Group Policy Object (GPO) is a handy tool for fine-tuning the user and the operating system environment in Windows. Both domain GPOs (if the computer is a member of an…
In this article, we will look at how to get a list of users and groups that have local administrator rights on Windows workstations and servers on your network.
By default, regular (non-admin) users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings and permissions of Windows services. In some cases, a…
If you installed Hyper-V on a non-GUI edition of Windows (Windows Server Core or Microsoft Hyper-V Server), you can use PowerShell cmdlets from the Hyper-V module to manage your hosts…
Ransomware has become a massive problem for individual users or entire organizations in recent years. Cryptolocker is a type of ransomware that encrypts valuable files (documents, photos, images) on users’…
When you perform a clean installation of Windows 11 or the latest builds of Windows 10, the Setup wizard prompts you to sign in with your online Microsoft account. If…
BitLocker Drive Encryption technology helps protect data on your local and external drives by encrypting the contents of logical volumes. In this article, we’ll have a look at two ways…
This article describes how KMS technology works and how you can use it to activate Microsoft volume licensing products. The Microsoft Volume Licensing program allows enterprise customers to deploy an…
Windows Event Viewer Logs store useful information that is needed when analyzing the status of services and applications in Windows, troubleshooting errors, and auditing security events. By default, the sizes…
In some cases, the administrator needs to find out which process (program) or user has changed the NTFS permissions on a specific folder or file on a Windows file server.…