To perform some actions in Windows, it’s not enough to have administrator privileges. For example, you cannot replace or delete system files and some registry…
CoreyJuly 7, 2021
Using Group Policies, you can automatically copy specific files or folders to all domain computers. You can place files to the Desktop, a user profile folder…
CoreyJune 30, 2021
Using local accounts (including the local administrator) to access another computer over network in Active Directory environments is not recommended on a number of reasons.…
CoreyJune 28, 2021
You can use file system object access event auditing to identify a specific user who created, deleted, or modified a specific file. In this post,…
CoreyJune 23, 2021
When replacing a motherboard or a network card, during a P2V or cold migration of virtual machines between hypervisors/sites, or when configuring multiple VLANs on a…
CoreyJune 14, 2021
In this post we will show how to configure a tagged VLAN interface on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 (2019/2012R2). The VLAN (Virtual LAN) standard is described in IEEE…
CoreyJune 7, 2021
User cannot logon to the computer due to the GPSVC (Group Policy Client service) connection error on one of the computers running Windows 10. When…
CoreyMay 17, 2021
Windows.edb is the Windows Search index database. A search index allows users to quickly search for data and files in the file system due to indexing…
CoreyMay 10, 2021
During a clean OS install, Windows Installer creates a special System Reserved Partition (SRP) on the MBR disk partition table. This is a hidden partition with the…
CoreyMay 3, 2021
In Windows Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10 (starting with build 1709), the Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) network protocol used to access shared folders is…
CoreyApril 21, 2021
In this post we will learn how to repair Windows bootloader on a modern computer that uses UEFI instead of BIOS and GPT disk partition table (instead of MBR). The…
CoreyApril 14, 2021
The network connection between your computer and the VPN server could not be established because the remote server is not responding. This could be because…
CoreyApril 7, 2021
In this post we’ll show you how to remove Microsoft Store provisioned apps, features (capabilities), and unused Windows editions from a Windows 10 installation image…
CoreyApril 5, 2021
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is the minimal OS based on Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) which includes a number of tools to repair, reset and diagnose Windows. If the…
CoreyMarch 31, 2021
The built-in SSH client appeared in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. Ssh.exe can be used to securely connect to Linux/UNIX servers, VMWare ESXi hosts and other devices instead…
CoreyMarch 29, 2021
CHKDSK.exe (check disk) is a classical built-in Windows tool for checking hard drives for errors. The chkdsk allows you to check your disk and file system…
CoreyMarch 24, 2021
In Windows 10 1903/1909 I have found several strange bugs related to configured VPN connections. The first problem: when trying to connect to a remote…
CoreyMarch 22, 2021
When connecting a new USB device to the computer, Windows automatically detects the device and installs an appropriate driver. As a result, the user can…
CoreyMarch 17, 2021
You can configure network ports forwarding in all Windows versions without using third-party tools. Using a port forwarding rule, you can redirect an incoming TCP connection (IPv4…
CoreyMarch 15, 2021
Windows file server administrators often have to force close the shared files that are open simultaneously by multiple users. This usually happens if the desktop…
CoreyMarch 3, 2021
In all supported Windows versions it is possible to run applications on behalf of another user (Run As) in the current session. This allows you to run…
CoreyFebruary 22, 2021
In this post we’ll show you how to manually restore an accidentally deleted Windows EFI boot partition on a UEFI computer. We’ll look at an…
CoreyFebruary 10, 2021
In this post I will configure SSH authentication with RSA keys on Windows to securely access remote servers/computers. I’ll show how to generate RSA keys…
CoreyFebruary 8, 2021
The Shutdown.exe is a built-in Windows command line tool that allows you to reboot, shutdown, put your computer to sleep, hibernate or end a user session. In…
CoreyFebruary 3, 2021
By default normal users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings/permissions of Windows services. In some…
CoreyFebruary 1, 2021
I have at time noticed some strange things when trying to access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders in the domain from Windows 10/Windows Server 2016. When I tried to access…
CoreyJanuary 13, 2021
In this post we will show how to use the built-in Windows 10 OpenSSH server to forward ports via an SSH tunnel. SSH port forwarding allows you to…
CoreyJanuary 6, 2021
The built-in Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) client (mstsc.exe) saves the remote computer name (or IP address) and the username that is used to login…
CoreyJanuary 4, 2021
Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 have got a built-in SSH server based on OpenSSH. In this post we’ll show how to install and…
CoreyDecember 30, 2020
Mbr2gpt.exe is a new built-in Windows 10 console tool that allows you to convert a disk with the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table to a…
CoreyDecember 28, 2020
If you see the “Operating System not found” boot error message on your computer, it means that no operating system bootloader has been found on…
CoreyDecember 23, 2020
This is a step-by-step guide on how to create a bootable USB flash drive with a Windows 10 or Windows 7 install image for a…
CoreyDecember 21, 2020
The setup.exe installer in a Windows 10 install image has quite a large number of the command-line parameters that administrators may be interested in to automate and…
CoreyNovember 16, 2020
I had an idea to write a simple PowerShell script to automatically block (blacklist) IP addresses, on which RDP brute-force attempts or continuous RDP attacks…
CoreyNovember 9, 2020
I saw a strange message “An internal error has occurred” when trying to connect from Windows 10 to a recently deployed RDSH server running Windows…
CoreyNovember 2, 2020
From time to time we notice that some connected network printers go offline, stop printing and print jobs begin to queue on the print servers…
CoreyOctober 26, 2020
In this post we‘ll show you how to create a software mirror (RAID1) from two GPT disks with Windows 10 / Server 2016 / Server…
CoreyOctober 19, 2020
If you are against of installing Windows updates automatically and disable Windows Update service (wuauserv) completely, then you have to download and install the latest…
CoreyOctober 12, 2020
