Windows 11

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

When displaying icons, shortcuts, and various file types in File Explorer, Windows attempts to retrieve their thumbnails from icon cache files. Thanks to this, Windows Explorer draws objects faster because…

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…

Sometimes, local administrator permissions may not be sufficient to manage certain system files, registry keys, processes, and services in Windows. In such cases, an administrator can take ownership of files/other…

You can use file system object access event auditing to identify which user created, deleted, or modified a specific file. In this article, we’ll show you how to configure event…

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…