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I've got several servers that keep running out of space on the C: drive when there is actually very little data on there but it's the System Volume Information folder (VSS) taking up all the space and causing the drive to be dangerously low on space as the OS needs some breathing space and 99% full is not good! For example I have one server with a 799GB C: drive but it's over 80% full despite only having 155GB of actual data/files on the drive C: as the System Volume Information folder is taking up all the space - specifically the VSS as per this: As you can see it has automatically allocated (UNBOUNDED) 525GB of the 799GB for volume shadow copy services (I assume DPM is using this for backups) - you can change the allocated space by running vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=C: /on=C: /maxsize=50GB or you can actually create another volume for VSS so I could create another VHDX file and use that purely for the VSS. So, should I restrict the size of the VSS to say 250GB (rather than the 525GB it currently is) or should I create another volume and redirect the CSS to that and if so what size do I set it at?!

The only time I've seen this issue is when we had an IP conflict on the server (with itself). Hyper-V was installed (which creates it's own bridge to your NIC) and had a static IP address of the server installed, later on the 4 onboard NICs (rather than just one being used) were teamed together which had a static IP address set and the Hyper-V one should have been blanked by the OS during this process but wasnt so for a short period of time the server had the same IP address on two NICs so PINGs were erratic at times - so it might be worth checking each adapter in the network settings and just double check the IP addresses.

We needed to move our DC from a server that had a hardware issue but the server it was on, was much newer than all of our Hyper-V Hypervisors so for the move to occur we would have to power down the DC which we didnt want to do. As our DPM server happened to be the same make/model of server I installed the Hyper-V Role, rebooted and then successfully transferred across the DC so the faulty hardware could be replaced. We then moved the DC from the DPM server back to its rightfull home. As installing the Hyper-V Role on the DPM server was just a temporary thing, I removed the Hyper-V role as it was no longer required. After rebooting, I tried to open up DPM but just got a load of errors. As the only change that has happened was the removal of the Hyper-V Role, I added the Hyper-V Role to see what would happen and low and behold, DPM then worked! The Hyper-V Role is not required on this server so I need to remove it but by doing so it breaks DPM, have I got to reinstall DPM after removing the Hyper-V Role or is there fix I can perform? Hoping someone here has also had this issue as I can't find a fix via Google etc.

International English it is then! Thanks everyone.

Is English International the same as installing the same as the standard English version and changing the language settings to GB/UK - for example there is a difference between and English UK keyboard and an International English keyboard - both keyboards look the same with the " and @ symbols in the right place but the International English keyboard wont work properly with the English UK keyboard settings. I just want to make sure I wont be creating more problems that I'd be solving by using the International English version of Windows 10 - I shall be installing this on 400+ PCs so no room for any cockups on my part! Does the International Version for example use mm rather than inches for example?

Excellent news! I normally create a simple Start Menu layout but I've not created and tested one on 1903 yet so glad to hear that if I do then these silly icons will go away!

Just noticed that the Windows Display Language is US by default and you have to install a Local Experience Pack via the Microsoft Store to be able to change it to UK/GBR settings - I'm in the process of creating a 'Golden Image' that I will be deploying via SCCM, is there a way of adding this option to the Task Sequence or a Group Policy setting to do this? Also, by default the Preferred Language is once again US and UK is the secondary setting, I've manually removed the US option so the UK is now default, again has anyone automated this on all their student computers either via the initial deployment via SCCM or is there a GPO to change the default and remove the US setting? Thanks.

When you log on to a 1903 version of Windows 10 Edu you get the Schools Essentials icons on the Start Menu which consist of what looks like Microsoft Office apps but are actually links to Office 365 on the Internet! They get set up as each new user logs on. How do I remove these icons as I can see problems with Students clicking on them expecting them to open up Office 2016 desktop applications that will be on the machines?

Are you 100% certain it is 2008R2 and not just 2008 as the only time I've seen this is when I've booted from an OS disk that doesnt match the OS of the backup.

Does that prevent the images from being listed then?

He says in his post he's using WSB.

I can't imagine the Dell engineer will have time to do anything like that, they'll have factored in 10 minutes and a few minutes to get any built-in restore of the OS going and will then leave you to it (taking the HDD with them). Pull it from the laptop now and see what you can get off of it.

My thoughts exactly. His poor wife had to put up with his misogynism for years.

I'm still having to use the registry edit to get the features on demand to work - I created the Group Policy settings as per this thread yesterday but it wont install unless I change the registry settings still

It installs it via the windows updates service so if you have a WSUS or use SCCM for your updates and it's not in them then that could be the issue. If this is the case there is a regedit you can do to say not to use WSUS/SCCM and then the RSAT tool(s) will install.

I believe that is for encrypting the Mac itself and not for unlocking BitLocker devices plugged in to a Mac.

Ive just purchased a Tobii eye tracker specifically to use with ETS2 but not had a chance to try it out yet!

3ms for us: Same speed whether pinging the full URL or just the IP address.

We all know that's what we're supposed to do but it's not necessarily what we actually do!

The Admin Pak is now called Remote Server Admin Tools (RSAT) and depending on the version of the OS you want it on it's either a download or installed via Apps & Features > Optional Features and then look for the RSAT entries and find the one you are after.

Salamander all the way so they have the headache of supporting it when your own script doesnt work! Especially with all the changes that happen each year/month/week/day!

Yep! We came across it the other week as we've only just gotten around to install it and when we found the GPO that 'fixes' the issue it allowed us to change the NIC IP address but it then denied us access to two of the storage drives so we couldnt access peoples home folders!!!

Its by design in Server 2019 - we all know we shouldnt be using the Domain Administrator account (but a lot do) so I think this is Microsofts way of forcing the issue. Create a new user with Domain Admin rights (or give your own account Domain Admin rights) and then log on with that and you can change the NIC settings. There is a group policy setting (I seem to have read somewhere) that can 'correct' this issue but it fixes you being able to access the NIC etc. but breaks other things so best not to go down that route!

I know you can use the Windows Admin Center to install Drivers remotely to a Windows Server 2019 CORE Server but the drivers I have downloaded from Dells website for the PowerEdge R620 server are all executables - even when you just extract (rather than extract and Install) the files it extracts are more executables to run and you can do that through the Windows Admin Center. How can I install the drivers for a server running Server 2019 Core? The chipset drivers are the same and are also executables. Can I run them as silent installs on the server or have I got to find an alternative download with .inf files or something?

I've downloaded this but cant get it to connect - I've put in the name of my SQL server and the database name but it just says "[ERROR] Could not connect to SQL Server database!" - is it just a case of installing this msi or is there some configuring of SCCM that needs to be done to? [EDIT] All sorted, the program says to enter the servername as SERVERNAME\INSTANCE whereas it's simply just SERVERNAME!