Windows 10: How to view the usn Journal On windows 10

Hi so I would like to know the command to view the usn Journal because all of the commands on google and etc dont give a full explanation. And i would like to be able to save it to a note pad and view the entire usn journal.

:)

 

Old Windows Journal

Hi,

It is possible that Windows Journal was removed from certain versions of the Windows operating system due to corrupted system files. To provide you the accurate resolution, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages?
• Which build and version of Windows 10 are you using?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in article on how you can install Windows Journal on
versions of Windows from which it was removed.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Repair SBS 2011 from USN Journal Rollback issue after recovery

Hi,

I was unfortunately forced to use Veeam B&R with NON-Application Aware backup to roll-back entire SBS 2011 server to restore functionality. This brought SBS 2011 into USN Journal Rollback state 0x4, so now I have the following situation:

• SBS 2011 with Exchange into USB Rollback 0x4 state, with NETLOGON service Paused
• and 2 additional DCs in the same domain. Those replicate between each other just fine

Maybe important thing is, that since that happened (yesterday), there has been actually
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES to AD objects made since we did rollback. No passwords changed, no GPOs changed, no new users....

I've gone through quite some tech articles, and they suggest DEMOTING problematic DC from domain, which I think in my case is not an option (it's SBS with Exchange...probably will broke). Secondly, they suggest restoring only System State...but unfortunately
no other backup is healthy, only Veeam with non-app-aware state.

But one article suggested this:

1. Check for USN rollback by using the command Repadmin /showutdvec (KB Article: 875495, 885875)

2. Check the Registry value "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters, "DSA Not Writable" (REG_DWORD) and its value is
0x4.

Both (1) and (2) are confirmed, state in REG is 0x4, and NETLOGON service paused

3. Delete "DSA Not Writable" (REG_DWORD) from registry and reboot the server.

Hmmm...this looks logical to me. What do you think? Is this my easy solution?

Thoughts?

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.