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Step by Step Windows 2016 installation:

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Windows 2016 installation is the simple procedure. Please follow below steps to install Windows 2016 standard edition.       1)       Boot the server using Windows 2016 DVD.       2)       Select Language, keyboard settings, and click Next . 1  3 )       Click on Install Now.             4)         Select OS version: Windows 2016 standard edition (Desktop experience)       5)       Select Installan type: Custom            6)        Select Hard Disk and Click on new to create a partition and Click next to start the installation.    7)       After restart , à enter the new password for Administrator Account.    Windows 2016 installation is complete; you can start insta...

Windows 10 start button is unresponsive

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Some users face the weird issue in Windows 10, when they press Windows key on keyboard or Click on Windows Icon, they do not get the Start Menu. The Windows button is stuck or unresponsive. To solve this problem we can try many fixes, however, this issue is normally related to the user profile. If we login to the same windows machine using another user, we will be able to access Start menu. This happens on domain machines, however, it may happen on local windows 10 system.To resolve this issue, we can force windows to create a new profile. First, take a copy of affected user profile and keep it to secure location. Follow below steps. 1)       Log in to the same computer using Administrator user à Open C Drive à Users à Copy the user folder who have the problem and paste it to another location. 2)       Click Start à Run à Control and press Enter to open Control panel. 3)       Click on System à A...

Print spooler keeps stopping

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This issue can occur on Windows 7, 10, server 2008 R2, 2012 R2 and 2016. We get Print spooler service is not running message when printing a document or adding new printers. To solve the issue please follow the below steps to resolve this issue.            Click on Start à Services.msc and press Enter. It will open Services Console.    Right, Click on Print Spooler à Click on Start.  Try to print or add printer. If you get the same error message then follow the below steps to clears corrupted spooled files. C Drive à Windows à System 32 à Spool à Printers  Select all the files and folder and delete it.    Now start the print spooler service and test printing. This should solve the issue.

RMS-protected documents takes long time to open in intranet

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If RMS-protected documents take long time to open in domain environment then it could be due to certificate validation is first going to internet then to local RMS server. To resolve this issue, please follow below steps. 1)   Open Local Group Policy Editor using Administrator acocunt. Click Start  à Run à GPEDIT.MSC and press Enter. 2)    Computer Configuration à Windows Settings à Security Settings à Click on Public Key Policies 3)      Double click on Certificate Path validation settings à Network Retrieval à Check the box “Define These policy settings à Uncheck Automatically update certificates in the Microsoft Root Certificate Program and Allow issuer Certificate ( AIA) retrieval during path validation”. 4)    Default retrieval Timeout ( in seconds): 1 Second      Default Path validation cumulative retrieval timeout (in seconds): 1 Second         Click on Apply and Ok.     Now RMS-prot...