Tools for creating software RAID arrays from multiple physical disks are built into Windows. First, let’s look at a simple configuration where you need to create a mirror of two…
Windows 10
- 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…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Fix: DNS Resolution over VPN Doesn’t Work on Windows
December 27, 2023Force Tunnel mode is enabled by default for all VPN connections in Windows (the ‘Use default gateway on remote network‘ option enabled in the VPN settings). In this mode, name…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
Using PortQry to Check TCP/UDP Open Ports (Port Scanner)
March 17, 2024Windows has many tools for diagnosing problems in TCP/IP networks (ping, telnet, pathping, etc.). But not all of them allow you to conveniently check the status or scan opened network…
Users often complain that Outlook doesn’t display (download) attached or linked images in the email body. Instead of images/photos, red X crosses are shown in the email. In this article,…
Many users note that when viewing any image in the new built-in Photos app in Windows 10, it takes a long time to open. The delay when starting Photos UWP…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
The Disk is Offline Because of Policy Set by an Administrator
June 7, 2022On one of the servers running Windows Server 2016, an additional disk (not a system one) connected as a SAN LUN over FC gets offline after each restart of the…
Starting with build 1703, Windows 10 fully supports USB flash drives and SD cards with multiple partitions. In previous versions of Windows, only the first partition on the flash drive…