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.
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows Server 2022
Exclude a Specific User or Computer from Group Policy
March 16, 2025There 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…
- Active DirectoryWindows 11Windows Server 2022
AD Domain Join: Computer Account Re-use Blocked
March 16, 2025When 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…
- PowerShellWindows 11Windows Server 2022
How to Write Logs to the Windows Event Viewer from PowerShell/CMD
March 11, 2025Alternatively 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…
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…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
Maximum Concurrent Connections Limit in Windows 10 and 11
February 24, 2025The number of simultaneous network connections from other computers is limited in the desktop editions of Windows. For example, only 20 simultaneous incoming sessions (connections) are supported on Windows 10…
- PowerShellWindows 11Windows Server 2022
How to Configure Windows Firewall Logging and Analyze Logs
February 17, 2025If 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…
- Active DirectoryWindows Server 2022
Collecting Windows and Active Directory Event Logs with Graylog
February 7, 2025In the previous post, we covered how to deploy a centralized log collection and management service based on the Graylog stack (Graylog + OpenSearch + MongoDB). Now let’s cover how…
On some computers, when performing a clean installation of Windows 10 or 11 from a USB stick, you might not be able to choose the edition (version) of the operating…
Local and network HP printers can display various pop-up printer status notifications on client computers, including print job status, low cartridge resource, out-of-paper, low ink level, etc. Frequent pop-up notifications…