I recently encountered the following error while running SysPrep on a Windows Server 2022 machine recently : Sysprep was not able to validate Windows Installation. Looking at the SysPrep logs is necessary in order to find more about the error that was triggered. Here is the various locations of SysPrep logs : Generalize %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther Specialize… Read More »
Getting the following error while accessing a SMB/CIFS shared folder from a Windows client machine? You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policy block unauthenticated guest access. These policies help to protect your PC from unsafe or malicious devices on the network. After investigating and making sure you want to enable unauthenticated… Read More »
Use the following PowerShell command (run as admin) to list and export all installed software on Windows and export to a text file : Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize > C:\InstalledSoftware.txt This will save the output to C:\InstalledSoftware.txt
You finally nailed all the requirement for Windows upgrade, where the PC Health Check confirms but unfortunately, Windows Update keep telling you “This PC doesn’t meet all the minimum requirements to run Windows 11”. Fortunately for you, this is a cosmetic error and should vanish if you manually force the status with the command below… Read More »
God Mode has been around since Windows 7 and one of the best way to quicky get to “under the hood” features quickly and efficiently. The concept to get into God Mode is the same as it always had – you basically need to create an empty folder with a certain text string to create… Read More »
When trying to load a java “jar” (.jnlp) file from Java Web browser plugin hang at x% and never complete. This is a common issue and require clearing the IcedTea Web cache. 1. Clear your Web browser cache and close it ; 2. Clear the IcedTea cache using the following command : rm -rf ~/.cache/icedtea-web/cache/*… Read More »
Windows Firewall can be configured from the GUI (by using firewall.cpl UI console) and also using the command line. This quick tutorial will cover how to manipulate the rules from CLI to open, block a port and delete a rule. In a nutshell, here is the command sample: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”<DESCRIPTION>” dir=in… Read More »
If you have a Gigabyte Z390 Designare motherboard, you might be wondering how to enable Secure Boot in order to meet the TPM2 Windows 11 requirement. Browsed every section of the BIOS and didn’t found it? Most likely you have “CSM Support” option enabled. (Compatibility Support Module (CSM) is a feature of the UEFI firmware… Read More »
If you encounter error 0x80092004 while installing updates on Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2, it is most likely due to some cryptography issues (CRYPT_E_NOT_FOUND). To workaround this problem, you need to manually install the following update(s) : SHA-2 code signing support update for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008: September… Read More »
If you are accessing a computer using Remote Desktop (RDP) and try ripping an optical media (DVD, BD) using MakeMKV (or any other similar software for that matter), it will fail to access the disk. With MakeMKV, the error message will be as followed : The program can’t find any usable optical drive. This error… Read More »