Administrators should occasionally delete old user profiles (retired or inactive users, etc.) from C:\Users on Windows workstations and servers. The Windows user profile cleanup task is most commonly performed on…
In addition to monthly security and cumulative updates for Windows, Microsoft releases major Feature Updates every six months (or annually), each of which is assigned a version (build) number (23H2,…
After signing into an Active Directory or Azure AD domain-joined computer running Windows 10/11, the user may see the following pop-up message in the lower right corner of the desktop:…
In this article, we will look at several ways to manage non-admin user permissions to restart or shutdown Windows workstations or servers. By default, non-privileged users can only reboot and…
Quite often, you have to expand virtual machine disks when the system drive runs out of free space. For example, you increased the disk size in the VMware or Hyper-V…
I have noticed a strange thing: my brand new Lenovo laptop loses Internet connection over a Wi-Fi adapter after waking up from sleep or hibernation. The network connection status shows…
When replacing a motherboard or a network card, during a P2V or cold migration of virtual machines between hypervisors, or when configuring multiple VLANs on a single NIC in Windows,…
Several commands are available in Windows that allow you to shutdown or restart a local or remote computer. In this article, we’ll look at how to use the shutdown command…
Microsoft Defender is the built-in antivirus program on Windows 10/11 and Windows Server that is enabled and configured by default. In this article, we’ll look at how to turn off…
You can use the built-in OpenSSH server on Windows to forward ports through an SSH tunnel (SSH tunneling). Port forwarding in SSH allows you to tunnel (forward) application ports from…