Windows Server

SOLVED: How To List All The (Old) Computers in Your ADSOLVED: How To List All The (Old) Computers in Your AD

SOLVED: How To List All The (Old) Computers in Your AD

About a week ago we brought on a new client and immediately noticed, as part of our pre-onboarding due diligence,…

2 months ago
SOLVED: 3 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Clean Up WSUS & Get Disk Space BackSOLVED: 3 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Clean Up WSUS & Get Disk Space Back

SOLVED: 3 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Clean Up WSUS & Get Disk Space Back

We have many complex ways to clean up the WSUS database to make the WSUS MMC stop crashing and to…

2 months ago
SOLVED: Proper Way To Decommission an RDS ServerSOLVED: Proper Way To Decommission an RDS Server

SOLVED: Proper Way To Decommission an RDS Server

We recently had one of our clients need to retire one of the RDS servers from their farm and wanted…

2 months ago
SOLVED: Why Snapshot Differencing Disks Grow In Size Much Faster Than Normal DisksSOLVED: Why Snapshot Differencing Disks Grow In Size Much Faster Than Normal Disks

SOLVED: Why Snapshot Differencing Disks Grow In Size Much Faster Than Normal Disks

If you've ever taken a snapshot in Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix, or VMware, you will probably notice that the differencing disk…

3 months ago
SOLVED: What is in C:\$Windows.~WS & Is It Safe to DeleteSOLVED: What is in C:\$Windows.~WS & Is It Safe to Delete

SOLVED: What is in C:\$Windows.~WS & Is It Safe to Delete

If you are trying to clean up your hard drive storage you may notice the C:\$Windows.~WS folder and wonder what…

3 months ago
SOLVED: How To See HIDDEN and/or SYSTEM FoldersSOLVED: How To See HIDDEN and/or SYSTEM Folders

SOLVED: How To See HIDDEN and/or SYSTEM Folders

We recently wrote a brief article on the C:\$Windows.~WS folder noting that, by default, Windows has this this folder hidden…

3 months ago
SOLVED: Why COMPUTER OU Does Not Appear in GROUP POLICY MANAGEMENTSOLVED: Why COMPUTER OU Does Not Appear in GROUP POLICY MANAGEMENT

SOLVED: Why COMPUTER OU Does Not Appear in GROUP POLICY MANAGEMENT

Have you ever wondered why nearly every Active Directory you have seen has does not use the COMPUTERS and USERS…

3 months ago
SOLVED: What is 168.63.129.16? Azure WireServer IP ExplainedSOLVED: What is 168.63.129.16? Azure WireServer IP Explained

SOLVED: What is 168.63.129.16? Azure WireServer IP Explained

Yesterday we had client with many IP and DNS problems and the screenshot below was taken after we cleaned up…

3 months ago
SOLVED: Azure Entra Connect Sync Error “Insufficient access rights to perform the operation”SOLVED: Azure Entra Connect Sync Error “Insufficient access rights to perform the operation”

SOLVED: Azure Entra Connect Sync Error “Insufficient access rights to perform the operation”

I was working with a client earlier this week who had brought in a security company to tighten up their…

3 months ago