Windows Server Administration
Determine the SID of user name.
Determine the SID of user name. I have this problem a lot when coming through event logs and I need to find the SID of an active directory user. If you would like to list all of the SID's for the users, open command prompt and run: wmic useraccount get name,sid...
How to fix “You’ve been logged in with a temporary profile” error.
How to fix "You've been logged in with a temporary profile" error. This can sometimes be caused by an improper shutdown or Windows updates that didn't install properly. Click Start and type in regedit. Choose "Run as administrator" either by clicking it on the right...
How to enable WinRM via Group Policy
How to enable WinRM via Group Policy In order to remotely manage computers via Powershell, you must enable Windows Remote Management. Open Group Policy management. Create a new GPO. Right-click your newly created GPO and click Edit... First...
How to fix “The remote desktop session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license.” (Server 2012R2)
How to fix "The remote desktop session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license." (Server 2012R2) You must be able to access the server in another way in order to do this. Mine was a VM so I was able to get...
How to shadow Remote Desktop Sessions on Windows Server 2012R2.
How to shadow Remote Desktop Sessions on Windows Server 2012R2. With Windows Server 2012 R2, Remote Desktop Services allows you to "shadow" users that are remoted into the server. When shadowing, you can either view or view and control a user's session. You can...
How to fix RD Connection Broker, Web Access and Gateway certificates expired.
How to fix RD Connection Broker, Web Access and Gateway certificates expired. Open your Server Manager and go to Remote Desktop Services. Click on Tasks, Edit Deployment Properties. Click on Certificates. If any of these are expired, I am going to...
How to set Remote Desktop Licensing Mode (Server 2012 R2)
How to set Remote Desktop Licensing Mode (Server 2012 R2) Open your Server Manager. Click Remote Desktop Services on the left hand side. Select the Overview branch. In Deployment Overview area, select Edit Deployment Properties from the Tasks menu. Select RD...
How to redirect Rdweb page from IIS 8 root site.
How to redirect Rdweb page from IIS 8 root site. After you have successfully deployed a Remote Desktop Web Access server, users have to type sub.domain.com/rdweb/pages/ to reach it. To make it easier, you can redirect sub.domain.com to...
Printer settings could not be saved. This operation is not supported. (Server 2012 R2)
How to fix "Printer settings could not be saved. This operation is not supported." (Server 2012R2) So here's a really annoying one and it has to do with printers. Of course right? It always printers or DNS. ALWAYS. Anyway I wanted to change the driver on one of...
How to fix clients not reporting to WSUS target groups.
How to fix clients not reporting to WSUS target groups. So I came across this this morning which was a simple fix but easy to miss. I noticed that my computers still weren't going into the target groups that I assigned via Group Policy. Here is how to fix it. ...