Stopping a Windows service might not always work as expected. In this case, you might want to force the service to stop.
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Stop a Windows service stuck at stopping
posted on July 28, 2017 by Andy in Windows
Windows Server: Create mail/ticket from access denied message with Access-denied assistance
posted on June 19, 2017 by Andy in Windows Server
Tickets regarding access rights can be very annoying and time consuming. With Windows Server 2012 Microsoft has implemented a new feature “Access-denied assistance”, which allows users to create a ticket from the access denied error message.
Windows 10: Apps won’t open for domain users with administrator rights
posted on April 6, 2017 by Andy in Windows
Windows 10 does not allow you to run apps like Edge with the built-in administrator account (Most likely because the administrator bypasses the UAC).
You will get this error message:
Uninstall built-in Apps in Windows 10
posted on March 6, 2017 by Andy in Windows
As you know, Windows 10 comes with a lot of preinstalled applications (Or Apps as Microsoft calls them nowadays).
You might find some of them useful (Like Calendar and Mail as it will show your next appointment on the lock screen. Other apps might not be your favorite or you want to setup a company image and don’t want your users to have for example the 3D Builder app.
Exchange: Users receive meeting invitation updates from declined instances
posted on February 27, 2017 by Andy in Exchange/Outlook
After switching to Exchange 2016 a user of us received meeting invitations from another user for a reoccurring meeting, he already accepted. The invitation was for a single instance, the user had declined, and contained no additional information (like agenda, attachments, etc).