Category Archives: Windows knowhow

Howto do some things in Windows

Windows: Error “2221 the username could not be found” occurs when connecting to a network drive

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let us assume we have an Network Share on Server myserver.mydomain.org. Server has IP Address 10.254.10.10.

accessing a share via IP Address works
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Windows: Store credentials to access a share

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the credialstore offers the ability to store credientials to access some resources without entering the password every time when the resource is used.
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Windows: Active directory from command line

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this post contains command line example for querying the Active Directory using the ds* command family. The ds* commands are part of the Remote Administration Tools (RSAT)
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Windows: Disable/delay Windows Feature Updates

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when Microsoft releases a new Feature Version Windows 10 (i.e. 1809, 1803, 1709…) there are often some problems (Data loss, Feature/Tools removed, Boot issues…) with it and Microsoft have to fix it.
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Windows 10: Determine history of feature upgrades

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this powershell script determines the previous Windows 10 ReleaseIDs and install date of all feature updates applied to a system.
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