When attempting to join a computer to an Active Directory domain, an error may occur: Error 0xaac (2732): NERR_AccountReuseBlockedByPolicy: An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using…
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How to Write Logs to the Windows Event Viewer from PowerShell/CMD
March 11, 2025Alternatively to using text log files in scripts, you can write event information directly to the Event Viewer logs. In this article, we’ll look at how to write logs to…
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VMware Workstation: Slow VMs Performance on Windows
February 25, 2025After installing VMware Workstation on a desktop computer running Windows 11/10, you might experience extremely slow performance and unstable operation of the Windows guest operating system in virtual machines. Interestingly,…
Sometimes, after you install a Windows update, you might find that the operating system, a particular program, or a driver stops working or causes conflicts. In this case, you must…
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How to Configure Windows Firewall Logging and Analyze Logs
February 17, 2025If you suspect that the built-in Windows Defender firewall is blocking network connections (from a specific program or service), it is a bad idea to disable it completely. Instead, you…
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Remote Desktop fix: The number of connections to this computer is limited
February 7, 2025When connecting to a remote computer via RDP, you may receive a blue screen error indicating that you have exceeded the maximum number of connections allowed. In my case, the…
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Collecting Windows and Active Directory Event Logs with Graylog
February 7, 2025In the previous post, we covered how to deploy a centralized log collection and management service based on the Graylog stack (Graylog + OpenSearch + MongoDB). Now let’s cover how…
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VPN Error 633: The modem is already in use or not configured
January 21, 2025Attempting to connect to a VPN server from Windows may result in error 633: Error 633. The modem (or other connecting device) is already in use or not properly configured.
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Send a WhatsApp Message from the CommandLine (Shell)
December 3, 2024You can use the Mudslide console client to send messages to the WhatsApp messenger directly from the command line (shell) or script. Sysops often use it to send notifications to…
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Network Monitor: Capture and Analyze Network Traffic on Windows
November 12, 2024Microsoft Network Monitor (NetMon) is a classic network diagnostic tool for Windows that is used to capture and analyze all the incoming and outgoing traffic on a computer. Even though…