Windows Server 2022

By default, if a remote host has both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, the Windows computer will try to connect to it using its IPv6 address. If the DNS server or…

Only the most basic password length, frequency, and complexity requirements can be enabled for domain users in the default Active Directory password policy. Enabling the mandatory password complexity option, which…

When adding or removing features/roles on Windows Server or desktop computers running Windows 10/11, you may encounter an error: The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701.

There are several ways to prevent certain Group Policy Object (GPO) settings from being applied to specific users and/or computers in Active Directory: Use GPO security filtering to control which…

When attempting to join a computer to an Active Directory domain, an error may occur: Error 0xaac (2732): NERR_AccountReuseBlockedByPolicy: An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using…

Alternatively to using text log files in scripts, you can write event information directly to the Event Viewer logs. In this article, we’ll look at how to write logs to…

After installing VMware Workstation on a desktop computer running Windows 11/10, you might experience extremely slow performance and unstable operation of the Windows guest operating system in virtual machines. Interestingly,…

Sometimes, after you install a Windows update, you might find that the operating system, a particular program, or a driver stops working or causes conflicts. In this case, you must…

If you suspect that the built-in Windows Defender firewall is blocking network connections (from a specific program or service), it is a bad idea to disable it completely. Instead, you…

When connecting to a remote computer via RDP, you may receive a blue screen error indicating that you have exceeded the maximum number of connections allowed. In my case, the…