Browse step-by-step how-to guides covering Windows, Windows Server, networking, and virtualization. These tutorials are designed for IT professionals, system administrators, and home lab users looking for practical solutions and clear instructions.
As many WordPress administrators will know, spam users signing up to your blogs is a real pain and hard to administer. We had over 70,000 junk spam user accounts on our site and we decided it was time to have a clear out. But where to start? We started by going into the Users section … Read more
If you are using Windows Server 2012 or 2016 then you may want to change your server from GUI to Core for security purposes. To do this, open up an elevated Powershell command box and run the following command: Uninstall-WindowsFeature User-Interfaces-Infra This will run through the uninstall of the GUI process and once complete, you … Read more
If you are looking to gather information about long file names that are over 255 characters on your filestores, then there is a very simple utility you can use which will export this information to a text file. The utility is called simply TLPD and is available as a free download from Sourceforge. Once you have … Read more
With the recent issues with ransomware and the Wannacry attack, you really should now have SMBv1 disabled on your machines. If you are still working on this or maybe not even started yet, then here we will show you a few examples of what to do to protect yourselves from future SMBv1 vulnerability and ransomware … Read more
Everyone is now aware of Microsoft‘s talking assistant, Cortana. However, what if you hate Cortana and you want her removed from your computer? Well, there is an excellent guide on how to do this over at howtogeek.com: How to Disable Cortana Just follow their simple guide, reboot your computer and Cortana will be no more!
If you are trying to format a second disk on your computer (or server) and you are getting this error: “The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk.” Then this could be because the disk is write-protected. To get around this, you can use the diskpart utility built into Windows. Open up … Read more
If you are using Microsoft Server 2016 you will notice that it is now in the server core setup. If you have experience of using Server Core then you should be fine, but if you have not, it can be a little daunting. Is the simple process of adding a new virtual hard disk completely … Read more
Since the upgrade to Windows 10, you may not be aware but your computer may be being used by Microsoft to help distribute Windows Updates. There is a setting within Windows 10 which allows your machine to send updates to other Windows 10 computers on your local network and even on the Internet! What? How … Read more
The current version of Windows is pretty good and users will find that using the operating system is pretty straight forward and much improved on the first versions and previous operating systems like Windows Vista. However, on some older computers and even on some newer computers with low end processors like Celeron or AMD’s E1, … Read more
Windows 10 comes with a large amount of built in apps, most of which are useful, but some are not and you may want to uninstall them, however you might find that when you right click on an app you want to uninstall, the uninstall option is not there: However with any 3rd party apps … Read more
We recently had a request for help regarding Windows 10 computers not being able to download apps from the Windows Store when sat behind a web security platform. The problem was that end users could load up the Windows Store and browse for what they wanted to install but when clicking on the install button, … Read more
Introduction After installing a maintenance kit and printer ink bulk into either a HP LaserJet P4015 or P4015, you should reset the printer’s Maintenance Count to ensure that you do not carry on receiving any alerts. Guide There are two ways to do this, depending on your firmware revision. Method 1 1. Turn the product … Read more