During a clean OS install, Windows Installer creates a special System Reserved Partition (SRP) on the MBR disk partition table. This is a hidden partition with the NTFS file system,…
Windows 10
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How to Enable or Disable SMB 1.0 in Windows 10/11 and Windows Server
March 12, 2024The Server Message Block (SMB) 1.0 file-sharing protocol is disabled by default in the latest versions of Windows 11 and 10 and in Windows Server 2019/2022. This version of the…
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How to Install Only Specific Apps in Office 2021/2019 or Office 365
March 12, 2024When you install Microsoft Office 2021, 2019, 2016. or Microsoft 365 Apps for Business (ex-Office 365), you cannot choose to install individual Office apps, change a path to the installation…
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How to Connect L2TP/IPSec VPN Server From Windows
September 22, 2023In this article, we will look at the most common causes of errors when connecting to an L2TP/IPSec VPN server from Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2019/2016. If you cannot…
- Windows 10
How to Remove Built-in Apps, Features & Editions from a Windows 10 Install Image (WIM file)
March 17, 2024In this guide we’ll show how to remove Microsoft Store provisioned apps, features (capabilities), and unused Windows editions from a Windows 10 installation image (install.wim file). Let’s do it manually…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Securing RDP Connections with Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates
March 15, 2024In this article we’ll show how to use trusted SSL/TLS certificates to secure RDP connections to Windows computers or servers in an Active Directory domain. We will use trusted SSL…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to View and Close Open Files on Windows Server
December 8, 2023A Windows file server admin can list the files that are open in a shared folder and force locked files to close. If a user opens a file in a…
- Active DirectoryWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Unable to Access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders from Windows 10
May 10, 2023I noticed some strange things when trying to access SYSVOL and NETLOGON folders in the domain from Windows 10/Windows Server 2016. When I tried to access the domain by the…
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How to View and Clear RDP Connections History in Windows
March 11, 2024The built-in Windows Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc.exe) saves the remote computer name (or IP address) and the username that is used to log in after each successful connection to…
Mbr2gpt.exe is a new built-in Windows 10 console tool that allows you to convert a disk with the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table to a GPT (GUID Partition Table)…