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Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled DOMAIN LOCAL group such as DnsAdmins group

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to investigate who has added or removed a specific Domain User in DnsAdmins group Prerequisite: Auditing has to be configured on Domain controllers, especially, “ Audit account management ” policy must be configured...

on19 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Event IDs when a user account is deleted from Active Directory

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to investigate who has deleted a user account from Active Directory. Prerequisite: Auditing has to be configured on Domain controllers, especially, “ Audit account management ” policy must be configured and you...

on19 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Default Gateway Missing after a Reboot

Richard Mueller

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 I’ve had this issue on a couple of Windows Server 2008 virtual machines in a VMWare environment (ESXi 4.1). I am not sure if it is related to VMWare. However, I could find a fix. You enter a default gateway and the gateway...

on17 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.

Richard Mueller

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 Error: Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied. on WS 2008 R2 Fix: GUI Method Change NTFS permission of %WINDIR%\System32\WinEvt\Logs directory add Local Service and Network...

on13 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Find KMS Server on your Network

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

At times, you might want to find out the KMS server running on your network. If you ever come across that situation, here is the way to identify the KMS Server. You can identify the KMS server by browsing the DNS SRV records: DNS -> DNS Server Name -> Forward Lookup Zones > Domain...

on6 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Server: Location of Share$ Folder on the Server

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 Context: There was a question on the forum wherein OP wanted to know about the actual folder path of a hidden share. To know more about the actual context, please refer the forum thread Where is the profile$ folder? Info:...

on3 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Server: The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 Error: The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem persists close the Disk Management console, then restart Disk Management...

on3 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting OS Activation Error: 0x80072EE7 (KMS)

Santosh Bhandarkar

You might come across below error when trying to activate the OS against your KMS server. Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (6a4bd364-4b60-4856-a727-efb59d94348e) ... On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072EE7' to display...

on29 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: MSDN/TechNet Forums - How to Add/Remove Forums from My Forums List?

Ed Price - MSFT

<- Back to other FAQs New forum UI has some unique design and at times, it becomes difficult to notice new changes if you are adjusted to the old UI. If you are looking for where is "My Forums" then you can see that under Quick Access below Ask a Question button. ...

on20 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Server 2008: Attempt to Install Telnet Client Failed with Error Code 0x80070643. Fatal Error During Installation

Ed Price - MSFT

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 You receive error code "0x80070643" when you try to install Telnet client or Telnet Server on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. It may sound weird but the root cause was, Windows Server had not been activated...

on12 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: How to Add OEM/Company Logo to the System Information using Group Policy ?

Ed Price - MSFT

Applies to: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to add Company Logo to the System Information section on Every computer using Group Policy Background: A question has been posted in the Group Policy forum about a year ago...

on12 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled GLOBAL group such as Domain Admins or Group Policy Creator Owners

Ed Price - MSFT

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to investigate who has added or removed a specific Domain User in Domain Admins or Group Policy Creator Owners Prerequisite: Auditing has to be configured on Domain controllers, especially, “ Audit account management...

on12 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: This copy of Windows is not genuine (Applicable if you have KMS in place)

DonPick

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 If you ever come across Windows activation error on servers such as This copy of Windows is not genuine (if you have KMS in place for license activation), please follow the steps given below to activate the OS again. 1) Use 'telnet'...

on9 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: How do I update my account picture on Windows Server 2012 ?

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Context : One of my friend called me today asking about updating the account picture on Windows Server 2012. My initially response response was, "go to control panel, User accounts and change your picture ", however my...

on31 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: Best Practices for Page File and Minimum Drive Size for OS Partition on Windows Servers

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2003/R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Context: In forums every now and then people ask questions about setting up page files on Windows Servers, Minimum disk size for OS partition and their best practices . Hence I thought of writing...

on15 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: How to check Domain and Forest Functional Level in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applicable To: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 GUI Method: Open up Active Directory Domains and Trust (can be located in Administrative Tools), right click on Domain and click on Properties Domain functional level and Forest functional level can be seen in General tab...

on17 Jun 2013
Wiki Page: How to add "Domain Users/Group" to Remote Desktop Users group on Servers using Group Policy ?

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Context and Requirement: You have few Junior Admins or few developers and they need to log on to the servers for some monitoring or whatever activity and you wouldn't want them to have Local Administrator privileges. If it is only one or...

on4 Jun 2013
Wiki Page: Event IDs when a new user account is created on Active Directory

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to investigate who has created a new user account on Active Directory. Prerequisite: Auditing has to be configured on Domain controllers, especially, “ Audit account management ” policy must be configured and...

on1 Jun 2013
Wiki Page: How to Restrict Enterprise Admins From Child Domain

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applicable To : Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012. Disclaimer : To know how only ! Setup : AD.TESTLAB.COM and PROJECT.AD.TESTLAB.COM Requirement : Restrict Enterprise Admins from Child Domain ? Details: When child domain is introduced, by default Enterprise Admins...

on23 May 2013
Wiki Page: Windows Server Error: "Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed"

Ed Price - MSFT

Applies To : Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Error : When you try to join a server to the domain, you might see the error as mentioned below The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "domain.com": Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by...

on20 May 2013
Wiki Page: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "": Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resou

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies To : Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Error : When you try to join a server to the domain, you might see the error as mentioned below The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "domain.com": Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by...

on14 May 2013
Wiki Page: Backup Fails with Error Message "Writer Missing" or "Failed" or "Timed Out" or "Waiting for Completion" in VSSADMIN

Richard Mueller

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 If Backup Fails with error message "Writer Missing" or "Failed" or "Timed Out" or "Waiting for Completion" in VSSADMIN, follow the below instructions to fix the issue From elevated cmd (run as Admin...

on9 May 2013
Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled UNIVERSAL group such as Enterprise Admins

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Requirement: You would like to investigate who has added or removed a specific Domain User in Enterprise Admins group Prerequisite: Auditing has to be configured on Domain controllers, especially, “ Audit account management ” policy must be...

on26 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: The Microsoft volume shadow copy system components could not be queried, Event ID: 12302 Source VSS

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applies to: Windows Server 2003 Error description: Event ID: 12302 Source VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service error: An internal inconsistency was detected in trying to contact shadow copy service writers. Please check to see that the Event Service and Volume Shadow Copy Service are operating...

on26 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: Error: 0x80072EE7 (KMS) - Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (...) ... On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072EE7' to display the error text.

Santosh Bhandarkar

Applicable to: Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 You might come across below error when trying to activate the OS against your KMS server. Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (6a4bd364-4b60-4856-a727-efb59d94348e) ... On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition...

on12 Mar 2013

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Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled DOMAIN LOCAL group such as DnsAdmins group

Wiki Page: Event IDs when a user account is deleted from Active Directory

Wiki Page: Default Gateway Missing after a Reboot

Wiki Page: Windows could not start the Windows Event Log service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied.

Wiki Page: Find KMS Server on your Network

Wiki Page: Windows Server: Location of Share$ Folder on the Server

Wiki Page: Windows Server: The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date

Wiki Page: Troubleshooting OS Activation Error: 0x80072EE7 (KMS)

Wiki Page: MSDN/TechNet Forums - How to Add/Remove Forums from My Forums List?

Wiki Page: Windows Server 2008: Attempt to Install Telnet Client Failed with Error Code 0x80070643. Fatal Error During Installation

Wiki Page: How to Add OEM/Company Logo to the System Information using Group Policy ?

Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled GLOBAL group such as Domain Admins or Group Policy Creator Owners

Wiki Page: This copy of Windows is not genuine (Applicable if you have KMS in place)

Wiki Page: How do I update my account picture on Windows Server 2012 ?

Wiki Page: Best Practices for Page File and Minimum Drive Size for OS Partition on Windows Servers

Wiki Page: How to check Domain and Forest Functional Level in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012

Wiki Page: How to add "Domain Users/Group" to Remote Desktop Users group on Servers using Group Policy ?

Wiki Page: Event IDs when a new user account is created on Active Directory

Wiki Page: How to Restrict Enterprise Admins From Child Domain

Wiki Page: Windows Server Error: "Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed"

Wiki Page: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "": Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resou

Wiki Page: Backup Fails with Error Message "Writer Missing" or "Failed" or "Timed Out" or "Waiting for Completion" in VSSADMIN

Wiki Page: Event ID when a user is added or removed from security-enabled UNIVERSAL group such as Enterprise Admins

Wiki Page: The Microsoft volume shadow copy system components could not be queried, Event ID: 12302 Source VSS

Wiki Page: Error: 0x80072EE7 (KMS) - Activating Windows Server(R), ServerStandard edition (...) ... On a computer running Microsoft Windows non-core edition, run 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072EE7' to display the error text.