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Questions tagged [windows-server-2016]
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How to remove 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' from fresh Windows Server installation?
I just installed Windows Server 2016 in a development virtual machine and strangely there is an 'Unknown Locale (qaa-Latn)' listed in my language / input list (in the task bar) and it doesn't show up anywhere in the 'Clock, Language and Region' and…
anon
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How can I get Windows Server 2016 start menu search to work, fully?
When I search in the Windows Start Menu, I am not seeing the expected results returned for programs I want to run. Below are some screenshots, the first of me browsing for SharePoint (to illustrate it's on the system) and the second showing me…
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Docker / Windows Container: how to mount a host folder as data volume on Windows 2016
How to mount a volume from Windows host to Windows guest system?
I am on Windows Server 2016 TP4 using Docker.
Following the documentation on
https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/containers/dockervolumes/
If you are using Docker Machine on Mac…
Mathias Conradt
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Setting to use git-bash as default shell when connecting remotely via OpenSSH to Windows Server 2016
The Powershell OpenSSH website has good instructions on how to install and use OpenSSH.
These include how to "Configuring the default ssh shell (optional)"
If I elect to use git-bash instead of powershell, what -Value do I put into the following…
Clay
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How to install Microsoft Edge on Windows Server 2016?
In the IE browser, I can search and find the following site on MS:
But when I click on 'Try Now', I am greeted by this prompt:
And then this message:
I have also checked 'Add and remove program' but I am not able to locate Edge.
Is there a…
Anthony Kong
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Remote Desktop password field doesn't have focus
I am on a corporate network, on a Windows Server 2016 Standard box.
When I try to open Remote Desktop (mstsc.exe) from this box to go to any other one (mostly Windows Server 2012), I normally expect to start typing my password right away as that is…
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"Turn Windows features on or off" opens "Server Manager"
I am trying to install IIS on my windows 10 Hyper V machine.
When i clicks on "Turn Windows features on or off" rather then default window it opens "Server Manager" and its add role wizard.
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Install .NET Framework 4 (or 4.6) in Windows Server 2016
I was trying to test our products to make sure that they are compatible with Windows Server 2016. And during some testing, I mistakenly thought that I can simply "downgrade" .NET framework from 4.6 to 4. So I removed .NET 4.6 from Roles and from…
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Install language pack via command line
I want to install additional language pack to Windows Server 2016 Evaluation Edition as a part of packer or vagrant provisioning.
I found this answer telling how to install additional language packs using GUI:
Control Panel –> Language -> Add…
mixel
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netsh error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
It is a server running Windows Server 2016 Essentials. Intuit, in all their infinite wisdom, wanted me to run this command on our file server:
netsh int ipv4 add excludedportrange protocol=udp startport=55368 numberofports=5
The error message I get…
user900344
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Disable preliminary lock screen background Windows Server 2016
When I open up my virtual machine of Windows Server 2016, I'm greeted with an image of a cave with the time and "press ctrl + alt + del". How do I go about removing the image of the cave and replacing it with a solid colour / no background at…
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Open a second "modern" control panel window in Windows 10 or Server 2016
Let's say I want to open those two windows in parallel on a "Modern UI" based Operating System (Windows 10 or Server 2016+):
The first one, so I can monitor the upgrade process, and the second one, so that I don't forget to reset the screen…
Heinzi
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How to force Windows Server 2016 to check for updates
Is there any programmatic way to force Windows to check for updates? I have installed an update using the Windows Update API but the following screen does not update.
The Windows Update API says that Reboot is required -
PS C:\Windows\system32>…
Pranav Jituri
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Force Install .NET 4.8.1 on Server 2016
Server 2016 supports .NET 4.8.0.
It does not support 4.8.1.
There are very few changes between 4.8.0 and 4.8.1, so I struggle to believe that this is a fundamental limitation and that 4.8.1 couldn't run just fine on Server 2016, I think MS have just…
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Can an NTFS junction point be followed over a network share?
OS: Windows Server 2016
If i have a folder X containing a junction point to another folder Y (on same machine and same volume).
Then if i share X over the network, will a remote user that connects to X be redirected to Y?
The use case is that the…
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