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 2012 R2Windows Server 2016
How to Run CMD/Program under SYSTEM (LocalSystem) in Windows?
June 7, 2023To 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 2016
How to Detect Who Deleted a File on Windows Server with Audit Policy?
May 10, 2023You 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 2016
Password Change Notification When an AD User Password is About to Expire
April 18, 2022In 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…
In this article we will learn what PowerShell versions exist, what is the difference between Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core, and how to check the PowerShell version installed on a…
- 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…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Checking SSL/TLS Certificate Expiration Date with PowerShell
May 14, 2021An unexpected expiration of a server certificate can cause a number of problems for your users and customers: they may not be able to establish a secure connection with your…