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 the remote RDP host. The next time the RDP client starts, the user can select one of the saved connections, and the previous username is automatically inserted. If you are using a public computer or a computer you don’t trust, you may want to clear your RDP connection history for security reasons.
Mbr2gpt.exe is a new built-in Windows 10 console tool that allows you to convert a disk with the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table to a GPT (GUID Partition Table)…
In this article we’ll talk about Active Directory domain controller backup and learn how to configure automatic AD backup using PowerShell and built-in Windows Server tools.
The setup.exe installer in a Windows 10 install image has quite a large number of the command-line parameters that administrators may be interested in to automate and manage a Windows…
- LinuxVirtualizationWindows Server 2019
KVM: How to Expand or Shrink a Virtual Machine Disk Size?
March 11, 2024In this article we’ll talk about how to resize KVM virtual machine disks for popular disk types. We’ll show how to correctly increase a virtual machine disk size in the…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Protecting Remote Desktop (RDP) Host from Brute Force Attacks
February 5, 2024Any Windows host directly connected to the Internet with an open RDP port is periodically logged for remote brute-force password attempts. To effectively protect the default Remote Desktop protocol port…
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Mirror (RAID1) Boot GPT Hard Drive on Windows 10/ Server 2016?
April 19, 2023In this article we‘ll show you how to create a software mirror (RAID1) from two GPT disks with Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 installed for UEFI. We’ll consider a full-featured BCD…
- PowerShellWindows Server 2019
Managing Windows Server Roles & Features with PowerShell
March 17, 2024In Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019, you can use the graphical Server Manager console to install and remove server roles and features. However, in most cases, you can do the same from…
- Active DirectoryPowerShell
Get-ADDomainController: Getting Domain Controllers Info via PowerShell
July 8, 2022You can use the Get-ADDomainController PowerShell cmdlet to get information about the domain controllers in Active Directory. This cmdlet is a part of PowerShell Active Directory module and requires RSAT…
A Windows administrator can use the good old Dnscmd cli tool or DNSServer module for PowerShell to manage DNS zones and records. In this article we’ll cover the basic operations…