A HelpDesk support team asked me to write a PowerShell script to quickly get a screenshot of a user desktop from a remote computer. The main condition is that the…
Windows 10
UWF (Unified Write Filter) is a special file system write filter in Windows 10 that allows you to protect Windows system and user files on the local drive from any…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Run CMD/Program under SYSTEM (LocalSystem) in Windows
March 11, 2024To perform some actions in Windows, it’s not enough to have administrator privileges. For example, you cannot replace or delete system files and some registry keys, stop system services or…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Disable/Change User Account Control with Group Policy?
October 19, 2023(User Account Control) is an important component of the Windows security. When you run any application or process that requires administrator privileges, trying to change system settings, protected registry keys…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Windows: Block Remote Network Access for Local User Accounts
February 27, 2023Using local accounts (including the local administrator) to access another computer over network in Active Directory environments is not recommended on a number of reasons. The same local administrator username…
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Detect Who Deleted a File on Windows Server with Audit Policy
March 12, 2024You can use file system object access event auditing to identify a specific user who created, deleted, or modified a specific file. In this article, we’ll show you how to…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Password Change Notification When an AD User Password is About to Expire
March 17, 2024In this article we’ll show how to find out when a password of an Active Directory user account expires using PowerShell, how to set a password to never expire (PasswordNeverExpires…
- Group PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Windows Couldn’t Connect to the GPSVC Service
October 28, 2020User cannot logon to the computer due to the GPSVC (Group Policy Client service) connection error on one of the computers running Windows 10. When trying to log on with…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Reduce Large Windows.edb (Windows.db) File Size
March 15, 2024The 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…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Check or Update Java Version in Windows with PowerShell?
May 10, 2023Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is widely used on user computers to run different enterprise Java apps . However, some apps require the specific Java version and may work incorrectly in…