Windows 10

There are several ways to find out how long Windows has been running (uptime) since the last boot.

Microsoft has disabled the automatic system registry backup task starting with Windows 10 1803. In previous Windows versions, the Automatic Maintenance job ran a scheduler task that copied all the…

The Parental Controls feature in Windows 7 and 8 can be used to limit the allowed logon hours for local user accounts. On Windows 10 and 11, a similar parental…

Windows Update Tab is Missing from Settings -> Update & Security On one of the user’s computers, I encountered a situation where the Windows Update section disappeared from the Settings…

Checking a downloaded file’s hash (checksum) allows verifying its integrity and ensuring that the file contents have not been modified. Administrators commonly use MD5/SHA256 checksum verification for downloaded OS distros…

This post covers creating and managing a network bridge connection on a Windows desktop computer (laptop). Operating at the data link layer (L2) of the OSI model, a network bridge…

Microsoft Network Monitor (NetMon) is a classic network diagnostic tool for Windows that is used to capture and analyze all the incoming and outgoing traffic on a computer. Even though…

Node.js is a cross-platform runtime for running server-side (back-end) JavaScript apps outside the browser. This guide describes how to install the Node.js framework and the Node Package Manager (NPM) on…

The “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” menu in the system tray might contain devices the user never intends to remove. These include USB network adapters, Type-C-connected monitors, SATA/SSD drives…

A complete history of software installations, updates, and removals on a computer can be found in Windows Event logs. These logs can also be used to identify the specific user…