Just a very quick post today to outline how to get the ATO AUSkey software working on a Windows 2019 RDS Server where users have User Profile Disks and AppLocker is employed. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out why it would refuse to run, so hopefully this saves you some…
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Win 10 1903 Sysprep Fails
Just a quick post to outline how to rectify the problem of Sysprep failing on Windows 10 1903 with error: "Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation..." The following screenshot shows the error in more detail: I had read a lot of articles and Microsoft forum posts that discussed removing Windows Apps via…
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Convert Win 2019 Evaluation Edition to Win 2019 Standard Open License
What I am going to show you today is how to convert a Windows Server Standard Evaluation Edition installation to be able to accept an Open License MAK Serial license. Why would you want to do this? Well we just went through this and it took us quite a while to get the definitive answer…
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Mikrotik Incorrect Date on PPPoE Last Link Down
Just a quick post today to show you how to rectify an issue within Winbox that displays the incorrect date or a date that's in the future for the Last Link Down Time field. This occurs because there is more than likely a versioning issue in your Windows Winbox "AppData" profile. This occurs because you…
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