Promoting windows

Current Visibility: Visible to all users. Just checking if there's any progress or updates? Do we need to perform forestprep, Schemaprep, Domainprep before promoting?

No, these steps are now an integrated part of domain controller promotion. Hello Raja, The operation is very straight forward and if the health of the domain controllers is ok, the process should be seamless for the experience of your environment.

Tuesday, January 2, PM. Hi, Can you let us know the below 1. Wednesday, January 3, AM. Hi, Verify that the user running Dcpromo. Hi Arindam, Thank you for this. In addition, please make sure that windows firewall is disable on DC. Best regards, Wendy Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help. Hi Wendy, Thank you. I have followed these instructions. The process still fails. Many thanks, Andrew. Hi Please find below the latest entry from the dcpromo.

Each value of a multivalued attribute now replicates individually to reduce network bandwidth and to provide a finer degree of conflict resolution. Wednesday, January 3, PM. Hi Andrew, Did you try the other suggestions from Ari18Das? Any result?

Thursday, January 4, AM. Hi Andrew, I can see the below in the dcpromo. Hi both, 1. Do you think raising the Functional Level might solve the issue? All servers are now R2 or newer. Many thanks Andrew. Microsoft Windows [Version 6. All rights reserved. The previous call succeeded Testing 1 of them.

Done gathering initial info. Skipping site Riyadh, this site is outside the scope provided by the command line arguments provided. Thanks Arindam. Best practices and configuration tips From the user's perspective, the first time Windows To Go is booted it performs some initial configuration before presenting the familiar setup process that you go through on any fresh Windows installation creating a user account essentially. After that, the operating system loads up as if it were installed on any other drive.

For the most part, this is a full Windows installation, though there are a few differences in configuration and usage practices. Ideally, network drivers will be automatically loaded when you first boot into Windows To Go, at which point any other drivers can be downloaded from Windows Update or elsewhere. After installing a few applications on a fresh WTG drive we started receiving notifications from Windows about the 32GB Samsung drive running low on space, though there was still around 10GB free.

Considering hibernation and system restore are already disabled by default, there aren't many options for saving space on a stock Windows To Go install. If storage capacity is a concern, you may want to create your drive with the Enterprise LTSC build of Windows 10, which excludes bloat such as Cortana , the Windows Store and virtually every other pre-installed application -- including Microsoft Edge we installed Iridium.

We reclaimed an additional 2. While the LTSC build of Windows 10 is already pretty barebones, more built-in applications, drivers, updates and other operating system components can be added or removed to an installation image by loading the install. If you're going this route, here's another detailed guide on configuring Windows 10 components. Getting started in NTLite: Add a. Right click that file when it appears in the software and choose "load.

Depending on the speed of your drive and host system, you might also want to disable animations for menus and windows, which can improve performance on lower-end machines and Windows is visually snappier without these settings enabled. The gif above demonstrates the speed difference of opening and closing OpenShell with and without one of these performance animation settings enabled "Fade or slide menus into view". After you've configured your Windows To Go installation, you might want to make a backup image of the drive so the operating system can be reapplied with your customizations hint: Rufus can create an image with the save icon next to your USB drive.

Older systems that originally sold with Vista or XP may work, too, but will have reduced processing power and slower USB ports, meaning they might not meet the minimum hardware requirements, listed below: The ability to boot from a USB drive USB 2. Hardware and software configurations tested Before we get to creating a Windows To Go drive, here's an overview of the testing that was performed using a variety of hardware and software combinations as well as some recommendations and considerations about configuring a portable Windows drive.

Making a removable drive appear as fixed With some effort and risk, there are several methods you can try to make your removable drive appear as fixed, though there's not much reason to mess with this setting when third-party Windows To Go tools will work with non-fixed drives.

Here are many other tools that can make a portable Windows drive: WinToUSB - This tool is dedicated to creating Windows To Go drives and has already received an update to work with the latest build of Windows 10 Getting started: Select a Windows image file. FlashBoot - Has a variety of features for USB drives, including the ability to create one that will boot independently from your primary operating system. The software can also use the. This is a full copy of the drive in one file so you'll need enough storage for that.

Disabled functionality on Windows To Go: Internal disks are offline. This prevents data from being exchanged between the Windows To Go drive and those in the host machine. These drives can be enabled but it's not recommended because if the host machine is hibernating, you'll delete that user state and any unsaved data along with it.

This may also corrupt the host PC's operating system. Hibernate is disabled by default. Hibernation also occupies a significant amount of storage. When using BitLocker Drive Encryption, a pre-operating system boot password will be used for security instead of TPM, which is bound to a specific computer and Windows To Go drives will move between computers.

Windows Recovery Environment is excluded. Microsoft says you should re-image the Windows To Go drive instead. Upgrading a Windows To Go workspace also isn't supported.

Older Windows 8 or Windows 8. For new versions, the drive needs to be re-imaged with a fresh copy of Windows. Don't insert the Windows To Go drive into a running computer. Because of power requirements, always insert the Windows To Go drive directly into a port on the computer. If available, use a USB 3. If you unplug the drive while Windows To Go is running, Windows will freeze and you have 60 seconds to plug the drive back in. After 60 seconds, the computer will shut down and your session will be lost.