The 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…
The Server Message Block (SMB) 1.0 file-sharing protocol is disabled by default in the latest versions of Windows 11 and 10 and in Windows Server 2019/2022. This version of the…
In this article, we will look at the most common causes of errors when connecting to an L2TP/IPSec VPN server from Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2019/2016. If you cannot…
The built-in Windows Remote Desktop Connection client (mstsc.exe) saves the remote computer name (or IP address) and the username that is used to log in after each successful connection to…
Force Tunnel mode is enabled by default for all VPN connections in Windows (the ‘Use default gateway on remote network‘ option enabled in the VPN settings). In this mode, name…
Starting with build 1703, Windows 10 fully supports USB flash drives and SD cards with multiple partitions. In previous versions of Windows, only the first partition on the flash drive…
In current builds of Windows 10 and 11, the wuauserv Windows Update service logs are not written directly to the WindowsUpdate.log text file. Instead, binary Event Trace Log (ETL) files…
Group Policies allow you to set the same corporate desktop background wallpaper and Windows logon (lock) screen image on all computers in the domain.
You can use Windows Group Policy (GPO) to centrally install a specific certificate on all computers in a domain by adding it to each computer’s Trusted Root Certificate store. This…
A RAM disk is a virtual drive created in a free area of RAM that the OS sees as a normal local hard drive. The advantage of RAM Drive is…