Every experienced Windows administrator has faced some issues with the WMI service (Windows Management Instrumentation) and its components. The problems in the WMI subsystem are critical for the normal operation…
Windows 10
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How to Sign a PowerShell Script File (PS1)
May 23, 2024The digital signature of a PowerShell script (*.PS1 file) allows you to verify that a known trusted publisher signs the script and that its code has not been modified. The…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
How to Shadow (Remote Control) a User’s RDP session on Windows Server RDS
March 17, 2024Shadow session mode allows RDS administrators to view and interact with the user’s desktop. Remote Desktop Shadowing mode works on all modern versions of Windows starting from Windows Server 2012…
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Configuring Proxy Settings on Windows Using Group Policy Preferences
February 27, 2023In this article, we’ll take a look at how to centrally configure proxy settings on Windows 10 computers in a domain using Group Policy. Most popular browsers (such as Microsoft…
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How to Refresh (Update) Group Policy Settings on Windows
August 13, 2024To apply new local or domain Group Policy (GPO) settings to a Windows computer, the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service must read the policy files and apply the setting to…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Managing Administrative Shares (Admin$, IPC$, C$) on Windows
March 15, 2024Windows administrative shared folders are used for remote access and computer management. By default, the following administrative shares are created by Windows:
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Fixing “Winload.efi is Missing or Contains Errors” in Windows 10
March 16, 2024Let’s consider one more common Windows 10 boot error that occurs due to the damaged or missing winload.efi file. The problem manifests itself in the following: Windows stops booting with…
In this article we’ll show you how to restrict network data transfer rate to/from Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 using built-in and third-party tools. You may know that Windows…
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How to Rebuild (Reset) a Corrupted Icon Cache on Windows 10?
May 13, 2024When icons of different applications and file types are displayed in File Explorer, Windows instead of accessing the original files with icons gets copies of the icon images from special…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Disable/Remove Thumbs.db File on Network Folders in Windows?
February 27, 2023Thumbs.db is a hidden system file that is automatically created by Windows Explorer (File Explorer) in all folders containing image and video files. File Explorer creates thumbnails of the images…