This article covers the basics of managing the settings and rules of the built-in Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security from the PowerShell command line. We’ll look at how to enable/disable the firewall for different network profiles, create or remove firewall rules, and import/export Windows Firewall rules with PowerShell.
- LinuxWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Fixing ‘The Network Path Was Not Found’ 0x80070035 Error Code on Windows
August 31, 2023In some cases, you may receive the error ‘Windows cannot access sharename. The network path was not found. Error code: 0x80070035‘ when you try to open a shared network folder…
When a new user is added to a Microsoft 365 universal group, they automatically receive a standard welcome e-mail message with the following subject: You’ve joined the <M365_Group_Name> group Welcome…
- Group PoliciesPowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Fix: Remote Desktop Licensing Mode is not Configured
August 24, 2023When configuring a new RDS farm node on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2, you may see the following tray warning pop-up: Licensing mode for the Remote Desktop Session Host is not…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Allow Anonymous Access to Shared Folder or Printer on Windows
August 24, 2023This article shows how to allow anonymous access to shared network folders and printers on a computer in a workgroup or Active Directory domain. Anonymous access to a remote computer…
This article gives a detailed overview of how to configure the monitoring of your domain names’ expiration dates in Zabbix. This will prevent you from missing the renewal and expiration…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Extending a Disk Volume (Partition) in Windows
August 10, 2023Modern versions of Windows and Windows Server allow you to increase the size of any disk volume (partition) at the expense of unused (unallocated) disk space without shutting down the…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Refresh AD Groups Membership without Reboot/Logoff
July 15, 2023After you add a computer or a user account to an Active Directory security group, the new access permissions or the new GPOs are not applied immediately. To update the…
- VMWareWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Fix ‘An Operating System Wasn’t Found’ Error on Windows
August 24, 2023The ‘Operating system not found‘ or ‘Missing operating system‘ message at the computer boot means that there is no operating system bootloader on the current drive/media. As a result, your…
Visual Studio Code is a very feature-rich and versatile text editor that can benefit both developers and system administrators. You can use VS Code to edit your PowerShell scripts, configuration…