In this short article we are going to provide half a dozen answers to common Local System account questions. What is The Local System Account In Windows? The Local System account is a user account created when the operating system is installed and is used primarily to run Windows Services […]
If you are seeing this error message it’s probably related to the network card being overloaded: Event Source: Windows System Event LogEvent ID: 50The RDP protocol component X.224 detected an error in the protocol stream and has disconnected the client or Event ID: 56 The Terminal Server security layer detected […]
The name “Microsoft Defender” has gone from relating to an mediocre integrated antivirus program to being a brand for a large suite of security products. In this article we focus on Microsoft Defender products that keep computers safe (as opposed to applications like Defender for O365) While Defender makes sense […]
There are two common scenarios in which IT administrators find themselves trying to find “unknown” DHCP server on their network: A – Your Network Has Been Hacked Aa hacker may install a DHCP server on your network to allow them to specify their own DNS server. DNS (Domain Name Service) […]
In the past we have produced several popular articles explaining how to cleanup and fix Windows Server Update Services (WSUS): How To Tell If WSUS Server Cleanup Is Doing Anything? How to Change WSUS To Download Patches Directly from MS and Not Store Updates Locally WSUSPool in IIS Stops Repeatedly […]
Recently we provided THIS video explaining how to install Windows 11 on a hardware that does not meet the minimum requirements. This naturally lead one of our viewers, Rahul Nema, to ask: “…(After installing Win11 on unsupported hardware), will future Windows security updates and cumulative updates working without any problem? […]
If you have seen the That Suite Money commercials, it seems too good to be true. Just sign up and get $250. Here are the two videos we produced based on this article: The style of the commercial reminds us of the old Canadian House Hippo campaign which tells Canadians […]
If you have security software that you can not uninstall using the normal methods like ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS there are several ways to succeed. 1 – Uninstall AV Using Command Line Script: Most software companies, especially those with enterprise / corporate products, have an easy way to uninstall their products using […]
We recently tried to connect to the administrative shares (i.e. C$, E$, admin$, …) on a PC that was not part of a Domain using a Microsoft Account that was setup on that remote PC. We were frustrated to find it errored out with “You might not have permission to […]
I was amalgamating all of my old backups oneto a single USB drive when I stumbled on a DVD from 2006 that had a large file named “Web1-Primary_BU_Mar12_06.bkf” . After a few minutes of thinking I remembered that .BKF stands for BacKup File and remembered that “Windows Backup” had been […]
Below is the most current list of supported browsers for opening and editing Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly Office 365 webapps) like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and more. We offer a free 30 day trial of Office 365 for up to 25 users directly from Microsoft HERE. Windows 10: Google […]
Below is a list of every version of Windows: Name / Description Version Build Number Public Release Windows 10, Version 1909 10 18975 11/5/2019 Windows 10, Version 1903 10 18362 5/21/2019 Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 2, Rollup KB4489887 6 6003 3/19/2019 Windows 10, Version 1809 10 17763 10/2/2018 Windows […]
There are several ways to mute your microphone but MicMute is the easiest and most reliable we have found so far. This mic utility works on Windows Vista, 7, 8, and Windows 10. You can download MicMute utility HERE.
Yes, you can run Server 2016 VM’s on Server 2012 R2 Host. In general Mircrosoft supports the release immediately after the host operating system (i.e. 2012 on 2008 R2, 2012 R2 on 2012 R1,…)
Windows Server 2016 is expected to be able to host Windows Server 2019 VM’s but as of today’s date the official line up for Server 2016 hosting VM’s is:
| Guest Operating System | Maximum Virtual Cores | Integration Services |
| Windows Server 2016 | 240 for generation 2 | Built-in |
| Windows Server 2016 | 64 for generation 1 | Built-in |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | 64 | Built-in |
| Windows Server 2012 | 64 | Built-in |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 | 64 | Install all critical Windows updates after you |
| Windows Server 2008 with SP2 | 8 | Install all critical Windows updates after you set up the guest operating system. |
| Windows 10 | 32 | Built-in |
| Windows 8.1 | 32 | Built-in |
| Windows 7 with SP1 | 4 | Upgrade the integration services after you set up the guest operating system. |
Windows 10 has many lesser known variants including Windows 10 Long Term Servicing Branch, Windows 10 Embedded and Windows 10 Team. In the fall of 2017, a new variant named Windows 10 Pro For Workstations will be added to the list. Windows 10 for Workstations is a high end version of the […]
Below is a complete list of Windows variables. If you are writing any sort of script, PowerShell, or command line you will need to know: The variable for username is %username% The variable for the Windows Directory is %windir% or %systemroot% The variable for Program Files is %ProgramFiles% or %ProgramFiles(x86)% […]