Windows 10: Windows Server 2016 Essentials Ghost Account Problem

I created my first standard domain user 'xyz' but I think I may have created the user profile incorrectly. 'xyz' is not listed as a user in Active Directory, but when I try to create user 'xyz' again it says that the user already exists. How can I remove this user so that I can recreate it with the same username?

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Windows Server 2016 Essentials upgrade to Windows Server 2016 Standard

I had an OEM version of Windows Server 2016 Essentials installed.

I wanted to use Remote Desktop for 3 users, which essentials cant do.

I have installed an evaualtion of Windows Server 2016 Standard, and have got 3 users remote connecting to the server to run an accounting application.

Thats fine, i have purchased 3 cals for Windows Remote Desktop Services.

My question.

Can i upgrade from 2016 Essentials (which i bought) to Windows Server 2016 Standard, or do i have to buy a new Server 2016 license?

Cheers,

Robin

 

Windows Server 2016 - Configure Windows Server Essentials Fails

Purchased a new server and Windows Server 2016 Essentials to be an app server running on Hyper-V. Install and joining a domain went
ok until the Configure Windows Server Essentials wizard ran. Few seconds after starting the wizard I got an error "Configuration encountered some issues" and the full message "Please restart the server, and then run the configuration wizard again. If the issue
still exists please refer to the help link for more troubleshooting steps."

Did a restart and still the same.

The link is worthless (taking me to a page "Troubleshooting information that is related to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials installation is currently not available")

On Google found many users with similar problems but none of the sugestions worked for me ( 'Log on as a service' -even added
the needed accounts and making sure they were configured as indicated; new user with admin rights, local security policy added the needed users, ...)

If there is no resolution for this wizard, can I just remove the role and in registry remove the entry to run this wizard at startup? Or leave the role and ignore the wizard?

Can I move forward with installing the needed apps(SQL, ...) on the server (because manually renaming, joining the domain, fix IP adress went ok) or this wizard is for configuring something else?

 

Can I delete the contents of softwaredistribution\download on Windows Server essentials 2016

Hello, I am running windows server essentials 2016 and I have several failed updates and the download and update process is taking hours to complete. On windows 10, whenever I have this problem I usually delete the download folder conents and my problem
goes away. But this is not Windows 10, this is Windows server essentials 2016 and I cant just redo the server if I have problems.

Do you have any advice SPECIFIC to windows server 2016 essentials.

Thanks Paul