Failure to install Windows 10 update to 1709 from 1703

Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2012 Server

Failure to install Windows 10 update to 1709 First step try resting Windows Update components. How do I reset Windows Update components? https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/kb/971058 Then carry out a clean up in PowerShell (make sure you run as admin) DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\RepairSource\Windows /LimitAccess rescan sfc /scannow Then run Windows update again. If the above fails…

Powershell SSL Cert Assign Windows 2012 RDS

Terminal Services, Windows 2012 Server

Use this power shell script when applying a purchased ssl certificate to your Terminal Server. $pass = ConvertTo-SecureString “h3lpm3” -AsPlainText -Force $thumbprint = (Import-PfxCertificate -Password $pass -CertStoreLocation cert:\localMachine\my -FilePath ‘C:\exitstencil.pfx’).thumbprint $path = (Get-WmiObject -class “Win32_TSGeneralSetting” -Namespace root\cimv2\terminalservices -Filter “TerminalName=’RDP-tcp’”).__path Set-WmiInstance -Path $path -argument @{SSLCertificateSHA1Hash=”$Thumbprint”}

Ghost Printers – Mulitiple Instances of shared printers being created

Windows 2012 Server

See location – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Providers\Client Side Rendering Print Provider\Servers See spool location – C:\Windows\System32\spool\SERVERS http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/71d06204-3735-4473-8bc9-20be9e19090e/problem-with-multiple-instances-of-shared-printers-being-installed-on-client-computers-when-the?forum=winserverprint

Remote Desktop Connection not allowing saved passwords

Windows 2012 ServerLeave a comment

Remote Desktop Connection not allowing saved passwords Your system administrator does not allow the use of saved credentials to logon to the remote computer computername/ipadress because its identity is not fully verified. Please enter new credentials. The logon attempt failed Set the following GPOs: Go to Local Computer Policy –> Computer Configuration –> Administrative Templates…