Tag: Windows 10

Operating Systems / Windows

How to fix Windows Update Error 0x80004005 A small guide explaining how to get rid of the nasty Windows Update Error 0x80004005, often related to I/O and FileSystem related issues

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After some years of worldwide usage, we can say that Windows 10 fully demonstrated to be one of the most stable Windows operating systems when you consider the the fairly …

How to fix Windows Update Error 0x80004005 A small guide explaining how to get rid of the nasty Windows Update Error 0x80004005, often related to I/O and FileSystem related issues Read More
Operating Systems / Windows

Windows - How to list all Services using CMD and Powershell A set of useful Windows command-line and Powershell tools to show the System Services, searching and filtering them and so on

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As you most likely already know, in Windows operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in the background, just like daemons in a Unix-like environment. They …

Windows - How to list all Services using CMD and Powershell A set of useful Windows command-line and Powershell tools to show the System Services, searching and filtering them and so on Read More
Operating Systems / Windows

Windows - Disable file copy through RDP with Group Policy How to configure the Local or AD Group Policy Objects to disable Clipboard redirection, Drive mapping/redirection, LPT port redirection and/or COM port redirection through Remote Desktop Protocol

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In this post we'll see how we can use the Windows Server Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to globally disable some useful - yet potentially harmful - features that natively come …

Windows - Disable file copy through RDP with Group Policy How to configure the Local or AD Group Policy Objects to disable Clipboard redirection, Drive mapping/redirection, LPT port redirection and/or COM port redirection through Remote Desktop Protocol Read More
Operating Systems / Tools & Utilities / Windows

How to change password through Remote Desktop (RDP) A couple of useful suggestions to change your Windows password when accessing your PC using Remote Desktop Connection (RDP)

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If you're reading this, it most likely means that you're looking for a way to change your Windows password remotely, i.e. from a Remote Desktop connection (RDP protocol): this is …

How to change password through Remote Desktop (RDP) A couple of useful suggestions to change your Windows password when accessing your PC using Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) Read More
Coding / Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Disable-Inactive-ADAccounts - Active Directory users PS script A small yet useful Powershell script that disables all the Active Directory user accounts inactive for more than X days (and/or deletes those that have been disabled more than Y days ago)

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In this post we'll talk about Disable-Inactive-ADAccounts, a small yet useful Powershell script that can be used by System Administrators to perform the following tasks: Disable all the Active Directory …

Disable-Inactive-ADAccounts - Active Directory users PS script A small yet useful Powershell script that disables all the Active Directory user accounts inactive for more than X days (and/or deletes those that have been disabled more than Y days ago) Read More
Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Windows

Windows Services complete list with Short Name and Display Name A comprehensive list of most - if not all - Windows Services available, together with their system ShortName and Display Name

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Here's a comprehensive list of most - if not all - Windows Service available nowadays on the major Windows operating systems - Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and so on. …

Windows Services complete list with Short Name and Display Name A comprehensive list of most - if not all - Windows Services available, together with their system ShortName and Display Name Read More
Coding / Web

Rust - Hello World Web Application with Actix and Visual Studio Code How to create a typical "Hello world!" Web Application using Rust and Actix-web on a Windows 10 machine with Visual Studio Code

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Have you ever heard of Rust? I definitely think so, since you ended up here. In this post we'll see how we can use Rust to build a simple Hello …

Rust - Hello World Web Application with Actix and Visual Studio Code How to create a typical "Hello world!" Web Application using Rust and Actix-web on a Windows 10 machine with Visual Studio Code Read More
Operating Systems / Windows

How to disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry on Windows 10 A short guide explaining how to get rid of the Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry service from your Windows 10 PC and recover Memory, CPU and Hard-Disk performances

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Have you ever experienced some performance issues on your Windows 10 machine (Hard-Disk, CPU and/or RAM) and, opening the Task Manager to see what was causing this, found the culprit …

How to disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry on Windows 10 A short guide explaining how to get rid of the Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry service from your Windows 10 PC and recover Memory, CPU and Hard-Disk performances Read More
Operating Systems / Tools & Utilities / Windows

How to install and activate Telnet Client on Windows 10 A handy guide explaining how to install and activate the command line Telnet client on the latest versions of Windows

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If you've stumbled upon this post you are probably wondering why, after decades of service, the handy telnet client command-line originally shipped with any version of Windows up to Windows …

How to install and activate Telnet Client on Windows 10 A handy guide explaining how to install and activate the command line Telnet client on the latest versions of Windows Read More
Hardware / Operating Systems / Windows

How to change Windows 10 HDD Mode from RAID/IDE to AHCI A handy guide that explains how to enable AHCI operation mode in Windows 10 without reinstalling the OS

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Replacing a standard Hard-Disk Drive (HDD) with a Solid-State Drive (SSD) is a common task nowadays, since it's arguably the best way to revamp an old-fashioned desktop or laptop PC …

How to change Windows 10 HDD Mode from RAID/IDE to AHCI A handy guide that explains how to enable AHCI operation mode in Windows 10 without reinstalling the OS Read More