- Windows
How to disable intrusive and excessive data collection on Windows
Microsoft collects a large amount of user data through Windows telemetry. This guide explains how to disable that collection from the Windows registry.
20232 min - Windows
How to join an Active Directory domain with a Windows 10 computer
Joining an Active Directory domain with Windows 10: check DNS and name resolution, add the computer to the domain through the Control Panel, and an alternative method.
20233 min - Windows
Configuring RAID on a Windows PC
The main RAID levels explained, then a step-by-step setup on Windows: adding SCSI disks in VMware Workstation, initializing them, and creating a mirrored volume.
20234 min - Windows
How to encrypt a drive with BitLocker
BitLocker is the disk encryption system built into Windows. Step by step, set it up to protect your data if the computer is lost or stolen.
20233 min - Windows
How to create a new inbound firewall rule
A hands-on walkthrough of the WFAS console: building an inbound rule to block RDP from outside, and creating a rule to allow pings (ICMP).
20228 min - Windows
Managing WFAS with group policy
Deploy Windows firewall rules across your domain with a GPO: create the object, find the WFAS location, set the profiles and add inbound rules.
20224 min - Windows
How do you declare Active Directory resources?
Using the Active Directory Users and Computers console to create organizational units, user accounts and groups, with each password option explained.
20227 min - Windows
How to turn off protection against accidental deletion?
Turn off protection against accidental deletion in Active Directory Users and Computers, so that you can delete an organizational unit of your domain.
20222 min - Windows
What is RAID in computing?
RAID stores data across several hard drives to protect it against a drive failure or to improve transfer rates. An overview of RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10.
20225 min - Windows
Guide to installing Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 or 2008.
A step-by-step guide to installing the Windows Server operating system. The same steps apply to the 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 and 2008 versions of the system.
20222 min - Windows
Installing a Domain Controller with Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016 and 2012
A step-by-step guide to installing a domain controller on Windows Server: naming the server, setting a static IP, adding the DNS and AD DS roles, then promotion.
202211 min - Windows
How to change DNS on Windows
Change the default DNS settings on a Windows 10 computer, step by step: network adapter options, IPv4 properties and a new preferred DNS server.
20222 min - Windows
Should you install Windows 11 and what is it really worth?
Windows 11 compared with Windows 10: upgrade requirements and TPM 2.0, Android apps in the Store, Start menu, taskbar, multitasking, compatibility and update cycle.
20219 min - Windows
How to Deploy a Windows Infrastructure Yourself
A documentation set for administering a Windows Server infrastructure on virtual machines: installation, server preparation, DHCP, DNS, Active Directory and more.
20213 min - Windows
Using the hard disk as RAM under Windows
Turn free hard disk space into paging memory under Windows: step by step, the virtual memory settings that make an older computer a little more responsive.
20214 min - Windows
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Tools (DaRT)
DaRT diagnoses and repairs computers that will not start: the available versions, the tools it includes, and how to build a bootable DaRT recovery USB drive.
20216 min - Windows
Setting up a VPN with Windows Server
How to configure Windows Server 2019 to act as a VPN server: installing the Remote Access role, the setup wizard step by step, and testing from a Windows 10 client.
20206 min - Windows
Windows Firewall
Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security: the three consoles, the three network profiles, inbound rules for RDP and ICMP, and Group Policy management.
202020 min