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Following the recent Windows update on August 25-26, I've encountered a persistent issue with Wi-Fi connectivity. Despite holding a valid CompTIA A+ certification and executing a comprehensive set of troubleshooting steps, the problem remains unresolved. Here’s a detailed summary of my efforts...

Windows server 2019 DC1 And DC2 DNS replication fails between the two DC. The directory service cannot replicate with this server because the time since the last replication with this server has exceeded the tombstone lifetime. schema and configuration is successful. Both DC has the same...

Hi all, I'm adding my desktop pc after a clean reinstall of windows. The only problem is that I get this error message, where it tells me that there is no mapping between the account names and security identifiers (SIDs). Does anyone know how to help me? It's the first time I've seen this...

My WiFi NIC will always use 127.0.0.1 when its TCP/IP settings are on DHCP. If I change to static no issue but as you can imagine this creates some unwanted issues every time I connect with my laptop to a new WiFI network (as the address range is different) InterfaceAlias...

Windows Server 2016 - DNS/AD problem Hi all - at one point our DC froze and we had to do a restart. It installed a lot of updates and then once it got up and running again we started experiencing problems with DNS, passwords, mapped drives etc - please refer to screenshots. Its as if the...

I have a Windows server and previously was able to connect (RDP) to it with the hostname without any issues. Now I cannot RDP to it with the hostname, but can RDP with the IP address. The server is the DNS server, I am able to ping it with the hostname (meaning there are no NDS issues). The...

Hi Experts , Windows server 2012r2 server is not resolving IPV6 address from local host file . There is no DNS entry for IPV6 and hence I added IPV6 address for my tool server in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host file . But server failed to resolve the name . Server is still able to resolve...

We recently started having a problem where if the Domain Controller is not listed first in the "DNS Server addresses, in order of use". The computer will not join the Domain? It is supposed to go to the next server on the list if the first one is not a domain controller. Does anyone have any...

please help to upgrade windows server2008 with domain controller and dns to win server 2012 r2 <

Hi, my company website is resolving faster while accessing from internet , but looks slow while accessing locally via intranet. local domain name and website name is same . for eg: my local domain name is abctest.com and website name also same as abctest.com. When I am accessing the website...

I have several error messages in System Erreiginis of windows server 2016 essentials - Error 4015 DNS server has detected a critical AD error make sure that Active Directory is working properly - Error 1054 Could not get the name of a domain controller while processing group policy. - The...

Hi guys, I have the following issue: I have to use a L2TP-VPN connection with a preshared key so that my IP address/location does not get revealed. How can I achieve the following 2 functionality with the first one being more important: 1.) Prevent all non-VPN connection to the internet...

Hello there, I added some domain name to be blocked in my network and I used the following command to do that: Add-DnsServerQueryResolutionPolicy -Name "BlockListPolicy" -Action IGNORE -FQDN "EQ,*.somedomain.com" -PassThru After I have done that in powershell that domain is filtered out not to...

When I try to go to some web pages I get the following: This site can’t be reached Check if there is a typo in (the URL I am trying for). If spelling is correct, Link Removed. There is no typo, and Windows Network Diagnostics says there is no problem. I can hit Reload and usually the site will...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22489 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are beginning to slowly rollout a new “Your Microsoft account” settings page that will give you quick access to information related to your Microsoft account directly within...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H2 Build 19042.1023 (KB5003214) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on 20H2 (Windows 10 October 2020 Update). This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue with the just-in-time (JIT) behavior of...

For some reason best known to itself, my PC will not allow me to access certain websites, big ones like Outlook, BBC, BT etc unless I go to network settings, reset the network and then restart the computer, after which all is fine until I next shut down the computer. I already use a batch file...

A couple of days ago my Internect connection began behaving strangely. At one point I had a connection on my computer but no connection on my smart TV or iPad. After some fiddling I found I had no connection on my computer but connection on the TV and iPad. This "fiddling" involved relocating...

In certain circumstances, the Windows DNS client may send DNS name resolution requests that appear to be random. Continue reading...

I have a client machine on the network that seems to have the same DNS entry as a server? When i go on to our certification authority server and listed on Server Manager...looking at our active rdp connections i can see the AD account name of a client having an issue that i want to help them...