The Server Message Block (SMB) network protocol is used to share and access folders, files, printers, and other devices over network (TCP port 445). In this article, we will look…
When a domain user logs on to Windows, their credentials are saved on a local computer by default (Cached Credentials: a user name and a password hash). This allows the…
In this article we will show you how to check the free disk space and disk usage on a local or remote Windows host using PowerShell. Also, consider how to…
You can use Local Group Policy to configure Windows or user settings on computers in small workgroup networks (without an AD domain). Earlier, the main disadvantage of a local GPO…
The Windows Error Reporting service (WER) is used to collect the debug information about system and third-party app failures and send error reports to Microsoft servers. This information should be…
By default, there are no sound devices in VMWare ESXi virtual machines. If you want to get sound from a guest Windows VM, it is easier to use the RDP…
PowerShell has a lot of features to manage processes on a local or a remote computer. Using PowerShell, you can get a list of running processes, suspend a hung-up process,…
In this article, written as a part of a series devoted to Windows security, we will learn quite a simple method for getting passwords of all active Windows users using…
Recent builds of Windows 10 have a bug due to which mapped network drives may fail to automatically reconnect at Windows startup. After logging in the user sees a big…
“The RPC server is unavailable” error appears on Windows when a communication error occurs between two computers in a network. Your computer (an RPC client) cannot connect to a remote…