Windows 11

If you accidentally deleted or replaced some system fonts in Windows, you can restore the default fonts and their settings to their original state. Missing or corrupted fonts can cause…

When connecting to a shared network printer, users may receive a ‘Windows can’t connect to the printer’ error with codes 0x0000011b or 0x00000002. This post explains common ways to fix…

Users can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and select Change Password from the menu that opens to change their password on the Windows workstation. However, this won’t work if you are connected to…

In some cases, when you perform a clean installation of Windows, update a build, or create a reference image using sysprep, the Windows Installer fails with an error: The computer…

The Local Group Policy Editor console (gpedit.msc) is used to configure Windows settings. Gpedit.msc is a built-in MMC snap-in available in all Windows editions (Pro/Enterprise/Education) except Home and Single Language.…

Logging to simple text files is a convenient way to track all actions performed by a PowerShell script.  Such a log file is useful for debugging script errors and reviewing…

Built-in Windows tools allow you to backup (export) all third-party device drivers installed on your computer to a specified directory. This eliminates the need to manually search for and download…

You can use PowerShell to calculate the exact size of a specific folder in Windows (recursively, including all subfolders). This way you can quickly find out the size of the…

Windows Credential Manager allows you to securely store credentials (usernames and passwords) used to access network resources, websites, and apps. You can use the credentials stored in Credential Manager to…

Windows administrators may encounter an issue where, when attempting to stop or start a service in the services.mscmanagement snap-in, the service gets stuck in the “Stopping” or “Starting” state. In…