An administrator can prevent users from changing their account password on Windows. It is possible to either hide the password change dialogue box or completely disable the ability to manually…
Windows 11
What Others Are Reading in Windows 11
Microsoft recently announced that mandatory SMB packet signing for access to shared network folders will be enabled by default in Windows 11 24H2. This may cause problems when accessing shared…
- Questions and AnswersWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Fix: Multiple Connections to a Server or Shared Resources by the Same User
July 16, 2024When connecting shared network folders via net use or the File Explorer GUI on Windows, there is sometimes some rather strange behavior. For example, you may receive the error:
Microsoft has changed how the default printer is assigned in Windows 10 and 11. Windows now always sets the default printer to the last printer the user successfully printed to…
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Permanently Disable Driver Signature Enforcement on Windows 11
July 8, 2024By default, Windows requires all device drivers to be digitally signed. If a driver is not digitally signed or the signing certificate has been revoked, Windows will refuse to install…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
Testing Internet Speed from Windows Command Prompt (PowerShell)
July 2, 2024Many online services allow you to test your Internet connection speed in real-time. If you need to regularly collect Internet connection speed metrics from your provider for monitoring, you can…
- LinuxWindows 11Windows Server 2019
Install Any OS from ISO Image over Network with iVentoy
June 24, 2024Ventoy is a lightweight PXE multiboot server app that stores bootable ISO images of various operating systems (Windows, Linux, VMware, LiveCD based on WinPE or Linux, etc.), allowing computers to…
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How to Add or Remove Pinned Folders to Quick Access with PowerShell and GPO
August 11, 2024Windows File Explorer has a separate panel that displays a list of favorite folders and locations called Quick Access. Many users and administrators unjustly ignore this handy Windows tool for…
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How to Assign (Passthrough) a Physical GPU to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
June 11, 2024The RemoteFX vGPU feature can be used in previous versions of Hyper-V (starting with Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2) to passthrough a host discrete GPU graphics card to a virtual…
This article explains how to connect and print from a Linux computer to a shared printer connected to a Windows host.