connection with the internal switch but I am not able to browse internet from the VMs. What can be missing? ThanksWINGET is not recognized as a commandlet on win 2k19 server fresh setup
I have setup a new win2k19, I followed the instructions Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force | Out-Null Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client -Force -Repository PSGallery | Out-Null Repair-WinGetPackageManager When I try anu winget command I get winget is not recognized as a commandlet
Question About MAK Windows Activation
Hello everyone. The question is the following. We have a customer with a subscription for Windows Server 2025 Standard - 8 Core License Pack 1 Year quantity 3 (from partner portal). From the servers that the key have been assign i see that the key is on MAK channel. The question is, if i remove the key with dism i will get back a activation? I mean at this time we have 0 activation remaining, if i remove the key the remaining activation number will increase to 1 from 0? I cant found a solid answer on the web so please help. Thanks. Best Regards SG
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