The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) proxy service acts as a secure bridge, which allows remote clients to use Kerberos authentication when they can’t directly reach Active Directory domain controllers.…
Although security best practices strongly discourage passwordless user accounts, they may be necessary in certain operational scenarios. In this article, we’ll look at how to create a new user with…
The security department has tasked my IT department with disabling PowerShell on certain computers. Users should be denied access to launch an interactive PowerShell console or execute PowerShell scripts. However,…
In this article, we’ll guide you through the process of performing a clean installation of Windows 11 (version 25H2) on your computer, including potential issues and nuances that may cause…
Windows has a well-known limitation that restricts the maximum length of a file or folder path to 260 characters. File Explorer and many Win32 apps cannot handle file paths longer…
Occasionally, when installing Windows from a USB flash drive on different computers, I encounter an issue where the installation gets stuck at the Windows logo screen. Even though no errors…
During a clean Windows installation, you may encounter an error stating that Windows cannot be installed on the selected disk because it is partitioned using the MBR partition table:
I encountered a strange issue where some users who upgraded their computers to Windows 11 25H2 reported that they could not connect to certain remote hosts over Remote Desktop Protocol…
All modern versions of Windows come with a built-in firewall called Windows Defender Firewall. This built-in software firewall monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic to protect Windows from…
Sometimes, you may find computers (typically those running unofficial custom Windows builds) where the Windows Update service has been removed. Let’s look at how to restore the Windows Update service…