If you’re experiencing problems or errors on a computer after installing Windows updates, you might want to uninstall a specific update or all recently installed updates to help resolve the…
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Allowing Ping (ICMP Echo) Responses in Windows Firewall
April 15, 2025By default, the built-in Windows Firewall blocks incoming ICMP Echo Request packets for security reasons on Windows 10/11 desktops and Windows Server hosts. This means you won’t be able to…
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How to Pause (Delay) Update Installation on Windows 11 and 10
April 11, 2025In current Windows 10 and 11 builds, you can delay update installation for up to 35 days (or up to 7 days on Windows Insider builds). This delay period is…
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How to Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 in Windows Networks
April 15, 2025By default, if a remote host has both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, the Windows computer will try to connect to it using its IPv6 address. If the DNS server or…
In some cases, to make the Windows installer or Windows recovery environment (WinRE) see the computer’s local disks, you must load additional disk controller drivers. This often occurs on computers…
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How to Block Common (Weak) Passwords in Active Directory
April 8, 2025Only the most basic password length, frequency, and complexity requirements can be enabled for domain users in the default Active Directory password policy. Enabling the mandatory password complexity option, which…
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Fix: The referenced assembly could not be found error (0x80073701) on Windows
March 25, 2025When adding or removing features/roles on Windows Server or desktop computers running Windows 10/11, you may encounter an error: The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701.
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How to Remove ‘Some Settings are Managed by Your Organization’ on Windows 11 or 10
March 17, 2025Some sections of the classic Control Panel or the modern Windows Settings app may display the message Some of settings are managed by your organization. What does this message mean…
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AD Domain Join: Computer Account Re-use Blocked
March 16, 2025When 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…