Just FYI, new blog post "Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Documentation Moves to New Web Location"
Hi there -
Just FYI, new blog post "Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Documentation Moves to New Web Location" at https://aka.ms/windowsserverdocs
James McIllece
WUDO DOGroupId vs GroupId
Today we caught two systems exchanging updates via WUDO that shouldn't be. The WUDO download mode is set to 2 and each system has a different group ID assigned.
According to the documentation, the settings are set in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeliveryOptimization
DODownloadMode sets the mode and DOGroupId sets the group ID. When I used Process Monitor to see what was going on, I found that the Delivery Optimization service, on a fully patched Windows 10 system, was not reading DOGroupId from the registry. Instead, it was reading GroupId (without the DO prefix).
It looks like there might be a bug in the Delivery Optimization service.
- Changed type Marc K 4096 Tuesday, July 19, 2016 10:10 PM
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Hi Mark, did you get WUDO working with groupId, i´ve been trying without success. Did you use de GUID with brackets?
thanks.
Andrei
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I can't say if WUDO is actually working or not, but since putting in the GroupId values, we haven't seen any more of our computers downloading updates from each other across the WAN. We don't have good intra-network tracking to see if the computers in a LAN are actually downloading updates from one another and I haven't been able to decode the WUDO logs.
I used the GUID format with the brackets as in "{B25472CD-3467-4F99-8D9D-0F34190A87DC}".
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I ran the same test on the "creators update" (1703.15063.138) and found the delivery optimization service correctly querying for DOGroupId. Then I went back and tested the current build of the "anniversary update" (1607.14393.1066) and it was also correctly correctly querying for DOGroupId. To make sure I'm not crazy, I went back and tested 1511.10586.873 and found the service incorrectly querying for GroupId.
So, it looks like the problem is fixed in 1703 and the latest build of 1607.
1703 also started logging warnings that the value I had configured for DOGroupId was invalid. I removed the braces from the GUIDs and it stopped logging the warnings. It did not, however, log anything confirming that the GUID without the braces is correct. However, I still think this means the proper format of DOGroupId is ########-####-####-####-############.
- Edited by Marc K 4096 Tuesday, June 6, 2017 3:03 PM
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Problem and Question about Windows Temporary Files
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I had the same problem with CCleaner years ago and quit using it after my system crashed because CCleaner identified and deleted some of the system files.
SOLUTION: Quit using CCleaner!!
Problems caused by CCleaner are NOT the responsibility of Microsoft or Windows 7!!
Contact the publisher of CCleaner for any and all problems with CCleaner!!!
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Edit Site Contents Page
Hi,
Is it possible to Edit site contents page for the following needs
--> Remove top section of the page
2. Add OOB webparts(content editor)
thanks.
Thanks, Ram
How to convert file ANSI to UTF-8 format?
Hi,
How to convert txt file ANSI to UTF-8 format,i have created output schema property codepage="UTF-8",but still out file is ANSI,Please help me...
Thanks in advance.
Reagrds,
Subhash
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You will have to write your own code to perform character conversion e.g.
byte[] outputUTF8 = ASCIIEncoding.Convert(Encoding.ASCII, Encoding.UTF8, inputASCII);
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Hi Subhash,
Try modifying the Target Charset property on the XML Assembler pipeline component of your Send port to 'UTF8'.
I think it would serve your purpose.
Regards,
Abhijit
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Hi Subhash,
You can set target encoding like Abhijt mentiones, see Character Encoding in the XML Assembler Pipeline Component or write your own code like Greg states, or in an orchestration message assign shape mymessage(XMLNORM.TargetCharset) = "UTF-8". It depends a bit on your requirement and what is best fit-for-purpose.
Regards,
Steef-Jan Wiggers
MVP & MCTS BizTalk Server
http://soa-thoughts.blogspot.com/
BizTalk
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Hi Subhash
You can use the following link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939550
Regards
Deepak Sanghi
Deepak Sanghi Happy Biztalking.........
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Hello
here is a ps1 script that will help you to conver ta txt file to UTF8
Get-Content <input directory>.txt | Set-Content -Encoding utf8 <output directory>.txt
hope this help
Joseph Raies
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What about the simple solution (if you just have one file or two) - of opening in good old "NotePad" and selecting the Encoding UTF-8 when you do a "Save As".
Neal Walters
http://MyLifeIsMyMessage.net
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Meaningless title
- Split by Bill_Stewart Monday, May 1, 2017 7:07 PM Off-topic
Powershell script writing using input/output file
- Changed type Bill_Stewart Friday, July 7, 2017 4:19 PM
- Moved by Bill_Stewart Friday, July 7, 2017 4:20 PM This is not "scripts on demand"
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Telling what you want to do is not a question. Also, read this first to set your expectations:
This forum is for scripting questions rather than script requests
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]
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How do I work with CSV in Variable?
I am using get-winevent to collect some data from event log.
I was initially dumping everything to CSV file
Then used import-csv and export-csv to manipulate the data but realised that I am probably loading and saving the same data that is already in memory which is merely wasting time writing to a file and then reading it again.
So wondering what the best way is to work with a variable in CSV formate.
e.g
[PsObject]$WinEvents = Get-Winevent.... $m = Get-Content C:\ps1\XAccountName.txt $n = Get-Content C:\ps1\XId.txt $WinEvents | Import-Csv | ? { $m -notcontains $_."AccountName"} | ? { $n -notcontains $_."Id" } | Export-Csv filename.csv At this stage I am wondering if [Psobject] can be replaced with something that works as CSV.
- Edited by GTEM Sunday, April 30, 2017 7:29 AM
- Changed type Bill_Stewart Friday, July 7, 2017 4:18 PM
- Moved by Bill_Stewart Friday, July 7, 2017 4:19 PM This is not "teach me fundamentals and basics one incremental post at a time" forum
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None of your code makes any sense and none of it will work in any way.
PsObject does nothing here. You have not explained what you are trying to do.
There are no CSV files in your example.
I would suggest that you take a bit of time to learn PowerShell.
If you are trying to ask how to filter a result then:
$IDs = Get-Content C:\ps1\XId.txt Get-WinEvent | Where-Object{$_.ID -notin $IDs} | Export-Csv file.csv AccountName is not a property of an event.
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- Edited by jrv Saturday, April 29, 2017 6:32 PM
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We answered this same question in you earlier posts. You don't have enough basic PowerShell knowledge to understand what is being posted or even what your question is. Without a basic technical understanding of PowerShell and the Windows components your are trying to use you will not be able to understand any of this.
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Not sure you understand the question.
I know the code does not work, it says just before the code e.g. (Which means it is only an example) and the "..." after get-winevent means I have stripped away some code to avoid diverting your attention to that.
If you don't understand the question, just ask, or let somebody else that does understand the question answer it. Telling me to go and learn power-shell first was only hurtful. I am trying to lean power-shell, but getting stuck in the process and hence come to this forum to seek advice. Lets face it, if everybody knew power-shell, there would be no need to come to this forum to seek advice. (The fact that most other initial posts here are with scripts that don't work proves the point). Telling me to go and learn power-shell first is like telling a foreign student that has come to your country to learn your language to go back to their country to learn it first.
This question is different to earlier posts although it is along the same theme but the question here is how to avoid having to write the $Winevents to CSV file, then reading the CSV file again to load it into memory to filter out the events. (Accountname is a Column in the CSV I have created in the get-winevent ... part)
I have tried using [PSObject] and as I saw there is also other ways of setting a Variable, but none like [CSVDocument] my question was merely whether there is another data type that will hold the data in a variable in the same way it is held in a variable after import-csv so that I can work with the data in memory instead of having to write it to file first.
TIA
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I showed you how to get the events and process them. Outside of that the code makes no sense as it is not PowerShell and could not work under any circumstances. It also does not help to explain what you are trying to do.
PsObject does nothing. Nearly all outputs are already object. Adding an arbitrary cast tot eh code does nothing.
Start by going back and learning the basics of PowerShell. Once you understand enough of teh fundamentals you will quickly see why wht you posted is not helpful and does not add up to a question.
You need to learn what a pipeline is and why we use it. You also need to understand what an event object is and why I noted that your code example cannot work with or without a CSV file.
A basic pipeline might look like this:
<get some objects> | < filter the objects> | <export the objects>
Don't waste your time by trying to guess and by asking advanced questions without first reading the basic help for the CmdLets.
Getting help is as easy as typing "help" for the CmdLet. If you don't start there and learn how to read and use help you will be forever going in circles.
What is [CSVDocument}? There is no such thing. What makes you think that [psobject} is of any use? It does nothing.
Look at this
D:\scripts> $data[0].GetType() IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType -------- -------- ---- -------- True False PSCustomObject System.Object
Almost all objects in PS are either psobject or scustomobject.
Learn about the pipeline:
help about_pipeline
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What jrv is trying to explain (albeit a bit indelicately) is that your question(s) seem to reveal some fundamental misunderstandings about how PowerShell works. Until those misunderstandings are cleared up, the questions are, of necessity, going to be somewhat nonsensical.
It isn't the purpose of this forum (and we don't have the resources, quite frankly) to "unteach" these fundamental misunderstandings and redesign code.
Instead, we recommend starting with the basics and do as many PowerShell tutorials as you can and immerse yourself in the fundamentals. We have all had to do this -- there's no shortcut. An analogy is that you can't immediately start with algebra without a background in basic mathematics. You could try, I suppose, but it will be a very frustrating and slow experience (as seems to be the case by your responses).
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]
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Upgrading System Center Endpoint Protection in Windows 8.1
Hi all;
As far as I know, the latest version of System Center Endpoint Protection is 4.10.xx. I am using the latest version of SCCM 2016 (build 1702). But when SCCM deploys it for me, it deployes the version 4.7.xx. Any ideas?
Thanks
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Hi,
The latest version of the Endpoint Protection client is availbale as a software update in SUP or WSUS for instanc. The one deployed with SCCM CLIENT 1610M is not updated so you need to update it using SUP or WSUS.
Regards,
Jörgen
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There are some more threads here that talk about this SCEP Version Problem. In one of them i give a hint for a possible but unsupported (and untested) workaround (replacing the SCEP Client in the SCCM Client Package):
- Edited by Michael-CM Saturday, April 29, 2017 6:50 PM
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Jorgen's right as I can see that the latest SCCM current branch media does not have the latest SCEP client. It's able to upgrade to latest by deploying software updates using whatever methods.
Replacing the scepinstall.exe may not work because during client deployment, file hash are verified before download. If hash mismatch, download will fail.
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whats the easiest free way to change from vista to windows 7?Vista to win 7
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Hi LisaMarie7.
The easiest way is performing an upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7, provided that your system can support Windows 7: you can find a description of the supported upgrade paths from previous Windows versions to Windows 7 at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579(v=ws.10).aspx. Anyway, there is no free upgrade path, so you have to buy either an Upgrade or a Full license of Windows 7.
Bye.
Luigi Bruno
MCP, MCTS, MOS, MTA
- Edited by Luigi BrunoMVP Monday, May 1, 2017 9:38 AM
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Here is a list of supported upgrade paths from each version of Vista to the various versions of Windows 7.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579(v=ws.10).aspx
There is no free upgrade offer so you need to find either a "Full" or "Upgrade" version of Windows 7 which is not an easy task as Windows 7 went off the market several years ago. Also beware of scammer who sell Windows 7 Product keys or eBay.
Also note there are still OEM / System builder versions of Win 7 available but there appears to be a problem when try to remove the silver colored seal which covers the product key, scratching the silver cover often also removes some of the product key making it unreadable.
I Would contact Amazon about this issue and what their return policy is.
J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com
Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.
- Edited by J W StuartMVP Saturday, April 29, 2017 11:50 PM
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I agree with Luigi Bruno. There is no free upgrade path.
And I'd like to add: We cannot buy Windows 7 installation media. It has already stopped.
Retailing Windows 7 PC has ended on the end of October 2016. But you might buy a Windows 7 PC, if there exists stock on the market.
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Ashidacchi
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Hi LisaMarie7,
Yes, there is no free way to upgrade to Windows 7 now. You need purchase a Windows 7 Product Key or installation DVD to install Windows7.
If you have a Product Key, you could use this page to download a disc image (ISO file) to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
Hope it will be helpful to you
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Microsoft Report Viewer Control version 140.340.80
I noticed that in some of our reports, the following expression for a Tablix textbox font color is not being evaluated and thus not coloring the text red where it should be:
=IIf(SUM(Fields!ActualCost.Value)<0,"Red","Black")
However, we have a similar report that uses a similar expression for a textbox within a Tablix, but it works fine:
=IIf(SUM(Fields!Graphical_Commitment_Forecast.Value)<0,"Red","Black")
The only cause I could see is the differences of in the row group properties in which these textboxes fall. Is anyone else having this issue? Any ideas of how to fix?
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Hi therealpren,
Since I could not reproduce your issue. Please provide some sample data and let me know the tablix structure so that I can test for you. If possible, you can post an image to elaborate your report design and desired result.
Besides, please check whether the data type of field [ActualCost] is numeric. If not, the above expression for setting color dynamically will not work.
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
MSDN Community Support
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WinPcap_4_1_3.exe
I'm trying to install some security camera software on my PC with Windows 8.1 and I get an error that WinPcap_4_1_3.exe is unable to launch.
Appreciate any advice on how to fix this.
Thanks So Much!
Dave
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Hi daveboy123,
For some third party security software, we could check if it suits to our system version and installation requirement.
Meanwhile we could change the compatibility of the installer to check.
Start with compatibility mode and run under win7 compatibility, admin rights, do this anywhere when in windows was compatibility issue.
Then we could try to install it in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking to check.
Hope it will be helpful to you
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My AK AddIn
I have been accompanying the Microsoft Office Forums for many years now and mostly the same questions are asked, and there are quite different answers.
Especially in the field of programming with VBA, I can see a development of some users, if they come here as beginner for the first time and how there macros look then after some time, a clear improvement.
Therefore, I thought to myself why I do not even write an AddIn which helps one through these development stages and shows possibilities.
So it is not a "normal" AddIn which contains a special function which is difficult or impossible with Excel.
And yet, it includes many things that most programmers would never include in their own add-in:
- Multi-Language Interface
- Record macros with optimized code
- Undo for VBA
- Help system
- De- / Install directly in the AddIn without additional programs
- Runs on all Windows systems with Excel 2007 and all newer versions (32-bit and 64-bit)
And much more. And the code of the AddIn is freely accessible. Therefore, it is suitable for beginners and for experienced programmers alike.
Here is an example video:
Https://www.dropbox.com/s/vbkvbz6r5r4qqh9/ExampleA.wmv?dl=0
Here is the download link:
Https://www.dropbox.com/s/eow60utqq4nf1gr/AK.zip?dl=1
Have fun, comments are welcome.
Andreas.
Download Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO - Advanced Options
You can now download Insider build 14295 and 14332 from the Microsoft link below
Download Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO - Advanced Options
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewadvanced
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Link is broken? :/
The link was posted on May 7th.
The latest is for preview build 14366 and 14342
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewadvanced
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"wbadmin get versions" says "ERROR - no backup was found"???
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:\\nas-01-25-2c\backup-1\ -include:e: -allCritical -vssFull -user:<userid> -password:<mypasswd> -quiet
Of course <userid> and <mypasswd> were my actual values.
After completion I did (also as admin):
wbadmin get versions -backupTarget:\\nas-01-25-2c\backup-1\
and also tried
wbadmin get versions -backupTarget:\\nas-01-25-2c\backup-1\ -machine:hp-xw8200
Both return, "ERROR - no backup was found."
What gives? I thought this command should show me the versions of my backups?
- Changed type SriramB[MSFT]Microsoft employee Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:56 AM
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If backup completes successfully, you should be able to list your backup version by using the commands you used.
Please retry the backup operation and share the output of your command and compressed "<SystemDrive>\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup" folder.
My email id is mamohan-nospam@microsoft.com (Please use the bold phrase from the email address. This is to avoid spam)
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I asked this question on other Microsoft forums for help (e.g., Windows 7). This is only one of many many problems I'm having and I get NO - zero answers or help from these forums, in my experience they are useless.
I am running Acronis now, it is working fine and support from them is excellent. So I'm not even going to bother to waste my time with Microsoft any more. I'll let my money do my talking w.r.t., backups.
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This is a generic reply to help Cmd line tool wbadmin.exe users in diagnosing the similar issues:
1) Backup to Network share: Make sure that WindowsImageBackup directory is inside this share. E.g.: \\<network>\share\WindowsImageBackup\
It contains all the backup files. User must not change the files in this folder.
2) If the network share is protected with a User/Password - Try net use \\<network>\share /u:<user> <password> and retry the wbadmin start backup and wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:\\<network-share> commands.
3) If wbadmin get versions does not show any backup, please copy the WindowsImageBackup dir to an internal/external disk and retry-
a) Backup location: <drive:>\WindowsImageBackup\
b) wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:<drive:>
4) If the above options doesn't resolve the problem, please collect the logs send the mail to email id mentioned in previous reply.
Thanks,
Vikas Ranjan [MSFT]
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You can try to SEE the backups on the GUI Backup version. Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore. Is there any backup made?
In DOS command line "wbadmin get versions" shows anything?
Maybe the snapshot fails. Is there any error in Event Viewer/Applications and Services/Microsoft/Windows/Backup/Operational?
Or had you solved the problem already?
Adelino Araujo
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When running windows backup at first I kept getting the 'backup has taken longer than 10 minutes' something or another.
So I tried running it as administrator and that seemed to get past that issue.
Then when I tried to do a restore, it kept saying no backups found. As if it couldn't find the catalog. Tried giving the usb drive a drive letter (windows server backup does not assign a drive letter when using a usb drive by default) and then sharing the drive. Then using a unc path to restore from a network drive. Still kept getting the same error. Tried every subfolder, etc.
Anyway.
ran ntdsutil
type snapshot
type list all.. and it should return a list of all backups.
(i did this from the c prompt and apparently it found the backup drive).
I chose the backup from the date I wanted and typed mount 855 (or whatever the number is).
This will mount a folder in the C drive named $SNAP_somethingblahablahVOLUME$
This drive will have the backup for that date.. it might take a few to mount.
Once inside, you will find the VHD files for each drive backed up.. In my case 3 VHD, one for the C drive, one for the bare metal backup and one for the D drive.
Since you can't mount a VHD in the storage/disk management console in some versions of Windows Server (in my case 2008 SBS), you have to install the 2005 Virtual Server from microsoft.. when installing, you only need to choose the VHD installations.
After its installed you can mount and access the VHDs as actual drive letters.
Go to the vhdmount.exe folder (c:\program files\microsoft virtual server\vhdmount) etc.
the command line is
vhdmount.exe /m "c:\$SNAP_stuff$@#$@#$VOLUME$\23490drivewhatever.vhd"
the /m mounts it and adding /f as well will let you edit it.. I recommend just mounting it and getting your files.
jimi@jamesgoethe.com
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Niether my computer disc drive or a separate disc drive are working. Is it driver trouble?
Midginet
sharepoint website extension
If you need more time to move your public website, you have a one-time postponement option for up to one year. You must select the postpone option by May 1, 2017.
I have a small business account
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I need to talk or chat with a real person
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Hi WJC, you'll want to contact Microsoft Support. You can find the Microsoft Support phone numbers here:
- Troy Starr [MSFT]
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RA Guard causes IPV4 fragmented packets to go missing
I have had this confirmed by a couple of sources on different Windows Hyper-V server 2012R2 setups.
When RA Guard is enabled for a VM's NIC it causes the NIC to fail to respond correctly when packets are 1 - 7 bytes larger than the MTU.
Dumping the traffic shows that the first fragment is received okay, but the 1 to 7 byte fragment is never received so the datagram cannot be reconstructed and dies.
This is Guest OS independent.
e.g.
Ping hostname -l 1473 -n 1
Request timed out.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions?
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Hi Sir,
I also tested it in my lab (both hyper-v 2012 and hyper-v 2016 ) , same behavior .
I'd suggest you open a case with Microsoft to get further assistance .
Best Regards,
Elton
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16184 PC and 15208 Mobile
- Edited by david hk129 Friday, April 28, 2017 10:51 PM
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dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth still reports "source files could not be found".
That's a problem since 7 insider builds ago.
Do you think Microsoft will get it fixed before the end of this century ?
P.S. Please do NOT tell me about mounting the iso with esd file or wim file. I knew all about that.
Does not make any difference. You will still get the "source files could not be found".
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ADRMS Migration\Upgrade to Server 2016
Hello,
Can you migrate directly from ADRMS on Server 2008 R2 to a Server 2016 infrastructure or would you temporarily need to migrate to Server 2012 R2 first. I havent found any documentation so far on this question.
thank you,
Sam
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