The GPResult.exe command-line tool is used to get a Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) that is applied to a user and/or computer in an Active Directory domain. GPResult allows you…
A new native package manager, WinGet (Windows Package Manager), appeared on Windows 10 and 11. You can use it to install apps from the command prompt (similar to Linux package…
SID (Security IDentifier) is a unique identifier that is assigned to users, groups, computers, or other security objects when they are created in Windows or Active Directory domain. Windows uses…
After being infected with a virus or incorrectly changing the system registry, the user may encounter the fact that executable EXE-files (installation MSI-files or PowerShell/CMD/VBScript files) not opening in Windows.…
If you manage a large number of servers or workstations running Windows, sometimes it is useful to display basic information about the operating system and environment right on the Windows…
The Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and the reg.exe command-line utilities aren’t the only tools to access and manage the registry in Windows. PowerShell provides a large number of tools for the…
By default, the Windows login screen displays the account of the last user who logged on to this computer and a list of all local users. Windows allows you to…
Windows automatically assigns a drive letter to any connected HDD/SSD disk, USB flash drive, SD card if it recognizes the file system on its partitions. But sometimes it doesn’t work.…
Current Windows versions collect information about the health of hard drives in your computer via SMART and may notify a user in case of any problems. Let’s see what a…
In this article, we will show how to track an event of launching a certain program (process) in Windows and perform an action (run a script, command, program, send an…