Windows 10

If you are using mapped network drives, you probably noticed that they are not showing in the apps running with administrator privileges (including cmd and PowerShell). The default User Account…

File Explorer process always runs with minimal (non-elevated) privileges in Windows. Even if you click the C:\Windows\explorer.exe executable file and try to start it in the ‘Run as administrator’ mode,…

Windows automatically creates a hidden System Volume Information directory in the root of each connected NTFS drive (whether a local HDD/SSD drive or a removable USB drive). The size of…

Information security best practices require the computer screen to be locked when the user is inactive (idle) for some time. A Windows user can lock the computer screen themselves (using…

When you install an IIS (Internet Information Services) web server on Windows, an empty “Default Web Site” is created, listening on the default HTTP port 80. In this article, we…

When launching certain programs downloaded from the Internet, Windows may display an error message stating: This app has been blocked for your protection. When such an error occurs, the user,…

Sometimes, when you try to delete, rename, or move a file or folder in Windows, you may receive a message saying the file is busy, locked, or in use by…

When you perform a clean installation of Windows, the system prompts you to create a user account and automatically grants it local administrator privileges. However, Windows installation creates another built-in…

The Invoke-Command cmdlet allows you to execute commands or PowerShell scripts remotely on one or more remote computers

In this article, we’ll look at several common issues related to RDS licensing, when RDP clients cannot connect to Windows Server with the Remote Desktop Services Host role installed. Licensing…