Windows administrators may encounter an issue where, when attempting to stop or start a service in the services.mscmanagement snap-in, the service gets stuck in the “Stopping” or “Starting” state. In…
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How to Change Time Zone on Windows Server
March 11, 2024For your Windows device to display the correct time, the time zone set on the device must match the geographical location of your computer. This article explains how to set…
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Hyper-V: Enabling Routing Between Internal Networks (Subnets)
August 2, 2021My task is to create multiple internal IP subnets and configure routing between them on my standalone Hyper-V stand. By default, Hyper-V doesn’t route traffic between networks on virtual switches.…
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How to Download Offline Installer (APPX/MSIX) for Microsoft Store App
February 20, 2026Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications from the Microsoft Store typically require online installation. However, when you actually install a UWP application, the Microsoft Store client downloads and installs the application…
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Basic Commands to Configure Windows Server Core
September 5, 2025In this article, I tried to describe the basic cmd and PowerShell commands that are useful for configuring and managing Windows Server Core hosts. I think this guide will be…
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Checking Active TCP/IP Connections on Windows with PowerShell
March 17, 2024Many administrators usually use the netstat console tool or graphic TCPView to display information about active TCP/IP connections and open TCP ports in Windows. Instead of netstat, you can use…
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Import, Export and Clone Virtual Machines in Hyper-V
January 19, 2022Unlike VMWare, Hyper-V has not got a built-in feature to clone virtual machines (cloning is available only in Virtual Machine Manager). To create a full copy of an existing VM,…
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Using Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows Server
March 15, 2024Windows Defender Antivirus is Microsoft’s free built-in antivirus that comes installed by default on Windows Server 2016 and 2019 (since Windows 10 2004 the name Microsoft Defender is used). In…
In this article we will look at how to find out the date a user was created in Active Directory; how to use PowerShell to get information from the domain…
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PowerShell: Check Free Disk Space and Disk Usage
March 17, 2024In this article, we will show you how to check the free disk space and disk usage on a local or remote Windows host using PowerShell. Also, consider how to…