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BITS http download job fails to connect for owner Local SYSTEM account

A service I have written that uses BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) to auto update itself is having a problem on some machines (Windows 7 so far). I have been investigating and have discovered that some of the jobs that my service…
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Sql Server Reporting Services stops working after changing service Logon account

Using Sql Server 2008. I am attempting to install Team Foundation Server as a dual server setup (due to one server being the DC.) Part of the installation requirements is that Sql Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can not use the local system account…
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SQL Server 2008 - Service account for backups

I am setting up a backup software to backup all the databases on my MS SQL Server 2008. I want to configure a service account with administrator rights on the database. The service account have already been created in the AD, but has no rights at…
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How many TFS 2010 Service Accounts for This Topology?

I am a newbie on this stuff. I want to create an environment consist of TFS Server (App&Build), Sharepoint2010, and SQL Server. the TFS server are interacting continuously with three servers : Production, Test, and Development. how many groups…
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Can I schedule Windows Server Backup using a managed service account?

I've set up a scheduled backup using the Windows Server Backup. Also, I've created a managed service account that should execute the backup, but the Schedule wizard doesn't accept the user account. The account is granted membership to the Backup…
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Change regional settings on pre-Windows 2008 / Vista

How do you change the regional settings of the various system accounts (local system, local service and network service) on older versions of Windows ? I can only find the page on MSDN that refers to this feature, but it's only applicable to Vista…
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How do I create a Managed Service Account in Windows 7

I'm trying to create a Managed Service Account on Windows 7. I've followed the steps in the guide to Managed Service Accounts to enable the Active Directory Powershell snap-in. The first thing I notice is that when I do import-module…
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The function of service principal names in Active Directory

I am thinking about taking a service that runs on multiple servers in my domain currently as "NETWORK SERVICE" and configuring it to run as an AD domain account for various reasons. If I have this one account running the same service under multiple…
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problems with win server 2019 Task Scheduler -> batch file -> python script as service account

I have had a ton of problems trying to set up some automated tasks that execute a batch file which in turn run python scripts. All of these tasks run fine when they are run under my username and I am logged on, but when I set them to be run under a…
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Display Existing Policy Bindings for GCP Service Account

I'm setting up a service account to access a CloudSQL DB from GKE. I've created both the GSA and the KSA, and have executed the command to associate the two (gcloud iam service-accounts add-iam-policy-binding...). How do I inspect the bindings to…
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MS SQL server 2019 failover cluster - Event ID 18456, Login failed for user 'domain\server1$'

New MS SQL server 2019 installation on Windows Server 2019, failover cluster role enabled; fully patched Windows, SQL 2019 CU 11. Nodes: server1 - 10.10.10.1 server2 - 10.10.10.2 Instances: sql1 sql2 The instances were initially installed: sql1 on…
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Group Managed Service Account access to network share on remote server

We've got a service running using a Group Managed Service Account on a Windows Server 2016 host (HostA). We're extending the functionality of this service so that it runs an R script which needs to access a file share \\HostB\Data on another Windows…
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Can I store certificates in the personal store of a virtual service account?

We'd like to make use of virtual accounts (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/dd548356(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-virtual-accounts) to run some of our applications on our own…
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Running powershell as service account without logon privilege

I'm trying to run a powershell script as a service account via task scheduler. It has to run as the service account (rather than the local system) to get required permissions to do some of the tasks. For security purposes, all service accounts in…
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Google Admin SDK authentication with service account

My team is currently developing an application to list my company's domain users in GCP, using the Admin SDK, for onboarding and offboarding purposes. We're using a service account to do this and we've have added the admin.directory.user.readonly…
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