In order to manage access to files or folders in Windows, a special ACL (Access Control List) is assigned to an NTFS file system object (a file or a folder). The ACL of the object defines available operations (permissions) that a user or groups can perform with file system object. In most cases, Windows administrators use the File Explorer graphic interface (file/folder properties -> Security tab) or icacls console tool to manage NTFS permissions on files or folders. In this article we will look on how to manage permissions on the NTFS objects using the PowerShell cmdlets. You can use these commands in your scripts or to automate the management of NTFS access permissions on Windows file servers and workstations.
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Hyper-VWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
How to Stop/Kill a Stuck Virtual Machine on Hyper-V?
January 16, 2020If your virtual machine running on Hyper-V is stuck for some reasons, stopped to respond and doesn’t start/stop/reset after clicking the corresponding buttons in the Hyper-V console, the only way…
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If you need to run a PowerShell script with the administrator privileges, you can check if the current powershell.exe process has the elevated permissions right in your PS code.
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Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Fixing Windows Update and DISM Error 0x80073712 on Windows Server 2016/Windows 10
January 15, 2020I faced an error code 0x80073712 when trying to install security updates on Windows Server 2016. As I found later, this error was related to the damaged Windows component store.…
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Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Using PortQry to Check TCP/UDP Open Ports (Port Scanner)
January 14, 2020Windows has many tools for diagnosing problems in TCP/IP networks (ping, telnet, pathping, etc.). But not all of them allow you to conveniently check the status or scan open network…
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In this overview I have tried to describe the main reasons why Outlook 2019/2016/2013/2010 does not display images in the email body and ways of solving this issue (actually, the…
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Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Installing a Free Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL Certificate on IIS Web Server / RDS
December 31, 2019In this guide, we will show you how to install and bind a free TLS/SSL Let’s Encrypt certificate for a site on the IIS web server running on Windows Server…
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You can use PowerShell to view or change BIOS settings on your computer running Windows. Let’s consider some examples you can use to get or modify some BIOS settings with…
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Windows 7Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7: End of Support Notifications, Extended Security Updates Program
December 27, 2019On January 14, 2020, extended support for the Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will end. Accordingly, after this date Microsoft won’t release new security updates and patches…
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Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Allow or Prevent Non-Admin Users from Reboot/Shutdown Windows
December 24, 2019In this article we will look on how to manage non-admin user permissions to restart or shutdown of Windows computers or servers. By default, non-privileged users can restart or shutdown…