# Windows Server Latency Diagnostic Script # Run in PowerShell with Administrator privileges Write-Host "=== CPU & Memory Usage ===" Get-Counter '\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time' Get-Counter '\Memory\Available MBytes' Write-Host "`n=== Top Processes by CPU ===" Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 Name, CPU Write-Host "`n=== Disk I/O Performance ===" Get-Counter '\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk sec/Read' Get-Counter '\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Avg. Disk sec/Write' Get-Counter '\PhysicalDisk(_Total)\Disk Transfers/sec' Write-Host "`n=== Network Latency (Ping Test) ===" Test-Connection -ComputerName google.com -Count 4 Write-Host "`n=== TCP Settings ===" Get-NetTCPSetting | Format-Table SettingName, CongestionProvider, AutoTuningLevelLocal Write-Host "`n=== Event Viewer Errors (Last 50) ===" Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -Newest 50 | Forma...
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$From = "pugazhjan30@gmail.com" $To = "pugazhjan30@gmail.com" $Subject = "Email subject goes here" $Body = "Email body goes here" # The password is an app-specific password if you have 2-factor-auth enabled $Password = "" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force $Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $From, $Password Send-MailMessage -From $From -To $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer "smtp.gmail.com" -port 587 -UseSsl -Credential $Credential App passwords
System state backup by using Windows Server Backup fails with error: System writer is not found in the backup
Event ID 517 Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /a icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)" icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)" icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)" Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\* /a icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)" icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)" icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(RX)" net stop cryptsvc net start cryptsvc https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/system-writer-not-found-in-backup
slmgr.vbs OS key activation
To view current license status cscript /Nologo "C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs" /dli Manually activate using key cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk P*************A cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato To set to Azure KMS slmgr.vbs /skms azkms.core.windows.net slmgr.vbs /ato https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/licensing-and-activation/error-0xc004e015-sl-e-eul-consumption-failed-activate-windows https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kms-client-activation-keys?tabs=server2019%2Cwindows1110ltsc%2Cversion1803%2Cwindows81#generic-volume-license-keys
Windows sites - update
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com https://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com http://*.update.microsoft.com https://*.update.microsoft.com http://*.windowsupdate.com http://download.windowsupdate.com https://download.microsoft.com http://*.download.windowsupdate.com http://wustat.windows.com http://ntservicepack.microsoft.com http://go.microsoft.com http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com https://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com http://*.delivery.mp.microsoft.com https://*.delivery.mp.microsoft.com