If your virtual machine running on Hyper-V is stuck for some reason, stopped responding, and doesn’t start/stop/reset after clicking the corresponding buttons in the Hyper-V Manager console, you can force-stop (kill) the worker process for this VM on the Hyper-V host. We’ll show you how to force restart a hang Hyper-V VMs running on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016, Windows 10/11, or Free Hyper-V Server without rebooting the entire hypervisor host and all running VMs (useful if you don’t have a Hyper-V HA cluster and Live-Migration).
When a user searches using the Start menu in Windows 10 or Windows 11, the search results show suggestions from the local computer (files, apps, settings) and search results from…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Fix: Group Policy Processing Error in Windows
March 17, 2024I encountered a strange problem when applying new GPO settings on one of the computers. To diagnose the problem, I updated GPO settings manually using the gpupdate /force command and…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Configure PowerShell Remoting (WinRM) for Non-Domain (Workgroup) Computers
March 15, 2024PowerShell Remoting is a great tool that allows you to connect and run commands on remote computers via WinRM. If computers are joined to the Active Directory domain, then PSRemoting…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Run Multiple Commands in One Line in PowerShell and CMD
March 17, 2024In this quick note, I’ll show you how to run multiple cmd or PowerShell commands in one line. Sometimes you have to do this when you invoke PowerShell commands from…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Run a Scheduled Task After Another Task Completes
June 8, 2023Windows Task Scheduler allows you to run tasks both on schedule and when a certain event appears in the Event Viewer (using Windows Event Triggers). In this article, we’ll show…
- Active DirectoryWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Using Attribute Editor in Active Directory Users and Computers
March 15, 2024The Active Directory Attribute Editor is a built-in graphical tool to manage the properties of AD objects (users, computers, groups). It is the Attribute Editor where you can view and…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Remove Old and Useless Drivers from the Windows Driver Store
March 11, 2024When you install or update device drivers in Windows, older versions of the drivers remain on the system drive. This allows the user to roll back to a previous driver…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows Server 2019
How to Remove (Demote) a Domain Controller in Active Directory
March 16, 2024In this article, we’ll show how to correctly remove (demote) an Active Directory domain controller on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2. When removing a domain controller, usually one of the following scenarios…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows 11
Using Windows Update Delivery Optimization in Local Networks
March 15, 2024You can use Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO) in Windows 10 to more efficiently distribute Windows updates (received through Windows Update or WSUS) and Configuration Manager packages in a corporate…