Windows Password GPO: Increase minimum password length to 15 or more characters

DoD STIG CAT II: Windows Server 2019 manually managed application/service account password must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. It must be at least 15 characters in…

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Migrating Active Directory Certificate Service (ACDS) from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019

CA server name is not the same as the FQDN of the server hosting the CA. Default common name naming scheme in ADCS is <Domain Name>-<CAHostname>-C . For example, Contoso-w2k12r2-CA…

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Migrate Symantec Endpoint Manager 14.2 from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019 seamlessly without breaking client communications

Way back in 2015 and 2016, I successfully migration all applications and servers from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2. Since DCSA approved deployment of Windows Server…

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Windows 10 1909: Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation

While running sysprep on Windows 10 1909, encountered following error:"Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. Review the log file at %WINDIR%System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log for details. After resolving the issue,…

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Windows Firewall log file empty.

Although GPO is set properly, still the windows firewall C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log showed blank. Solution: Provide NT SERVICE\MPSSVC account with Full Control permissions on the C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Firewall folder and restart the workstation or the server.

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Unable to install PowerShell modules in Windows Server 2016?

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -ForceError: Install-PackageProvider : Unable to find repository with SourceLocation ''. Use Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories. PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-PSRepository PackageManagement\Get-PackageSource : Unable to find…

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