Windows 11

Tools for creating software RAID arrays from multiple physical disks are built into Windows. First, let’s look at a simple configuration where you need to create a mirror of two…

This post explains several methods for blocking access to specific websites, domains, URLs, or IP addresses on a Windows computer without using third-party tools. The most effective way to block…

Force Tunnel mode is enabled by default for all VPN connections in Windows (the ‘Use default gateway on remote network‘ option enabled in the VPN settings). In this mode, name…

This guide explains how to install free Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL on a Windows host. We’ll cover how to issue, bind, and renew a certificate for an IIS website, and how…

Starting with build 1703, Windows 10 fully supports USB flash drives and SD cards with multiple partitions. In previous versions of Windows, only the first partition on the flash drive…

In this article, we’ll explore ways to manage the Start Menu and taskbar layouts in both Windows 11 and Windows 10. With the ability to import and export Start menu…

The basic metrics for evaluating storage performance are data transfer rate (throughput, how much data can be read or written per unit of time) and IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second).…

This article will show how to disable UAC (User Account Control) only for a specific program without disabling this security feature entirely. To suppress the UAC elevation prompt for a…

In current builds of Windows 10 and 11, the wuauserv Windows Update service logs are not written directly to the WindowsUpdate.log text file. Instead, binary Event Trace Log (ETL) files…

Group Policies allow you to set the same corporate desktop background wallpaper and Windows logon (lock) screen image on all computers in the domain.