Windows 11

If you are using a remote computer to run one or two apps in an RDP session, you will probably find it more convenient to run these programs in the…

Attempting 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.

There are several ways to find out how long Windows has been running (uptime) since the last boot.

Microsoft has disabled the automatic system registry backup task starting with Windows 10 1803. In previous Windows versions, the Automatic Maintenance job ran a scheduler task that copied all the…

The Parental Controls feature in Windows 7 and 8 can be used to limit the allowed logon hours for local user accounts. On Windows 10 and 11, a similar parental…

Windows Update Tab is Missing from Settings -> Update & Security On one of the user’s computers, I encountered a situation where the Windows Update section disappeared from the Settings…

You 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…

Checking a downloaded file’s hash (checksum) allows verifying its integrity and ensuring that the file contents have not been modified. Administrators commonly use MD5/SHA256 checksum verification for downloaded OS distros…

This post covers creating and managing a network bridge connection on a Windows desktop computer (laptop). Operating at the data link layer (L2) of the OSI model, a network bridge…

Microsoft 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…