In this article, we’ll look on licensing features of the Windows Server 2019, 2016 and 2012 R2 operating systems from the point of view of new Microsoft licensing model. Also,…
Network scanning is one of the services that is rarely managed centrally even in large infrastructures. In Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher there is a separate role of distributed…
In 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…
The FTP protocol is one of the oldest protocols (it is more than 40 years old), but it is still widely used where a simple file transfer protocol is required.…
How 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)…
When 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…
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…
In this article we’ll show how remote users can change their expired passwords on a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farm running Windows Server 2016 / 2012 R2.
To 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…
In 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.…