Windows 7

On January 14, 2020, extended support for the Windows 7 SP1 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) ends. Accordingly, after this date Microsoft won’t release new security updates and patches for…

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 to turn off UAC for…

All Windows versions have a built-in feature for automatically updating root certificates from the Microsoft websites. As part of the Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program, MSFT maintains and publishes a…

After installing the latest security updates on my Windows 10 desktop, I can’t remotely connect to my new VDS server (running Windows Server 2012 R2) using the Remote Desktop. When…

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 the configured local printer or…

In this article we’ll show how to fix common Windows Update errors by resetting Windows Update components configuration. As a rule, it is the most effective and the easiest way…

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 having USB 3.0 ports only…

Sometimes 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…

Users of one of my customer constantly complain that newly created files don’t appear immediately on the network shared folder on Windows Server 2008 R2, but with a long delay,…

When you replace computer or server hardware (motherboard, drive controller, etc.), restore a system image from a backup or migrate a physical host into the virtualization environment (P2V), the BSOD…