Today I noticed several clients which have not updated any GPOs for a while. Even a “gpupdate” was not successful: After a some troubleshooting, the…
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When WSUS is installed on a Windows Server 2016 (or higher), it may happen that the server cannot obtain updates from itself as a source…
Here are the most important commands to query the NTP configuration: w32tm /query /configurationw32tm /query /statusw32tm /query /peersw32tm /resync /rediscovertime /t /configuration: Shows the defined…
Not all event logs can be managed via GPO. Therefore, there are two more ways to change the log path and size – via GUI…
In Outlook there is an interface that allows other programs to access certain resources in Outlook, such as inserting templates, automatic mail sending, access to…
After a Windows in-place upgrade (e.g. Windows 7 -> Windows 10 / Windows Server 2008R2 -> Windows Server 2012R2) the old Windows directory is stored…
Sometimes it is useful to know the exact expiration date of a Windows password. The following CMD command is available for this purpose: net user…
Today I received a call that Outlook 365 no longer starts. The “start window” appears briefly and disappears again after a few seconds. In the…
Today I had to realize that Windows 10 does not provide SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) in the Windows features anymore. In my case it’s…
The Task Scheduler is a popular tool to run scripts scheduled on a client or server. Either at regular intervals or on a specific event,…