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    DCPromo Results in Black Screen on 2019 Domain Controller

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  • Bat files won’t run and instantly close!

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DCPromo Results in Black Screen on 2019 Domain Controller

Posted on September 10, 2020September 11, 2020 by Vince

I ran into a rather bizarre issue recently. I’m currently in the process of replacing our existing 2012 R2 Domain Controllers with 2019 Domain Controllers. We have two domains in the forest with a parent / child relationship. I completed the upgrade of the parent domain without a problem. This obviously included running forest prep […]

Posted in Active DirectoryTagged Active Directory, DCPromo, Domain Controller, Group Policy, Server 2019Leave a Comment on DCPromo Results in Black Screen on 2019 Domain Controller

You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted on March 22, 2019September 11, 2020 by Vince

This is a problem that’s been rearing it’s head at my workplace. A user on a Windows 10 workstation tries to visit a web page that has conditional access policies applied. Instead of the page loading, they get the dreaded “You can’t get there from here” message. Clicking more details claims the device they are […]

Posted in Azure, Conditional AccessTagged Azure, conditional access, You can't get there from hereLeave a Comment on You Can’t Get There From Here

Delegate Print Server Printer Permissions with PowerShell

Posted on December 12, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

The company I work for has about 100 remote locations, each having its own local server. These local servers act as a print server for that particular remote site. The help desk here needs the ability to manage these printers, and more specifically, have the ability to view and change the port configuration associated with […]

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Bat files won’t run and instantly close!

Posted on December 7, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

I ran into this issue this past weekend while doing some planned work. I wrote some very simple bat files that had a lot of repetitive tasks in them that I simply did not want to manually type out. (I generated them with PowerShell, but that’s a different topic). When it was time to run […]

Posted in ScriptingTagged scriptingLeave a Comment on Bat files won’t run and instantly close!

Accounts in Active Directory aren’t Inheriting Permissions

Posted on April 15, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

Various accounts in my Active Directory environment didn’t seem to want to inherit permissions correctly. This was causing issues with Azure AD Connect and other various homebrew processes that were in place. I would go to the security tab of the account, go to advanced, and see the option to “Enable Inheritance” was available. Upon […]

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Setting up Azure Application Proxy on Server 2016 When Behind Company Proxy

Posted on March 21, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

First and foremost: ensure that your on-prem proxy allows the IP Address of your server to reach *msappproxy.net* On the 2016 Server, you will need to do the following You want to make sure your server is joined to Azure. If it isn’t done so via domain policy, you can manually get it to join by […]

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Select a Certificate Prompt When Signing Into Office 365 Portal

Posted on January 12, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

A Windows 7 user tries to sign into portal.office.com and they see the following pop-up with two or more certificates displayed. You can select any of them and it seems to go through, but why are we getting the pop-up in the first place? Obviously this is not ideal for the user’s experience.  These certificates […]

Posted in AzureTagged Azure, Certificate, Office 365, Windows 73 Comments on Select a Certificate Prompt When Signing Into Office 365 Portal

Find and Remove Old Computer Objects with PowerShell

Posted on January 10, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

Let’s face it. Active Directory can get messy real fast if people aren’t cleaning up after themselves. The rate at which computers are rebuilt and / or replaced can clutter up any domain if not properly maintained. I’ve put together the following script to help identify old computer objects based on a few criteria: PasswordLastSet […]

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Azure AD Registered Device Cleanup with PowerShell

Posted on January 10, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

In my organization we have a whole lot of Windows 7 workstations. We also have a team of technicians who log into multiple workstations throughout their day for troubleshooting / setup / whatever. As you’re likely aware (since you’re reading this) when a user logs into a Windows 7 computer, the workstation will register the […]

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Word 2016 Translate Button Greyed Out

Posted on January 10, 2018September 11, 2020 by Vince

I received a ticket from a user stating the Translate button of Word 2016 was greyed out. I fired up my install of Word and sure enough, it wasn’t clickable. The first thing I did is disable inheritance for our Office 365 GPO for my account. Yep, it worked, meaning somewhere in the endless plethora […]

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