Windows Server

Common Problems 113540

Windows Server 2012 R2 — sIDHistory cleanup needed to retire deprecated SIDs after migration — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~2 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related […]

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How to Configure SMB Shares with NTFS Permissions on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure SMB Shares with NTFS Permissions on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure SMB File Shares and NTFS Permissions on Windows Server 2016 Server Message Block (SMB) is the primary file sharing protocol used in Windows environments, and NTFS (New Technology File System) permissions provide granular access control to files and folders on Windows volumes. Understanding how to correctly configure both SMB share permissions and […]

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How to Configure IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2019

How to Configure IIS Web Server on Windows Server 2019 Internet Information Services (IIS) 10 on Windows Server 2019 is a full-featured, modular web server platform supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, and WebDAV. IIS powers millions of websites and web applications worldwide and integrates tightly with the .NET framework, ASP.NET Core, PHP, and Node.js via […]

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Common Problems 112929

Windows Server 2016 – Cluster Shared Volume remains in redirected mode – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Common Problems 112638

Windows Server 2019 — Patch Compliance Drift Caused by Disabled UsoSvc and WaaSMedic — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Common Problems 113014

Windows Server 2016 — AD trust password broken between domains causing cross-domain auth failures — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~2 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Common Problems 112467

Windows Server 2019 – Display miniport TDR resets freeze RDP sessions – Fix and Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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How to Configure Group Policy Security Filtering on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Group Policy Security Filtering on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Group Policy Security Filtering Group Policy Security Filtering lets you control precisely which users and computers receive the settings in a GPO, without needing separate OUs for each subset. By modifying the Access Control List (ACL) of a GPO, you can grant or deny the Apply Group Policy permission […]

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Common Problems 112613

Windows Server 2019 — TLS cipher suite hardening breaks legacy API integrations on internal services — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~2 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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Common Problems 112450

Windows Server 2019 Storage Deduplication Jobs Saturating CPU and Starving Workloads – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 October 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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