WMI 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…
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)…
Recently 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…
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 the previous article we looked at the old-school VBS scripts that can be used to manage printers and print operation in all Windows versions, starting from Windows XP. Today…