A Windows file server admin can list the files that are open in a shared folder and force locked files to close. If a user opens a file in a…
Windows 10
- Active DirectoryWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Unable to Access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders from Windows 10
May 10, 2023I noticed some strange things when trying to access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders in the domain from Windows 10/Windows Server 2016. When I tried to access the domain by the…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to View and Clear RDP Connections History in Windows
March 11, 2024The built-in Windows Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc.exe) saves the remote computer name (or IP address) and the username that is used to log in after each successful connection to…
Mbr2gpt.exe is a new built-in Windows 10 console tool that allows you to convert a disk with the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table to a GPT (GUID Partition Table)…
- Windows 10Windows 11
How to Upgrade Windows Build from an ISO File with Setup.exe CMD
November 7, 2024The standard setup.exe installer in the Windows distro can be used to interactively install the operating system or update the OS version (install the feature update) on the computer. In…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Protecting Remote Desktop (RDP) Host from Brute Force Attacks
February 5, 2024Any Windows host directly connected to the Internet with an open RDP port is periodically logged for remote brute-force password attempts. To effectively protect the default Remote Desktop protocol port…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Mirror (RAID1) Boot GPT Hard Drive on Windows 10/ Server 2016?
April 19, 2023In this article we‘ll show you how to create a software mirror (RAID1) from two GPT disks with Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 installed for UEFI. We’ll consider a full-featured BCD…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Run Disk Cleanup (Cleanmgr.exe) on Windows Server
March 11, 2024The Disk Cleanup tool allows the administrator to quickly clean up the Windows Server system drive by deleting unnecessary and temporary files, including cleaning the WinSxS directory from files of…
- PowerShellWindows 10
How to Block a Domain or Website on Windows Defender Firewall with PowerShell?
December 23, 2020Let’s consider some ways to block access to the specific websites, domain names, URLs or IP addresses in Windows without using third-party tools. In our case, we will try to…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Fixing Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) Error with Event ID 8193
February 5, 2020The monitoring system on one of my servers running Windows Server 2016 started sending multiple messages of the Volume Shadow Copy Service error with the Event ID 8193 and VSS…