One of the main tasks of a WSUS administrator (Windows Server Update Services) is to manage the approval of updates to be installed on Windows computers and servers. In this…
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Tutorial: Install and Configure WSUS on Windows Server 2022/2019
You can use the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) update server to deploy Microsoft product updates (Windows, Office, SQL Server, Exchange, etc.) to computers and servers in the company’s local…
Creating New User Accounts in Active Directory with ADUC and PowerShell
In this article, we’ll look at how to create new users in an Active Directory domain. You can create new user accounts in your domain using the graphical MMC snap-ins (…
The update is not applicable to your computer: Windows Update Error
When manually installing MSU updates on Windows computers and servers, you may receive an error: Windows Update Standalone Installer: Searching for updates on this computer. This problem most often occurs…
After converting one of my Windows hosts to a virtual machine using P2V, I found that all network adapters were missing from the Network Connections section in the Control Panel.…
Fixing VPN Error: Can’t Establish Connection, Change Network Settings
I encountered a strange issue in Windows 10 when all VPN connections suddenly stopped working with the following error message:
How to Enable Wireless (Wi-Fi) on Windows Server 2019/2016
By default, wireless (Wi-Fi) support is disabled in all Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2 versions. If you plug a Wi-Fi network adapter (USB or PCI) into a host running Windows Server, you…
Create Organizational Units (OU) Structure in Active Directory with PowerShell
Quite often when creating new Organizational Units (OUs), an Active Directory administrator has to create a structure of nested containers inside a new OU. For example, when a company opens…
RDS and RemoteApp Performance Issues on Windows Server 2019/2016
In this article, I’ve put together some solutions to common performance problems with RDS servers or published RemoteApp that I’ve encountered in my infrastructure. Before implementing any of the solutions…
Deploying Software (MSI Packages) Using Group Policy
In this article, we will show how to install software on user computers in an Active Directory domain using GPO. The built-in Windows GPO features allow you to deploy programs…