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Windows is the brand name for a series of operating systems from Microsoft. Current versions are Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. Instead of tagging a post "Windows", try to use a tag for a specific version.

Introduction

Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Originally a graphical add-on for Microsoft DOS, Windows is currently the market leader for operating systems on the desktop.

Today there are several branches of Windows:

  • Windows for desktops, notebooks, and tablets
  • Windows Server, for servers
  • Windows IoT, for embedded devices such as point of sale, kiosks, and signage

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If your question is version-specific, consider using a version-specific tag.

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setting the 'hidden' attribute on a partion from Linux (parted) isnt respected by Windows?

when I set the 'hidden' flag on a GPT partition it's not respected by Windows 8.1 (Windows attempts to mound, throws UI, etc). However if I set the 'hidden' flag from diskpart.exe it is respected - are these two 'hiddens' different? how can I set…
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Windows workstations in a Windows domain with a Linux domain controller

There's a Windows network of about 60 workstations I am going to be responsible for. The network is in a terrible mess, so I decided to rebuild it from the ground up. Currently, there are some Windows Server installations running, one of which takes…
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Third Party Wildcard Certificate on DCs for LDAPS

I am trying to provide Authentication as a Service to my customers. LDAP authentication is perfect for this however I am not a fan of clear text sessions.... enter LDAPS. Active Directory of course has LDAPS turned on however the certificate used is…
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How to force DSC to execute all configurations (Packages) even when a restart/reboot is required

From MSDN RebootNodeIfNeeded: Certain configuration changes on a target node might require it to be restarted for the changes to be applied. With the value “true,” this property will restart the node immediately and without warning. If “false,” the…
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DSC, how to know if after running the configuration a reboot is required

So I'm using DSC Push mode I have about 200 deployments per day to several environments (DEV/INT/QA/PROD) Every time that I deploy I want to make sure that each server is configured correctly So I'm running DSC automatically as part of my deployment…
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Windows Server - "Not enough storage available error"

We have two IIS 7 servers that run in web garden. There's a copy of every site on each server. Files are synchronized using DFS (only source files). Images & big files are located on different server using share. Atleast few time a week, we get…
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How should I remove users from Administrators group without Active Directory?

Context: I am a new junior sysadmin and I have inherited a small office workgroup of about 12 windows machines, production and backup fileservers, and a sql server. All user accounts on the fileserver are members of the Administrators group. I…
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What's wrong with using windows firewall?

I was developing a system which requires connection between two computers. I decided to connect the two machines together via direct ethernet cable. My boss didn't like it as there is no firewall in between. The two computer are both connected to…
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Windows - Software restriction policy to block exe files in all subdirectories

How can I block all executables in %APPDATA%? I've read for CryptoLocker this is a good policy: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\*\*.exe But that apparently won't protect more than one layer deep. But what's to stop someone from going another…
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Is it OK (industry accepted) to use Windows Server for non-server things?

Such as 3ds max render nodes? Or to put it another way, is Windows Server more like a barebones OS or is it specifically meant for Active Directory, DNS, IIS, etc? And yes I know the question is simple, but I really can't seem to get a bead on this.
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UDP port appears to be in use but is not shown in netstat or TCPView

I've encountered some strange behavior I don't understand. I'm installing software on a Windows 2003 Server. This software needs to bind to a specific UDP port an all TCP addresses in order to listen to requests. I seem to be able to bind to several…
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Setting a static route for a specific network adapter with two network adapters

I have a virtual windows server 2008 r2 with 2 virtual network adapters, one is part of a domain and the other isn't. When I ping to a specific PC that is part of the domain it connects to it through the second network adapter (the one that isn't in…
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Any reason to use Windows Server 2003 over Server 2008?

For a unit test server (TeamCity Agent) - is there any reason to choose old (and reliable?) Win2003 SP2 over Server 2008, assuming both are available and the machine is decent?
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What exactly is included in the Windows "Everything" security identifier (e.g. does it include computer accounts like DOMAIN\MACHINE$)?

This is a generalization of a question I initially had asked about computer accounts. I asked: When one sets Windows permissions for "Everyone", do these permissions apply to computer accounts (aka machine accounts) like MYDOMAIN\MYMACHINE$? Or…
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When should you create additional domain in forest?

My company is opening a new site in a different country. We will be installing new servers there and I have a question I can't decide on. Should we create a new domain in the forest or should we just use the same domain and implement a new domain…
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