Windows 11

If you suspect that the built-in Windows Defender firewall is blocking network connections (from a specific program or service), it is a bad idea to disable it completely. Instead, you…

When connecting to a remote computer via RDP, you may receive a blue screen error indicating that you have exceeded the maximum number of connections allowed. In my case, the…

On some computers, when performing a clean installation of Windows 10 or 11 from a USB stick, you might not be able to choose the edition (version) of the operating…

Local and network HP printers can display various pop-up printer status notifications on client computers, including print job status, low cartridge resource, out-of-paper, low ink level, etc. Frequent pop-up notifications…

If you are using a remote computer to run one or two apps in an RDP session, you will probably find it more convenient to run these programs in the…

Attempting to connect to a VPN server from Windows may result in error 633: Error 633. The modem (or other connecting device) is already in use or not properly configured.

There are several ways to find out how long Windows has been running (uptime) since the last boot.

Microsoft has disabled the automatic system registry backup task starting with Windows 10 1803. In previous Windows versions, the Automatic Maintenance job ran a scheduler task that copied all the…

The Parental Controls feature in Windows 7 and 8 can be used to limit the allowed logon hours for local user accounts. On Windows 10 and 11, a similar parental…

Windows Update Tab is Missing from Settings -> Update & Security On one of the user’s computers, I encountered a situation where the Windows Update section disappeared from the Settings…