@dbeato said in Server 2016 EFS turned on:

@CCWTech said in Server 2016 EFS turned on:

@dbeato said in Server 2016 EFS turned on:

Is probably one of the copied files from the old server, did you check which files are encrypted on the server?

Yes, chatting with @scottalanmiller he found that all Server Windows 2016's have EFS on by default. I have just never seen a pop-up telling me to back up the key before.

Gotcha, this happens with Windows 10 too.

Our shop has seen some Windows 10 Laptops that seem to have Bitlocker turned on by default. Which is a little scary if you don't know it's on and to backup your key.

@dbeato said in Server 2016 EFS turned on:

Is probably one of the copied files from the old server, did you check which files are encrypted on the server?

Yes, chatting with @scottalanmiller he found that all Server Windows 2016's have EFS on by default. I have just never seen a pop-up telling me to back up the key before.

I have a physical server running Server 2016 with Hyper-V, I installed Server 2016 as one of the VMS and copied files over from their old server. I am getting a message to backup my encryption key.

It seems as if EFS has been turned on somehow. I am the only one who has touched this server and didn't turn it on. None of the files coming from the old server were encrypted.

Has anyone seen this before?

Got it!

I gave the client a link to this thread and I think he's going to scrap the server and look for something from Xbyte.

I agree on the age, I think it's going to take more work in labor cost than it's worth, but that's not my decision.

However the documentation says it will support 16 GB Modules and the fact that when only 2 are plugged in it will work with 32 GB of ram makes me think that's not it. I don't think it's a 32 GB Max issue but I guess we could try 1 stick for each CPU and see what happens there.

We have checked the memory configuration as to what slots should be populated and from everything I can see we are using the correct slots.

I have a client with a DELL PowerEdge T410. He has Dual Processors and (4) 16 GB RAM Sticks.

The memory is Samsung M393B2G70BH0-CK0 Samsung 16GB PC3-12800 DDR3-1600MHz ECC Registered CL11 240-Pin DIMM Dual Rank Memory Module Mfr P-N that was spec'ed out by PCM.

When he puts in 32 GB it works great. When he goes to 64 bit (32 on each CPU) the system blue screens/very unstable. He has swapped positions of the memory and only used 1 stick at a time to see if there is a bad module. The server is running Windows Server 2016 Standard.

Each memory stick passes the memory diagnostic.

This document says with 16 GB modules on Dual Processors that slots 1 and 2 (on each processor) should be populated for Optimized memory. https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-t410_user's guide6_en-us.pdf

The bios is set at Optimizer for the memory settings.

@murpheous said in Microsoft bug is changing Windows 10 Pro to Home:

It seems to be affecting insider editions. At least that is what I've seen mentioned in the various articles.

If so, a really good reason not to be a beta tester for M$

Bitdefender makes a good one.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-bug-is-deactivating-windows-10-pro-licenses-and-downgrading-to-home/

@Reid-Cooper said in External drive letters changing:

Rower85 said to do this...

Open Run and type "Diskpart"
type "LIST VOLUME"
note witch volume number that you want to autoassign on boot

Create a textfile on C:\ named: diskpart.txt
Put this in the textfile:
select volume "drive number"
assign letter="drive letter to assign"
(in the " " brackets, input your stuff, also you do not need the "")

Open Run and type notepad
Put this in:
diskpart /s c:/diskpart.txt
click File > Save As...
locate C:\ and change File Name to "diskpart.bat" then change Save as type: to All Files and press Save

Now go to Task Scheduler in the Admin section on the Control panel.
Make a new folder in the "Windows" sub folder named "Diskpart"
rightclick the "Diskpart" folder
click "Create Basic Task..."
name it to "Diskpart" and click "Next >"
select "When the computer starts" click "Next >"
select "Start a program" click "Next >"
click "Browse..."
select the "Diskpart.bat" file you saved on C:, click "Next >"
select "Open the Properties dialog for this task when I click Finish" click "Finish"
Properties should come up, now select "Run with highest privileges"
click "OK"

Problem is that the volume names are changing as well.