Windows 11

When you perform a clean installation of Windows, the system prompts you to create a user account and automatically grants it local administrator privileges. However, Windows installation creates another built-in…

Shared network folders from file servers can be made available to domain users as network drives using Group Policy. GPO allows configuring flexible rules to automatically map network drives based…

The Invoke-Command cmdlet allows you to execute commands or PowerShell scripts remotely on one or more remote computers

A user must enter a password for a local or Microsoft (online) account each time they log on to Windows. This allows you to restrict access to your computer. In…

If a trust relationship between a Windows workstation and an Active Directory domain is broken, the computer won’t be able to establish a secure channel with the domain controller, and…

The latest versions of Windows support the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol, which allows domain name resolution (DNS queries) to be performed over an encrypted HTTPS connection. In this article,…

Windows 10 and 11 ship with a set of pre-installed Microsoft Store applications (also known as UWP/APPX/MSIX apps). These are Calculator, Calendar, Mail, Cortana, Maps, News, OneNote, ZuneMusic, Camera, etc.…

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…

Shadow connection mode in Windows allows administrators to connect to any user’s RDP/RDS session to view and interact with their desktop (with or without user consent). The Remote Desktop Shadowing…