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Uninstall ADFS

Sometime you need to uninstall ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) in a clean fashion. The process ins’t hard but you do need to do things in a proper order. The process is slightly different between ADFS v2.0 and v3.0 but most of it is the same. The Basics Lets look at the basic steps and then go into more details. […]

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MSCONFIG Tips, Tricks and Troubleshooting

MSCONFIG is the tool for Microsoft Windows that controls the boot configuration. Safe Mode selection The biggest use for MSCONFIG is to switch into safe mode. There are two options for safe mode. “Diagnostic Startup” which is basic drivers and “Selective Startup”. Diagnostic Startup This mode is a very basic driver set. Mostly used to scan your system for malware.

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KB4516065 will not install

KB4516065 is a security rollup patch released in September 2019. Since its release two of it’s dependencies have changed and the patch from MS will not install without help. Error: Installation Fails with Error 0x80092004 Download the patch from the Microsoft catalog along with two other need prerequisites. Reboot after each install. Once done run Windows Update again. https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4490628 https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4474419

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Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service Errors

Basic Troubleshooting Make sure you have the latest patches installed for Windows Open an Admin Console Windows Run each command  vssadmin delete shadows /all This will clean up any orphaned shadows. System with to many orphaned shadows can become unresponsive. This does not work with XP or Vista vssadmin list writers This show what services have registered with VSS. If

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Windows Resource Monitor

History Task manager had a limited performance tracking. Perfmon was a complicated tool to gather stats. Microsoft create something in-between. With Windows Vista and Server 2008 a new tool was created call Resource Monitor. The look changes slightly from version to version but it functions the same. The later versions have additional capabilities.  How to get to the tool Open

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PowerShell Office 365 Remote Connections

There are two methods to use PowerShell to connect to a remote systems not part of your domain, typically used when connection to Office 365 Exchange Online. The method used depends if you have Multi-Factor Authentication enabled or not. For using PowerShell on remote system see this {link disabled} To start a remote session Only Basic Authentication Open a PowerShell

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