Windows 10

Every experienced Windows administrator has encountered with problems with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service and its components. WMI is an important subsystem of Windows, and if it malfunctions, the…

The 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…

Shadow connection mode in Windows allows administrators to connect to any user’s RDP/RDS session to view and interact with their desktop (with or without user consent). The Remote Desktop Shadowing…

In this article, we’ll look at how to centrally configure proxy server settings and the system-level WinHTTP proxy for Internet access on Windows workstations in an Active Directory domain using…

To 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 administrative shared folders are used for remote access and computer management. By default, the following administrative shares are created by Windows:

Let’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…

When displaying icons, shortcuts, and various file types in File Explorer, Windows attempts to retrieve their thumbnails from icon cache files. Thanks to this, Windows Explorer draws objects faster because…

Thumbs.db (thumbnail cache) is a hidden system file that is automatically created by the Windows File Explorer in folders containing image and video files when the thumbnail preview mode is…