Several times in Windows 10 I noticed a strange bug when extra languages appear in the list of keyboard layouts of the language bar. For example, I had 2 languages…
Windows 11
What Others Are Reading in Windows 11
Microsoft has decided to add a built-in Microsoft Teams Chat client to Windows 11, and its icon is shown in the taskbar by default. If you don’t use Microsoft Teams,…
I have received several emails from readers asking for help in resolving the problem of displaying computers in a network environment on the latest Windows 10 and 11 builds. Indeed, there…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows 11Windows Server 2022
Restrict User Logon to Specific Workstations and Set Logon Hours in AD
December 22, 2025By default, Active Directory users can log on to any domain-joined computer locally with their accounts. This is because all new users created in Active Directory are automatically added to…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure in Windows 10/11
April 21, 2022Windows has a built-in feature that automatically restarts the operating system in the event of a system failure. This option is enabled by default and allows Windows to automatically restart…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
How to Configure NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2019/2016 and Windows 10
June 8, 2023NIC Teaming (or Load Balancing/Failover – LBFO, or NIC bonding) allows joining multiple physical network adapters (NICs) into a single logical network card. In this article, we’ll show how to…
Microsoft released a set of hardware requirements to install Windows 11 on a device. In particular, your computer must have a built-in TPM module (chip), a pretty modern CPU, UEFI…
- LinuxMicrosoft OfficeWindows 11Windows Server 2022
Install KMS Activation Server (Vlmcsd) on Linux
September 30, 2025The open source VLMCSD project on GitHub (https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd) allows you to run a Microsoft KMS activation server emulator on platforms other than Windows Server (including Linux, Android, FreeBSD, macOS, and…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2025
How to Manually Download and Install Windows Updates
July 11, 2025Microsoft releases new security updates for its products at least once a month. In most cases, the Windows Update service does a great job of automatically getting and installing updates…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2022
Shared Folder Content Not Updating in Windows
October 25, 2025From time to time, users of the file server may report that the contents of network folders don’t refresh automatically and new files are not immediately visible in the folder…