Problem description: Unable to join Workstation to Domain: cloud365.local, failing with error: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain “cloud365.local”: Unable to load the specified offline registry hive. Please ensure you have access to the specified path location and permissions to modify its contents. Running as an elevated administrator may be required. Cause: […]

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Problem Description: Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain controller is failing to boot. Error: STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: The specified procedure could not be found Error status: 0xc000007a. Cause: Missing parameters, diagnostics and RID Values keys underneath hklm\system\ccs\services\ntds\ Resolution: Replace SYSTEM Registry hive in C:\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM with C:\Windows\System32\Config\Regback\SYSTEM. To […]

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Issue Statement: You have disabled a specific version of TLS/SSL using following registry as mentioned in https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/245030/how-to-restrict-the-use-of-certain-cryptographic-algorithms-and-protoc: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols\<SSL/TLS version to disable>\Server When you run vulnerability scan in your environment, you still get disabled SSL/TLS version listed as enabled in the vulnerability report over a specific port (e.g. 4883) Action Plan: Capture following data: 1) Netstat […]

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Problem Statement: How to change the signature algorithm on CA (Certification Authority) Server from RSASSA-PSS to RSA256SHA? Cause: You have legacy clients e.g. Windows XP, Window Server 2003 cannot validate the RSASSA-PSS signature and this behavior cannot be changed by installing any Service Packs as well. RSASSA-PSS signatures are supported on Vista and later operating systems only. […]

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Symptoms You are running Windows 8 or newer or Windows Server 2012 or newer member machines in a domain. When you restart the machines you may notice that the Netlogon is not running. You may detect this only after a dependent service reports a problem. In the system eventlog you find the following event: Log […]

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