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 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
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 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
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
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
In some cases Windows 10, 8.1 and 7 may recognize an internal SSD or SATA drive as a removable device (media). Consequently, the safe removal…
CoreyMay 18, 2020
The built-in Windows Remote Desktop client (mstsc.exe) allows you to save the username and password used to connect to the remote computer. Using a saved…
CoreyMarch 2, 2020
In this article, we will show how to selectively disable UAC for a specific application without disabling User Account Control service completely. Consider several ways…
CoreyFebruary 10, 2020
After installing the Windows security updates that issued after May 2018, you may face the CredSSP encryption oracle remediation error during RDP connection to the remote Windows…
CoreyJanuary 20, 2020
KMS infrastructure consists of a KMS server that is activated by Microsoft (this operation is performed once online or by phone) and KMS clients, which send their activation…
CoreyJanuary 15, 2020
All Windows versions has a built-in feature for automatically updating root certificates from the Microsoft websites. As part of the Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program, MSFT…
CoreyDecember 9, 2019
You can face an error “The local print spooler service is not running” when trying to install a new printer, when opening the settings of…
CoreyOctober 23, 2019
Resetting Windows Update Agent Settings In this article we’ll show how to fix common Windows Update errors by resetting Windows Update components configuration. As a…
CoreyAugust 14, 2019
The Windows 7 RTM distribution doesn’t support USB 3.0 out-of-the-box, and you can encounter some problems with the installation of Windows 7 on a computer/laptop…
CoreyJune 12, 2019
