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Monday, January 10, 2022

Log Files Deleted or Missing after Running Performance Monitor on Windows Server

Description:

You run a performance monitor on Windows Server. You use one of the existing template to collect the data. You leave it running for 5 minutes (default). After it completes, no report being generated and the log files seems to be gone. However if you run it for only 1 minutes, the report can be generated normally.

Resolution:

Go to Data Manager section in Data Collector. Uncheck at the Maximum root path size option.

Try to run the data collector again.

Clear Cached Kerberos Tickets

To clear the cached Kerberos tickets:

Open Command Prompt with Administrative permission

Type:

Klist purge

klist purge –li 0x3e7

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor installation failing - error code 0x80070643

Description:

You are trying to install Microsoft Defender for Identity sensor on a Domain Controller. The Domain Controller need to use proxy to communicate to the internet. You've enter the correct proxy setting on the Domain Controller system setting. And you've make sure the required communication port (443) are already open from Domain Controller to *.atp.azure.com. However you still got stop error 0x80070643.

Resolution:

Configure the proxy setting using registry. You must copy the proxy configuration that you use in user context to the localsystem and localservice. To copy your user context proxy settings:

  1. Make sure to back up the registry keys before you modify them.

  2. In the registry, search for the value DefaultConnectionSettings as REG_BINARY under the registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings. Export all the value inside the Connections key.

  3. Open the exported file and edit the location to become HKU\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings. Save the first copy of the file.

  4. Double click the new file to import the value from the Current_user DefaultConnectionSettings to LocalSystem.

  5. After that, open the exported file and edit the location to become HKU\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings. Save the second copy of the file.

  6. Double click the second file to import value from the Current_User DefaultConnectionSettings to LocalService.

  7. Close the registry editor.

Try to re-run the installation process again.

Cannot Re-Install NPCAP

Description:

You are trying to re-install NPCAP as part of Microsoft Defender for Identity Sensor deployment on a Domain Controller. However you got stuck uninstall error problem.

You have try to remove the registry from Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NpcapInst. However the problem still exist.

Resolution:

Search for possible services that were using NPCAP. Example is Wireshark or Cisco Tetration. Stop those services and try to re-install NPCAP again.

Friday, December 17, 2021

Fixing Error nvlddmkm.sys on Event Viewer

Description:

You are using Nvidia GPU. And sometimes you saw nlddmkm.sys error in the event viewer. The GPU is crash and cannot restart normally.

Resolution:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers

Add new Dword record. Enter TdrDelay as the name of the new DWORD. Set its Value Data to 8.

Click OK and close Registry Editor. Restart the Server.

Note:

If you still experiencing nlddmkm crash error after this, you may need to upgrade or downgrade your NVDIA Graphic driver. Version 472.12 seems to provide more stabile result.

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