Tag: Windows 10

How to schedule and run update via Windows Admin Center

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How to schedule and run update via Windows Admin Center

Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing Windows servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure. It is a free product and is ready to use in production. When prompted with an error when trying to access WAC from other browsers saying the site is not secure. In this guide, I will show you how to schedule and…

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Windows Server

Why GPO is not the best solution for managing Windows updates

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Why GPO is not the best solution for managing Windows updates

A Group Policy Object (GPO) is a virtual collection of policy settings. They have unique names such as a GUID. Group Policy settings are contained in a GPO. In this article, you shall learn why GPO is not the best solution for managing Windows updates. Please see how to Turn off Automatic Updates in Windows via Windows Registry and Group…

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How to set the PowerShell Execution Policy via Windows Registry

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How to set the PowerShell Execution Policy via Windows Registry

In this article, we will discuss “How to set the PowerShell Execution Policy via Windows Registry”. PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Please see Determine the execution policy configured on Windows PC, and How to install and update PowerShell version 7 on Windows and…

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How to set Execution Policy via Windows PowerShell

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How to set Execution Policy via Windows PowerShell

By default, PowerShell prevents the execution of scripts on Windows systems. The PowerShell execution policy actively controls the conditions under which it loads configuration files and runs scripts as a security feature. In this guide, you will learn how to set Execution Policy via Windows PowerShell. Please see How to install and update PowerShell version…

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Windows 10 Feature and Quality Updates

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Windows 10 Feature and Quality Updates

Windows as a service is an approach developed by Microsoft and was introduced in Windows 10 to deploy, update, and service the operating system. Instead of releasing a new version of Windows every three to five years. As the company did with past iterations of the operating system. Here is how to mitigate Print Spooler…

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Guide on federating ADFS with Azure Active Directory

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Guide on federating ADFS with Azure Active Directory

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a Single Sign-On solution developed by Microsoft and provides users with authenticated access to applications that are not capable of using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) through Active Directory (AD). Take a look at this article to see various options that are possible for Integrating Azure Active Directory with on-Premise…

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How to save and stop modification to Microsoft Management Console

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How to save and stop modification to Microsoft Management Console

MMC is a component of Windows 2000 and its successors that provides system administrators and advanced users an interface for configuring and monitoring the system. You use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to create, save and open administrative tools, called consoles, which manage the hardware, software, and network components of your Microsoft Windows operating system. MMC runs on…

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Long Term Servicing Branch vs Semi-Annual Channel

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Long Term Servicing Branch vs Semi-Annual Channel

This article discusses the difference between “Long Term Servicing Branch vs Semi-Annual Channel”. The long-term servicing channel was previously called the long-term servicing branch (LTSB). This edition receives only security updates but no feature updates. Operating System (OS) upgrades are released sometimes, once every three years. Please see Various ways to copy files from host…

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Download and use Windows Sysinternals Tools locally

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Download and use Windows Sysinternals Tools locally

Sysinternals Tools are free and widely used by IT Administrators as they are handier than the built-in Windows Tools. With these tools, IT administrators no longer need to struggle to manage desktops because of the insufficient capabilities of Windows-native tools. In this article, I will show you how to Download and use Windows Sysinternals Tools…

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How to use Hyper-V checkpoint to restore a VM to its previous state

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How to use Hyper-V checkpoint to restore a VM to its previous state

With Hyper-V checkpoints, you can quickly restore a VM to the state when the checkpoint was created. However, this is completely different from restoring a VM from a backup. In this article, we shall discuss how to use “Hyper-V checkpoint to restore a VM to its previous state”. Please see How to create a Microsoft HyperV checkpoint, the differences…

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Virtualization

The following error occurred attempting to rename the computer Account already exists

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The following error occurred attempting to rename the computer Account already exists

In this guide, I will be showing you how to fix “the following error occurred attempting to rename the computer Account already exists”. An Active Directory (AD) domain is basically the same as an Internet domain. It “defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, and control” for a group of computers. Please how to fix “The logon attempt failed for the…

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How to prevent users from shutting down in a Virtual Machine

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How to prevent users from shutting down in a Virtual Machine

To shut down or the power off button helps to remove power from a computer’s main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as CPUs, RAM modules, and hard disk drives are powered down, although some internal components, such as an internal clock, may retain power. The shutdown…

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