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. 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”...
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… ...
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...
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...
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...
