Quite often an administrator needs to quickly find out the username logged on a remote Windows computer. In this article, we’ll show some tools and PowerShell scripts that can help…
Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) allow you to create multiple password policies for specific users or groups. Multiple password policies are available starting with the Windows Server 2008 version of Active…
You can use Active Directory to securely store backups of BitLocker recovery keys (passwords) from client computers. It is very convenient if you have multiple users using BitLocker to encrypt…
When connecting to a shared network printer, users may receive a ‘Windows can’t connect to the printer’ error with codes 0x0000011b or 0x00000002. This post explains common ways to fix…
Users can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and select Change Password from the menu that opens to change their password on the Windows workstation. However, this won’t work if you are connected to…
In this article, we’ll show how to install additional fonts on computers in an Active Directory domain using Group Policy and PowerShell script. This guide was tested on current Windows…
In the latest Windows 10 builds, you can automatically add static routes when establishing a VPN connection. When the VPN connection is terminated, the route is automatically removed from the…
Windows computers and servers may experience troubles with memory overflow caused by a leak of a certain system driver that stores its data in the system’s non-paged memory pool. Non-paged…
Windows Server Core is a good platform to host the Active Directory domain controller role due to fewer resource requirements, increased stability and security (due to less code and updates).…
Not all fixes, patches, and updates for Microsoft products are available for installation in the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) console. For example, you might have disabled update synchronization for…