According to the Windows 10 lifecycle, users must install large update packages (feature updates) more often than in previous Windows versions. Windows 10 is upgraded twice a year. Currently, the…
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- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Restricting Group Policy with WMI Filtering
April 16, 2019WMI filters in Group Policy (GPO) allow you to more flexibly apply policies to clients by using different rules. A WMI filter is a set of WMI queries (the WMI…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Assign Multiple IP Addresses (Aliases) to a Single NIC
April 12, 2019In some cases an administrator needs to configure multiple IP addresses one a single network interface (NIC) in Windows. An example of such situations can be the need to run…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2008 R2Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
Killing a Windows Service that Hangs on Stopping or Not Responding
April 8, 2019How to manually forcefully stop a hung Windows service process that hangs at “Stopping” or “Not responding”? Most Windows administrators have faced a problem, when they try to stop (restart)…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Managing Local Users and Groups with PowerShell
April 6, 2019Recently Microsoft has added a standard PowerShell module to manage Windows local users and groups called Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts. Earlier you had to manually download and import this module into PowerShell. Now…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
How to Run Program without Admin Privileges and to Bypass UAC Prompt?
April 4, 2019When started, many programs require permission elevation (shield on the app icon), but actually they don’t need the administrator privileges for their normal operation. For example, you can manually grant…
- Windows 10Windows 7Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
How to Remove Installed Updates in Windows 10 and Windows Server?
April 3, 2019Sometimes it happens that the security updates for Microsoft products (released under MS Patch Tuesday) cause problems with the OS or third-party software. The issues caused by the updates can…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
PSWindowsUpdate: Managing Windows Updates from PowerShell
March 27, 2019To manage Windows updates from the CLI on a separate computer, it is very convenient to use PSWindowsUpdate module for PowerShell. The PSWindowsUpdate is not integrated into Windows and is…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2
DistributedCOM Error 10016 in Windows: The Application-specific Permission Settings do not Grant Local Activation Permission
March 25, 2019In this post I’ll show you how to fix the error with the EventID 10016 from the DistributedCOM source on a computer running Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 R2.…
In order to login to Windows 10, a user has to enter password for local or Microsoft (online) account every time. This guarantees a certain level of data protection against…