Stephan Wibier

Why does desktop.ini file open in Notepad when I login?

Jan

10

2019

Normally there is a desktop.ini file on the desktop. This file is hidden! You can see it when you turn on ‘Hidden items’ and turned of ‘Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’. But when you do this, and then DELETE this desktop.ini file, hmmm well let’s say DON’T. Because now when you login a desktop.ini ...

Expose virtualization extensions to Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Jan

9

2019

HOW-TO: Expose virtualization extensions to Hyper-V Virtual Machine In the current world of virtualization it is possible to run Virtualization solutions inside a virtual machine. So it is possible to run Hyper-V inside a Hyper-V virtual machine, or maybe you want to play around with one of the competitors like VMware ESX of Citrix Hyperviser (the ...

HOW-TO: Enroll in the Windows Insider Program!

Jan

8

2019

HOW-TO: Enroll in the Windows Insider Program! Just a short blog on how to enroll yourself in the Windows Insider Program. At the moment there are 2 Rings in which you can enter, the Slow or Fast ring. In the Fast ring you are at the front edge of the development of the Windows client ...

Introducing Windows Sandbox!

Dec

20

2018

So this little gem was on the #WindowsInsider Blog (here). And this is a big one, at least for me. I always spin up a VM to test untested and possible malicious software. But I have tested this new and latest addition, and only one word, WOW. It just works, and OK there are a ...

Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) won’t start

Jun

21

2017

Sometimes strange things can happen in an IT environment. For example, you want to (re)start your CA and you get the message: Or maybe you get: Active Directory Certificate Services did not start: Could not load or verify the current CA certificate: LAB-CA Object was not found. 0x80090011 (-2146893807) Well, what’s next? New CA? The ...

Azure Active Directory Connect – High Availability 3

Mar

1

2016

When working in Enterprise environments the High Availability (HA) question is often raised. (Azure Active Directory Connect – High Availability) Also for the new and shining Azure Active Directory Connect (AADConnect) tool. The tool itself is the successor of DirSync, with a lot of new features. For instance Password Write Back. Get the tool here: ...

Windows 10 – Group Policy Objects (GPO) not applied

Feb

26

2016

I was working with Windows 10 (1511 version), fully patched the client and to my surprise on some Windows 10 machines the Group Policy Objects (GPO) were not applied. I did a little search and it seems that Microsoft has pushed 2 updates (MS15-011 and MS15-014) that harden the Group Policy process. Well actually they harden the ...

Microsoft Failover Cluster – Requested resource is in use – Disk Manager

Feb

26

2016

So I made the ‘mistake’ of destroying a Microsoft Failover Cluster and thinking Windows would release my disks. Well I was wrong! I went to Disk Manager and saw my disks as ‘Online’, ‘Primary’ and ‘RAW‘. And off course I could not access the disks from the Explorer, giving me a nice Error. OK to ...

WSUS Server 2012 R2 Windows 10 Feature Updates not found

Feb

15

2016

So you are on Server 2012 R2 and have a WSUS server to serve your updates to your Windows 10 clients. Perfect! But now you need to deploy the upgrade features (i.e. version 1511). Well first you have to deploy a hotfix to your WSUS server (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3095113). About this hotfix: This hotfix enables Windows Server ...

LayoutModification.xml file not working for customizing StartMenu Windows 10 39

Feb

13

2016

So you are in the process of developing a Windows 10 image, nice! You want de customize your StartMenu, nice! You have built a reference machine, and exported the StartMenu file. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/mt171092(v=vs.85).aspx We know how to do that with PowerShell: Export-StartLayout – Path C:\Export\MyStartMenu.xml And in your task sequence you import the file again with ...