Hardening LDAP in Server 2016 Essentials
If you run a fully patched Windows Server Essentials 2016, you’ve probably been seeing this event in your daily Health Report since around March 2020:
Windows Defender 99% CPU at Logon
Just logged on to a Windows Server 2016 Essentials machine for the first time in a couple days. Windows Defender immediately kicked off a Full Scan, basically bringing the server …
Essentials Server Folders Missing
Windows Server Essentials 2016 sometimes reports that most or all server folders have gone missing, even though they haven’t and all shares are accessible.
DevNodeClean: Deleting Unused Devices
Recently a Microsoft support agent used a tool that I wasn’t familiar with: DevNodeClean. Basically Windows creates a device in registry for every new device that is connected—even if it’s …