Windows 11

Every experienced Windows administrator has encountered with problems with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service and its components. WMI is an important subsystem of Windows, and if it malfunctions, the…

The digital signature of a PowerShell script (*.PS1 file) allows you to verify that a known trusted publisher signs the script and that its code has not been modified. The…

Windows administrative shared folders are used for remote access and computer management. By default, the following administrative shares are created by Windows:

Thumbs.db (thumbnail cache) is a hidden system file that is automatically created by the Windows File Explorer in folders containing image and video files when the thumbnail preview mode is…

When users connect to a corporate VPN server (AlwaysOnVPN, Windows Server RRAS, or OpenVPN server) from a home network, they may report that Internet access is unavailable while the VPN…

The HelpDesk support team requested a PowerShell script to quickly capture a screenshot of a user’s desktop from a remote computer. The main requirement is that the HelpDesk employee may…

Although Microsoft has removed the requirement to periodically change user passwords from its security baselines, most on-premises Active Directory domains have a policy that specifies the maximum age of a…

The Windows.edb file (Windows.db in Windows 11) is the location of the index database for the Windows Search service. The search index allows users to quickly search for files, emails…

The Server Message Block (SMB) 1.0 file-sharing protocol is disabled by default in the latest versions of Windows 11 and 10 and in Windows Server 2019/2022. This version of the…