Display Scaling changes for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Today we have guest author for this blog. Peter Felts is a Senior Program Manager in the developer platform group and is going to discuss Display Scaling improvements and changes with Windows 10...
View ArticleSurface Ethernet Drivers
Hi, My name is Scott McArthur and I am a Supportability Program Manager for Surface. Today I have a quick blog on some important deployment information regarding the Surface Ethernet Drivers. When...
View ArticleNew Office Update to address some of the scaling issues with Skype for...
Hi Everyone, This is Kim Johnson from the Windows 10 client supportability team. I wanted to share some exciting news around some new updates for display scaling issues in Skype for Business 2016 and...
View ArticleBuilding a KMS host on Windows 7
Windows 7 with SP1 Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?C2=14019 This blog post is part of a series of posts, detailing the build process and activating capabilities of a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Volume Activation Tips
Hi, This is Scott McArthur, a Supportability Program Manager for Windows and Surface. With the launch of Windows Server 2016 I wanted to share some information on volume activation: Updating your...
View ArticleAdobe Flash support on Windows Server 2016
With the changes that have occurred to further align the Windows Server and Client desktop experiences, one of the most commonly asked questions is “Does Windows Server 2016 ship with Adobe Flash?”...
View ArticleOptions for Installing and Maintaining Windows Applications
Starting with the Windows 1607 release, MSN News and MSN Finance are no longer included with the Windows installation, but they are still available via Windows Store. For most, this change will be...
View ArticleWhy Bitlocker takes longer to complete the encryption in Windows 10 as...
Hello, my name is Ritesh Sinha and I am a Support Escalation Engineer on the Windows team. Today’s blog will cover “Why Bitlocker takes longer to complete the encryption in Windows 10 as compared to...
View ArticleCluster Networks in Windows Failover Clustering
Welcome to the AskCore blog. My name is Eriq Stern and today we are going to discuss Failover Cluster networks. This information applies to Windows 2008 up thru Windows 2012 R2 Failover Clusters. What...
View ArticleIf you are still running Windows Server 2016 TP5…
John Marlin here again. I know it’s been a while, but it’s time to resurface. In my dealings with a lot of Beta and TAP Customers, there are still some that still are on Windows Server 2016 TP5. I am...
View ArticleError Adding Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 2016 LTSB Product Keys to...
My name is Shannon Gowen and I am a Serviceability Support Escalation Engineer for Windows Client and Server Beta. This is a short blog describing an issue that you might see utilizing the Volume...
View ArticleBuilding a KMS Host on Windows Server 2008 R2
Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?p1=14134 This blog post is part of a series of posts, detailing the build process and activating capabilities of a KMS host on a...
View ArticleBuilding a KMS Host on Windows 8
Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?C2=16796 This blog post is part of a series of posts, detailing the build process and activating capabilities of a KMS host on a...
View ArticleUninstalling and reinstalling the Windows 2012R2 Failover Clustering feature
In some cases, it may be necessary to uninstall and reinstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature on a server that is currently a member of a Failover Cluster. This can be done via either Server...
View ArticleKnown Lock Screen issues with Creator’s Update (1703)
One of our regular contributors, Kim Johnson, has written a blog titled “Known Lock Screen issues with Creator’s Update (1703)“. You can read the blog here.... Read more
View ArticleHyper-V authentication in Windows Server 2016 for managing remote Hyper-V...
Hello, my name is Ayushie Bhat and I’m a Support Engineer with the Windows Core team. Today, I’m going to talk about the authentication in Windows Server 2016 and discuss the case of creating a VM on a...
View ArticleDeploy Surface Studio using MDT
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Supportability Program Manager in Surface. Today I am going to walk through deploying Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1703(Creators Update) to a Surface Studio...
View ArticleDeploy Windows from USB drive to Surface Studio
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Supportability Program Manager in Surface. Today I am going discuss two scenarios involving deploying Windows 10 to Surface Studio. Today if you don’t follow the...
View ArticleEnabling Surface Laptop keyboard during MDT deployment
Hi, my name is Scott McArthur and I am Supportability PM with commercial Surface. Today’s blog will discuss how to enable the keyboard on the new Surface Laptop during a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit...
View ArticleHigh CPU/High Memory in WSUS following Update Tuesdays
Recently, we’ve seen an increase in the number of high CPU/High Memory usage problems with WSUS, including WSUS in a System Center Configuration Manager environment – these have mostly corresponded...
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