I’ve come across this issue with a number of PC’s now and it turned out that in all cases, the affected PC’s were running Windows 7, IE8 and AVG antivirus. The solution was to disable the AVG link scanner module. Once this link scanner is disabled the ‘Connecting’ hang has gone.
These are some powerful policy settings that allow you to configure five settings for Application, Security, Setup, and System event logs. These categories and their policy settings are located under Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Event Log Service. The Log File Path policy setting, when enabled, allows you to provide a specific location where the Event Log...
Here’s a list of the logon types you may find in the Windows security event log when auditing: Interactive Console Logons basically. Network This logon happens when you’re accessing file shares using SMB for example. Batch This is used for scheduled tasks. Service This is used for services and service accounts that log on to...
If you have 2 Active Directory Servers that are not replicating, Server1 & Server2, try the following: check if the secure channel has been corrupted From Server1, go to Start -> Run and type: \\Server2 From Server2, go to Start -> Run and type: \\Server1 If you get and error message indicating that the target...
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