By default, traffic in a PowerShell Remoting session is encrypted no matter whether HTTP (TCP/5985) or HTTPS (TCP/5986) transport protocol is used. Anyway, all traffic is encrypted using the AES-256…
If you see The sign-in method is not allowed error when trying to logon Windows, it means that the resulting Group Policy settings prevent local sign-in for a current user…
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Can’t Access Shared Folders or Map Network Drives from Windows 10 and 11
If you cannot open or map network shared folders on your NAS, Samba Linux server, or computers with legacy Windows versions (Windows 7/XP/Server 2003) from Windows 10 or 11, most…
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How to Clean Up or Reset COM Port Numbers in Windows
When you connect a new COM device or a USB device to your computer (USB modem, mobile phone, Bluetooth adapter, serial to USB converters, etc.), Windows detects it using Plug-n-Play…
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Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms
The error “Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms” may appear when installing the Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 operating system on a bare-metal computer/server or on a…
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Poor Network Performance on Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2019
Several times I came across a situation when files were copied much slower from/to virtual machines on a Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2019 than in a VM of the…
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Enter-PSSession: Running Remote Commands in Interactive Shell
Enter-PSSession cmdlet allows you to establish a persistent interactive PowerShell session with a remote computer. All commands you enter in your command prompt are executed on the remote computer. In…
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Memory Compression Process: High Memory and CPU Usage in Windows 10 and 11
The Memory Compression feature in Windows 10 and 11 is used to optimize physical RAM utilization by compressing some of the pages in RAM. By using process memory compression, you…
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Using DISM to Check and Repair Windows Image
You can use the SFC (System File Checker) and DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) commands to check and repair the integrity of system files and Component Store of your…
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Install Remote Desktop Services Host (RDS) without Domain (in a Workgroup)
This article explains how to install and configure the Remote Desktop Session Host terminal server role on a standalone Windows Server 2022/2019 in a workgroup (without an Active Directory domain)…