In Windows environment, each user is assigned a unique identifier called Security ID or SID, which is used to control access to various resources like Files, Registry keys, network shares etc. We can obtain SID of a user through WMIC USERACCOUNT command. Below you can find syntax and examples for the same. Get SID of…
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Troubleshoot Hyper-V using the Event Log
Hyper-V logs a lot of useful information if you need to diagnose a problem, so I thought I would put together a little post explaining where you should be looking. The first thing to know is that all Hyper-V event logs are stored in the Event Viewer under “Applications and Services Logs”, “Microsoft”, “Windows”: There…
Can you run Windows Server 2012 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2?
The Answer is simple – NO That is why Server 2012 is not listed under the supported Operating Systems. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc794868(v=ws.10)
After partitioning file system displays wrong disk size in Windows
“I extended the Hard disk size in VMware / Hyper V. Then I extended the Disk size in the Disk Management tool. All without any problems. But when I was checking the disk size in the Windows Explorer the size was incorrect. The old size was still showing” This is an issue on most Operating…
How to Size a SAN for Proper IOPS and Throughput
How to Track Software Installation and Removal Using Event IDs 11707, 11724, and 592
There some requirements, you may need to trace software installations and removals along with the user account details. Under the events you can look for in both the Application Event Log and Security Event Log that will help you do this. In the Application log, setup packages that use the Windows Installer to install themselves…
How to Resize User Profile Disks – The easy way
To enlarge the drive is very simple if you have Hyper-V installed. If you are running the VM on a virtual environment, it is not possible to have Hyper-V role installed. To overcome this issue, you can simply add the Hyper-V role on Windows 8/8.1/10 workstations. The Steps are as follows; The affected user have…
Easy way to Test the Listening Ports on Windows Systems
A nice tool that you can use is Microsoft’s free PortQueryUI. It provides a GUI for the portqry.exe command-line tool, which is installed by default on recent Windows OS versions. Run portqueryui.exe. In the Port Query dialog box, enter the destination IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name(FQDN) to query. In this case, you can…