Domain joined computers should sync their time from a domain controller, if this is not happening the below should help. 1) Make sure the “Windows Time” service is running and set to Auto start 2) Checking and correcting to …
Problem: While testing the Meraki Client VPN feature I noticed what I can only assume is a bug in Windows 10 (I am on 1803). When selecting the Connect option from the WIFI/Network icon in the system tray, the connection …
Problem: One of my Windows 10 Pro clients recently had a weird issue I could ping servers, RDP to them but I couldn’t map a drive or browse using a UNC path. I would get the message Windows can’t find \\Server\Share. …
Problem: When configuring DHCP failover for one of my scopes the process kept failing with the message “Configure failover failed. Error 20010. The specified option does not exist” Workaround: Right-clicking on IPv4 and selecting “Set Predefined Options” I confirmed that …
After building a Windows 2016 DHCP server I attempted to authorise the server in AD but kept getting the message “The specified servers are already present in the Directory Service”. I have never had a Windows server with this host …
Problem: While playing around with DFS on Windows Server 2016 in my lab environment I kept getting the message “The namespace cannot be queried. The network address is invalid” when trying to add a new namespace via the wizard. Solution: …
Problem: I recently had an issues where a Windows 8.1 machine that was stuck in a blue screen reboot loop. I would get the message “Page Fault In Nonpaged Area (Ntfs.sys)” for a fraction of a second and then the …
Problem: I recently had an issue with a computer that was powered off during the installation of the November 2016 Preview of Monthly Quality Rollup update (KB3197875). After the computer was powered back on Windows attempted to to run an …
Problem: A remote user had forgotten their password, so they phoned our Service Desk to get it reset. The user did not have a direct connection to the domain so their cached credentials were still holding the forgoten password preventing …
Problem: Two folders on a file server I administer had been created with a space at the end of the folder name. If I tried to delete these folders I got the message “Could not find the item” If I tried …
