Windows Server 2012 R2

In this article we will show how to update your Windows PowerShell version to the latest 5.1 and install (upgrade to) PowerShell Core 7.1. In a previous article we told…

In August 2020, Microsoft released an update to fix a critical Windows Server vulnerability in Active Directory — CVE-2020-1472 (more known as Zerologon) . This update was successfully installed on…

To perform some actions in Windows, it’s not enough to have administrator privileges. For example, you cannot replace or delete system files and some registry keys, stop system services or…

Sometimes users cannot connect to RDS farm servers running Windows Server using the built-in RDP client (mstsc.exe) with the following error: The task you are trying to do can’t be…

Windows.edb is the Windows Search index database. A search index allows users to quickly search for data and files in the file system due to indexing of files, e-mails in…

By default, only members of the Domain Admins group have the remote RDP access to the Active Directory domain controllers‘ desktop. In this article we’ll show how to grant RDP…

In this article we will consider how to install and configure MPIO on Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. MPIO (Multi—Path Input Output) is a technology that allows to build fault-tolerant transport to a data storage system…

You can configure network ports forwarding in all Windows versions without using third-party tools. Using a port forwarding rule, you can redirect an incoming TCP connection (IPv4 or IPv6) from…

Windows file server administrators often have to force close the shared files that are open simultaneously by multiple users. This usually happens if the desktop software doesn’t work as expected,…

By default, common (non-admin) users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings/permissions of Windows services. In some cases, it is necessary…