Modern versions of Windows and Windows Server allow you to increase the size of any disk volume (partition) at the expense of unused (unallocated) disk space without shutting down the…
After a clean installation or reinstalling Windows, many unknown devices may appear in Device Manager. This article explains how to identify unknown devices in Windows, find the latest up-to-date drivers,…
After you add a computer or a user account to an Active Directory security group, the new access permissions or the new GPOs are not applied immediately. To update the…
The ‘Operating system not found‘ or ‘Missing operating system‘ message at the computer boot means that there is no operating system bootloader on the current drive/media. As a result, your…
Visual Studio Code is a very feature-rich and versatile text editor that can benefit both developers and system administrators. You can use VS Code to edit your PowerShell scripts, configuration…
The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a minimal operating system based on the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) image that includes several tools to repair, reset, and diagnose Windows. If Windows…
Group Policies are used to centrally configure settings for computers and users in Windows. If your computers are joined to a Windows domain, you can use domain GPOs to bring…
It can happen that you have forgotten your Windows login password and can no longer log on to your computer. This article shows you how to reset a forgotten password…
In PowerShell, you can use the Test-NetConnection cmdlet to check whether a port is available (open) on a remote computer. You can use this cmdlet to check the response and…
Remote users can connect to their Windows 10 and 11 computers through the Remote Desktop Services (RDP). All you need to do is enable Remote Desktop, grant the user RDP…