You can use the Import-CSV PowerShell cmdlet to read the contents of a CSV file. Once you load the contents of the CSV file, you get a PowerShell object in…
Windows Server 2019: Installation and Configuration Tutorials
How to Run Program without Admin Privileges and Bypass UAC Prompt
When started, some programs require permission elevation (the shield next to the app icon), but actually, they don’t need administrator privileges for their normal operation. For example, you can manually…
Configure Network Settings on Windows with PowerShell: IP Address, DNS, Default Gateway, Static Routes
In Windows, you can manage the settings for your network adapters not only from the GUI but also from the PowerShell command prompt. In this article, we’ll look at the…
Fix: Remote Desktop Services Is Currently Busy
In some cases, users cannot sign to RDS farm hosts running Windows Server using the built-in RDP client (mstsc.exe) with the following error: The task you are trying to do…
Send-MailMessage: Sending E-mails with PowerShell
You can use the built-in Send-MailMessage cmdlet to send SMTP e-mails from PowerShell (previously you can use the .Net System.Net.Mail class to send e-mail messages). Send-MailMessage allows you to send…
Clear Cache and Temp Files in User Profiles on Windows (RDS) with PowerShell and GPO
Windows Server RDS farm administrators are often faced with the problem of running out of space on a system drive due to a large amount of user data. This article…
Internet Time Synchronization Failed on Windows
A time synchronization error may occur in Windows when your computer fails to automatically synchronize its local time with the time.microsoft.com time servers on the Internet. If your computer’s time…
Copy/Paste Not Working in Remote Desktop (RDP) Clipboard
You can use the clipboard in an RDP session to copy/paste text and files between a local computer and a remote host (this can be either a Windows workstation or…
How to Disable NTLM Authentication in Windows Domain
NTLM (NT LAN Manager) is a legacy Microsoft authentication protocol that dates back to Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced the more secure Kerberos authentication protocol back in Windows 2000, NTLM…
Group Policy Management in Active Directory
Active Directory Group Policies allow you to centrally apply the same settings for multiple computers and/or domain users and greatly simplify configuration management in an AD domain environment. The Group…