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…
Attempting to connect to a VPN server from Windows may result in error 633: Error 633. The modem (or other connecting device) is already in use or not properly configured.
There are several ways to find out how long Windows has been running (uptime) since the last boot.
Some users may experience poor performance in Microsoft Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) on computers with integrated or old graphic cards. For example, when scrolling through a document, the…
Windows Update Tab is Missing from Settings -> Update & Security On one of the user’s computers, I encountered a situation where the Windows Update section disappeared from the Settings…
In PowerShell scripts that prompt for a username and password, you sometimes have to validate the entered user credentials before performing any actions. If the user has entered an incorrect…
Windows 10 and 11 have a pre-installed virtual printer called Microsoft Print to PDF. A document or web page sent to this printer will be converted to a PDF file.…
An administrator can prevent users from changing their account password on Windows. It is possible to either hide the password change dialogue box or completely disable the ability to manually…
When connecting shared network folders via net use or the File Explorer GUI on Windows, there is sometimes some rather strange behavior. For example, you may receive the error: