Force 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 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…
On 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…
In this article, we’ll explore ways to manage the Start Menu and taskbar layouts in both Windows 11 and Windows 10. With the ability to import and export Start menu…
The basic metrics for evaluating storage performance are data transfer rate (throughput, how much data can be read or written per unit of time) and IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second).…
This article will show how to disable UAC (User Account Control) only for a specific program without disabling this security feature entirely. To suppress the UAC elevation prompt for a…
In current builds of Windows 10 and 11, the wuauserv Windows Update service logs are not written directly to the WindowsUpdate.log text file. Instead, binary Event Trace Log (ETL) files…