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VMware VM resolution

Post author:admin
Post published:January 15, 2020
Post category:Uncategorized vCenter VMware vSphere

I was getting VM display resolution of max 1280 x 800 only. Small console window and hard to work with. Resolution: Power off the VMIncrease the total video memory. I…

Windows 10 1909: Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation

Post author:admin
Post published:January 14, 2020
Post category:Microsoft Windows 10 Windows Server 2012

While running sysprep on Windows 10 1909, encountered following error:"Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. Review the log file at %WINDIR%System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log for details. After resolving the issue,…

Windows Firewall log file empty.

Post author:Chatur Tamang
Post published:January 9, 2020
Post category:Microsoft Windows 10 Windows Server Windows Server 2012

Although GPO is set properly, still the windows firewall C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log showed blank. Solution: Provide NT SERVICE\MPSSVC account with Full Control permissions on the C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Firewall folder and restart the workstation or the server.

Windows 10 SITG: Windows 10 must use a BitLocker PIN for pre-boot authentication

Post author:Chatur Tamang
Post published:January 9, 2020
Post category:Microsoft Windows 10

To enable BitLocker PIN authentication when using BitLocker during the the computer startup using GPO, do not forget to read the GPO help instruction where it notes that only one…

Power Shell one liner to find AD Objects

Post author:admin
Post published:August 23, 2019
Post category:IT Windows Server Windows Server 2012

Find AD user accounts with account expiration date set, sort and display user's name and expiration date. Get-ADUser -Filter "AccountExpirationDate -ne '*'" -Properties AccountExpirationdate | Sort-Object -Property Name | Format-Table…

Unable to install PowerShell modules in Windows Server 2016?

Post author:admin
Post published:June 25, 2019
Post category:Microsoft Windows 10 Windows Server Windows Server 2012

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -ForceError: Install-PackageProvider : Unable to find repository with SourceLocation ''. Use Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories. PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-PSRepository PackageManagement\Get-PackageSource : Unable to find…

Find date and time when dns records were created and modified in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Post author:admin
Post published:June 5, 2019
Post category:IT Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Following one liner will display the dns records with date created and modified: Windows Server 2012 R2:Get-ChildItem "AD:DC=DomainDNSZones,DC=contoso,DC=com" -Recurse | Get-ADObject -Properties Created,Modified | Select-Object Name,Created,Modified | Sort-Object -Property Created…

Monitor/log print jobs

Post author:admin
Post published:April 24, 2019
Post category:IT Windows 7 Windows Server 2012

Logging the print jobs on Windows Print Server. Got to your print server.Event Viewer --> Applications and Service Logs --> Microsoft --> Windows --> Print Service --> Operational --> Enable…

ESXi 6.7 update patch fails with DependencyError related to Image Profile

Post author:admin
Post published:March 8, 2019
Post category:ESXi IT vCenter VMware

ardware: HPE Proliant DL380 Gen 10 ESXi installation : VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-Update1-10302608-HPE-Gen9plus-670.U1.10.3.5.12-Oct2018 When I try to apply Patch Release ESXi670-201901001.zip, I got the following error: [DependencyError] VIB QLC_bootbank_qwdrntv_3.9.18.0 - 10EM.670.0.0.7535516 requires qedentv_ver…

Battling growing disk space on Windows Server 2012 R2

Post author:admin
Post published:February 26, 2019
Post category:IT Microsoft Windows Server Windows Server 2012

I have been battling Windows Server 2012 R2 disk space usage above threshold despite adding space to it. Within couple of days, it would add up 5 to 6 GB.…

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