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Computer domain group policy failed to apply

A domain joined workstation with Windows 7 operating system (or windows 10) was failing to update computer policies from the domain. . I tried to refresh the settings with  gpupdate /force . But, the command was failing to apply computer settings from domain GPO, with following error message: Computer policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encountered: The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not apply the registry-based policy settings for the Group Policy object LocalGPO. Group Policy settings will not be resolved until this event is resolved. View the event details for more information on the file name and path that caused the failure. The output from  Gpresult /h gpresult.html  was showing failed status for Registry in component status: Error event was logged into System event log with ID 1096 and same description: The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not apply the registry-ba...

How to fix "You can't connect to the file share because it's not secure" message in Windows 10

Problem: Cannot connect connect to file share from windows 10 computers to old version of file share the error message come up and shows as below screenshot Solution : You need to enable the SMBv1 Protocol by following these steps -Open Control Panel. -Click on Programs and features . -Click on Turn Windows features on or off link. -Expand the SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support option. -Check the SMB 1.0/CIFS Client option. -Click the OK button. Click the Restart now button.

Exchange 2016: Create CSR and Install SSL Certificate

Exchange 2016: Create CSR and Install SSL Certificate Creating a CSR and installing your SSL certificate on your Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 A.     How to create your certificate signing request (CSR).       B.     Generate the SSL certificate on GoDaddy.       C.     How to Install and Configure Your SSL Certificate. A.     Exchange 2016: How to Create Your CSR Using the Exchange Admin Center ( EAC ) to Create Your CSR 1.      Access the EAC by opening a browser and browsing to the URL of your server (e.g., https://localhost/ecp). 2.      On the Exchange Admin Center credentials page, type your Domain/user name and Password and then click sign in . 3.      In the EAC , in the sidebar menu on the left, click Servers and then in the menu at the top of the page, click Certificates . 4.   ...

Configure notifications on MS Operations Manager (Ops Mgr 1807)

Configure notifications on MS operations Manager (OpsMgr 1807) Notifications in Ops Mgr are made of of three primary components – the Channel , Subscriber , and the Subscription . The Channel is the mechanism that we want to notify by, such as Email. The subscriber is the person or distribution list we want to send to,  And the subscription is a definition of criteria around what should be sent. The SMTP Channel:  First creating the channelis required:  Under Administration pane > Notifications > Channels .  Right click and choose New channel > Email (SMTP) Creating SMTP Chanenel Give your channel a name. Lets just call this one our “Default SMTP Channel” , and put description Add Channel Name Click next to go to Settings in the wizard, and type in the FQDN of your SMTP server(s), port number and authentication method . I am going to select “Anonymous” for my Authentication mechanism, it depends on the SMTP configuration on the mai...

How To Use NSLOOKUP to View DNS Records

Definition:  nslookup  is a network administration command-line tool available in many computer operating systems for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping, or other DNS records. You may find the need to check the status of your domains DNS records, or check the Name Servers to see which records the servers are pulling.   Launch  Windows Command Prompt  by navigating to  Start > Command Prompt  or via  Run  >  CMD . Type  NSLOOKUP  and   Enter .  The default Server is set to your local DNS, the Address will be your local IP. Set the DNS Record type you wish to lookup by typing  set type=##  where ## is the record type, then hit  Enter .  You may use  A ,  AAAA ,  A+AAAA ,  ANY ,  CNAME ,  MX ,  NS ,  PTR ,  SOA , or  SRV  as the record type. The default type is A record....

How to solve the ServiceManagement_log size issue on SCSM DB server?

How to solve the MS SQL log size issue? I have noticed that ServiceManagement_log file size on SCSM DB server is above 150 GB. How to solve it? is it normal? Step 1: The Recovery Model for the database can be set to ‘Simple’ in SQL Server Management Studio. Use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to SQL server. After connecting to the appropriate instance of the SQL Server Database Engine , in Object Explorer, click the server name  to expand the server tree.   Expand  Databases , and, depending on the database, either select a user database selecet (ServiceManagemenet) database. Backup of transaction logs is needed in case of any failure. Right-click the database, and then click  Properties , which opens the  Database Properties  dialog box. In the  Select a page  pane, click  Options . The current recovery model is displayed in the  Recovery model  list box. Optionally, to change the recovery model select...