Windows Server

Windows Server 2016: CDPUserSvc has stopped working

You may observe the following error on Windows Server 2016 immediately after OS startup: This “has stopped working” part tells us that some unhandled exception occurred, so we can switch over to Event Viewer to find some more details about it: Exception details are the following: Faulting application name: svchost.exe_CDPUserSvc_65df7, version: 10.0.14393.0, time stamp: 0x57899b1c Windows Server 2016: CDPUserSvc has stopped working

Windows Server 2016 Nano Server – Just enough OS model

I’ve recently spent some time exploring Windows Nano Server installation option and wrote detailed blog post for StarWind blog entitled  “Windows Server 2016 Nano Server – Just enough OS model” you can read it here. Article covers Nano Server basic concepts and compares this installation type with conventional Full Server and Server Core installation options Windows Server 2016 Nano Server – Just enough OS model

The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed – proper fix

All to often I see people doing wrong corrective action whenever they encounter “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed” error, it seems that even some Microsoft documentation gives you bad advice. What you have to do if you got this error is use proper resolution methods instead of lengthy and The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed – proper fix

Windows 10 Hyper-V: What is “Upgrade Configuration Version…” option?

Recently I imported some old VM into my Windows 10 Hyper-V and noticed that unlike VMs I created with latest version of Hyper-V it has an extra option named “Upgrade Configuration Versions..”: To me option name is a bit confusing (which sometimes happens in MSFT products out of best intentions in attempts to simplify their Windows 10 Hyper-V: What is “Upgrade Configuration Version…” option?