In one of the previous articles, we mentioned that when trying to open an executable file downloaded from the Internet Windows shows a security warning of running a potentially dangerous content (For details, see How to Disable Security Warnings in Windows). How does the system determines that the file has.. read more

When trying to open/start an EXE, MSI, BAT and other executable types of files from a local or network directory in Windows, you can see this warning: Open file — Security Warning. To continue the program, a user must manually confirm the start of the file by clicking Run button… read more

In Microsoft Windows, starting from Windows XP, there is a built-in ability to set up network ports forwarding (port forwarding). Due to it, any connection coming to any port can be forwarded to another local port or even to port on remote computer. Not necessarily that the system has a.. read more

Every experienced Windows administrator has faced some issues of WMI service and its components. The problems in WMI subsystem are critical for the normal operation of the system, and the administrator has to make use of some tricks that allow recover WMI. In this article we’ll describe quite a simple.. read more

Sometimes it happens that the security updates for Microsoft products under MS Patch Tuesday cause problems with the OS or third-party software. The issues caused by the updates can be either mass and occur in a large number of users or private that occur in some combinations of an OS.. read more

One of the main tools to configure user and system settings in Windows is the group policies (GPO). The domain (if a computer is in the domain) or local (those set and active only on the given computer) Group Policies can influence this computer and its users. The Group Policies.. read more

In this article, we’ll show you how to make a USB flash drive or an SD card to be identified in the system as a common local hard disk. You may ask why it is necessary. The matter is that by default Windows identifies all the flash drives and memory.. read more

For each successful connection to a remote computer, an RDP client in Windows (mstsc.exe) saves its name (or an IP address) and the name of the user that has logged in. Later this information is used by the rdp client that offers the user to select one of the connections.. read more

By default, all 64-bit Windows versions, starting from Windows 7, prohibit to install drivers of the devices that do not have a valid digital signature. The digital signature guarantees (to some extent) that the driver has been issued by a certain developer or vendor, and its code hasn’t been modified.. read more

On our site we have already talked about the installation, configuration and activation of Microsoft products (such MS Office 2013, Windows 8.1 / 2012 R2) using Key Management Service (KMS). Today we look at the concept of KMS activations counter and how to increase it value.