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Server Manager will not start on Windows Server 2019 after installing ADConnect. Error ServerManager.exe: This application could not be started. .NET Framework: "This application requires one of the following versions of the .NET Framework:xxxxx Do you want to install .NET framework now?" Of course it's already installed automatically on the server, so if you try and install it again you can't, error "already installed". Try the .NET repair package, can't repair the install. Try dsim.exe to install the package, error "Microsoft .NET Framework is already part of this installation". .NET Runtime version : 4.0.30319.0 - This application could not be started.This application requires one of the following versions of the .NET Framework:  v4.0.30319 The answer is to re-create the registry entries deleted when you installed ADConnect:- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319] "AspNetEnforceViewStateMac"=dw

If you have a totally virtualised Active Directory infrastructure in Hyper-V, you can't boot the VM into  Directory Services Restore Mode  using F8. The keypress is not recognised. To get around this, in a elevated command prompt, type: bcdedit /set {globalsettings} advancedoptions true Now when you reboot the DC, it will ask if you want to boot into restore mode, and you can restore A.D. After rebooting, type the command: bcdedit /set {globalsettings} advancedoptions false and it will boot normally again. Now you have to find the restore mode password....

Microsoft updates KB5017379 and KB5017270 seem to have been delayed by a week, for some reason. They didn't appear in the normal patch Tuesday updates on 14 September 2022, but a week later on 21 September. Could be because of the Time Zone change for Chile in August?