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- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows Server 2019
Configure File and Folder Access Auditing on Windows (GPO)
July 8, 2024The file system audit policy in Windows allows to monitor all access events to specific files and folders on a disk. An administrator can enable the audit policy to identify…
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
How to Add or Remove Pinned Folders to Quick Access with PowerShell and GPO
August 11, 2024Windows File Explorer has a separate panel that displays a list of favorite folders and locations called Quick Access. Many users and administrators unjustly ignore this handy Windows tool for…
- Hyper-VPowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Assign (Passthrough) a Physical GPU to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
June 11, 2024The RemoteFX vGPU feature can be used in previous versions of Hyper-V (starting with Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2) to passthrough a host discrete GPU graphics card to a virtual…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows 11
Check Windows 11 Hardware Readiness with PowerShell Script
May 15, 2024In this article, we’ll look at how to use the official Microsoft HardwareReadiness.ps1 PowerShell script to perform a bulk Windows 11 hardware compatibility check on domain computers.
JSON is a popular text-based format for representing and transmitting structured data based on JavaScript object syntax. There are two cmdlets in PowerShell that allow you to work with the…
Let’s look at how to open, read, and parse emails in a connected Outlook mailbox from within a PowerShell script. Outlook MAPI allows you to directly access the mailbox, list…
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Prevent Server Manager from Starting at Logon on Windows Server
April 11, 2024The Server Manager dashboard opens automatically when you log on to Windows Server with an account that is a member of the local Administrators group. Server Manager console allows you…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
How to Enable and Configure Wake-on-LAN (WoL) in Windows
April 1, 2024Wake on LAN (WoL) is a computer networking feature used to remotely wake (turn on) a device that is in sleep (low power) mode. The device’s network interface card (NIC)…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
How to Create, Delete, and Manage System Restore Points on Windows 10/11
March 14, 2024System Restore Points is an easy tool to restore to the previous Windows OS state if you experience unexpected system file or registry problems after installing bad drivers, updates, or…