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Anywhere Access broken on Server 2016 Essentials again and again!
On April 29, 2025 my Health Reports started reporting the following: "The dynamic DNS information cannot be updated Alert details: The DNS information for the server cannot be updated because the domain name provider cannot be contacted. You must…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
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2025-05-05T04:51:31.6733333+00:00
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Brian Stevens
41
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-04T01:14:01.5633333+00:00
Brian Stevens
41
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Convert .etl trace log file into readable txt file
Hi Heroes, Just curious, is there has some easy ways to convert the .etl trace log into readable text files? I have seen some private tools to view .etl trace log before, but I'm not a programmer, just wondering is there has some easier ways to…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2020-12-15T07:24:33.483+00:00
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gaolei
226
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-03T07:26:19.3666667+00:00
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James Thomas Moon
0
Reputation points
3 answers
WSUS Console returns HTTP 503 after SUSDB reaches 10 GB limit
Hello, Our WSUS server is currently returning HTTP 503 Service Unavailable when we try to open the MMC console. The SUSDB database is hosted on SQL Server Express and has reached the 10 GB size limit, which appears to have stopped update processing…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-08-14T08:00:38.93+00:00
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Jie Jun
60
Reputation points
commented
2026-11-01T01:24:10.1+00:00
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Balu Prem Kumar
0
Reputation points
2 answers
WAC Stuck in starting
I install Windows Admin Center with port 8888, then after installed the WAC can be accessed normally. When the machine is rebooted then when open the WAC console i can see the poort is change automatically to 6515 and always stuck in starting windows…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-22T06:35:21.28+00:00
Handian Sudianto
7,636
Reputation points
commented
2026-10-29T04:49:58.97+00:00
Handian Sudianto
7,636
Reputation points
2 answers
How to fix vulnerability "Windows Speculative Execution Configuration Check" on Windows Server Operating System
How to fix vulnerability "Windows Speculative Execution Configuration Check" on Windows Server Operating System.
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-27T08:18:28.7433333+00:00
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Tushar Sudhakar Bhurke TPR (IN)
20
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-27T08:29:28.1566667+00:00
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Daphne Huynh (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
2,540
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
2 answers
Issue with Remote Desktop sessions as i cannot reconnect to previous sessions and users face unexpected behavior
Hello, I urgently need assistance troubleshooting our enterprise Remote Desktop session hosts. I have noticed users repeatedly failing to restore their active work environments. My session policies were applied across the company domain, and our active…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
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1 answer
How to configure static RPC port as 46769 in Windows server 2016
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Rpc\Internet = This fails , it restrict Netlogon service.
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-15T03:10:57.57+00:00
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Rajasekar Kannan
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-15T04:13:03.3166667+00:00
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Xuan Nhu
1,695
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
9 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
MECM Console won't open for some users
Hello, I have recently upgraded our infrastructure to Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019. We have 1 primary site server and the SQL database is on its own server. I am running MECM 2010. Administrative level users are able to open the…
Microsoft Security | Intune | Configuration Manager | Other
Microsoft Security | Intune | Configuration Manager | Other
Other Configuration Manager-related features and issues
4,643 questions
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2022-04-12T13:44:25.51+00:00
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Shaun Trenberth
21
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-14T12:19:31.6766667+00:00
MogomotsiLebane-6420
0
Reputation points
3 answers
Windows Server IoT 2022 disk defragementation
Hi , I would like to check with Microsoft following disk defragementation HDD issue: Defragmentation trigger criteria You previously recommended considering 10–15% fragmentation, less than 20–25% free space, and sustained disk latency. For our custom…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-12T09:03:21.47+00:00
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Koh Jun Hao
0
Reputation points
commented
2026-10-14T07:56:14.56+00:00
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Ronald Sabiiti
1,420
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
WPS Office installs and changes default PDF viewer to itself without admin privileges on Windows
How is it possible that WPS Office installs itself in Windows by clicking an online link without any elevation (no administrator privileges), and changes default viewer for .pdf files? Also it cannot be installed WITHOUT elevation. Why?
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked
2023-02-06T10:29:46.75+00:00
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Tomica70
40
Reputation points
commented
2026-10-13T14:59:49.57+00:00
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Vishwa Varshit
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Windows Server IoT disk defragmentation
Hi, I would like to check: If Microsoft does not provide a fixed fragmentation percentage, could you recommend a practical threshold for our operational policy? Based on our observation, the fragmentation level increases by approximately 4% each week,…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-13T03:05:01.0933333+00:00
Koh Jun Hao
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-13T03:14:10.8+00:00
Xuan Nhu
1,695
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
1 answer
two DNS records on SAN Certificate explanation.
Hi, I was browsing a website then got curious about it's certificate. I checked the certificate and this is what the cert tree looks like. Upon checking the SAN I see two DNS entries: DNS Name=sni.cloudflaressl.com DNS…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2020-10-11T02:26:59.86+00:00
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Janus Bariñan
1,126
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-12T14:36:57.1666667+00:00
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Josh Serna
0
Reputation points
0 answers
SetProcessWorkingSetSizeEx() is not working on Windows Server 2022 - x64 OS.
We are planning to test and use SetProcessWorkingSetSizeEx() for setting limit on memory (working set) consumed by a service so that working set by our service never exceeds the limit set in dwMaximumWorkingSetSize parameter of this API. We are calling…
Windows development | Windows API - Win32
3,138 questions
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
Developer technologies | C++
Developer technologies | C++
A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
4,112 questions
asked
2022-09-12T11:41:21.677+00:00
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Arjun Annam
1
Reputation point
commented
2026-10-09T07:14:44.7266667+00:00
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Melonia-H
20
Reputation points
5 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Unable to sign in as an administrator user
After KB5082063 was automatically applied to Windows Server 2025 (AD server), I am unable to sign in as an AD administrator user. Neither local nor remote desktop sign-in to the server is possible. The same issue occurs on client PCs. Windows Update…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
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1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Windows Task scheduler job runs manually but fails when scheduled with return code 2147942401.
I have a Windows Tsk scheduler job that runs a batch file that executes a python program to pull a file down from a snowflake database. Then I execute the task manually it runs fine. When I schedule it to run, it says it ran sucessfully, but no file is…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-06T17:35:48.2566667+00:00
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William Jacobs
20
Reputation points
accepted
2026-10-06T21:43:26.02+00:00
William Jacobs
20
Reputation points
3 answers
Reassociate Hyper-V Host in SCVMM after In-Place OS Upgrade (Without Losing VM Tags)
Hello All, now question but a solution if it is interesting for you! Problem Description: After performing an in-place operating system upgrade on a Hyper-V host (e.g., Windows Server 2016 to Server 2022/2025), the host status in System Center…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-07-09T18:30:52.5+00:00
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Redecker, Alexander
0
Reputation points
answered
2026-10-05T20:27:33.25+00:00
Redecker, Alexander
0
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Setting up SNMP v3 on network monitoring
Hello, I need to configure our network monitoring system to collect device telemetry after upgrading to SNMP v3. How can this be done? From what I have researched so far I need to enable AES-256 for encryption. To establish communication the monitoring…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-02T16:56:42.51+00:00
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Zephyr Vance
80
Reputation points
commented
2026-10-05T17:32:58.7833333+00:00
Zephyr Vance
80
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
intermittent connection failures under high concurrency
Our applications are experiencing intermittent connection failures under high concurrency. Could you please advise how to troubleshoot the connection limit and identify whether Windows networking or system configuration is restricting the number of…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2026-10-02T06:49:14.85+00:00
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Felduv Garnat
40
Reputation points
accepted
2026-10-05T07:00:15.8166667+00:00
Felduv Garnat
40
Reputation points
1 answer
size messagetrackinglog
Здравствуйте, два сервера Exchange 2016 в DAG. выставил настройки: Name : MAIL01 MessageTrackingLogEnabled : True MessageTrackingLogPath :…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
asked
2021-07-12T09:00:08.053+00:00
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Кирилл Журавлев
1
Reputation point
edited an answer
2026-10-04T00:43:05.9933333+00:00
Ceyhun KIRMIZITAS
0
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
19 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
remotewebaccess.com Anywhere access broken on Server 2016 Again?
Last year a similar issue occurred and by manually applying the registry edits from these two threads most seemed to resolve their issues: …
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,456 questions
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