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RDS install: Unable to connect to the server by using Windows Powershell Remoting
Attempting to install the RDS role(s) on a Windows Server 2012 R2 I received the error: "Unable to connect to the...
Factory reset Windows Mobile devices with unknown lock password
Nokia has posted the following instructions for doing a factory reset at boot time, it should also work for HTC and...
Change network location type
For certain apps, and firewall exceptions, you may need to change the network type that your server OS thinks you are...
Set RunAsAdmin compatibility settings via Registry
To programatically set application compatibility settings in Windows, add a registry value to one of the following...
Control Panel Mail applet won’t open
Had a couple of recent cases of not being able to open the Control Panel Mail applet (either from Control Panel...
Issues installing .NET 3.5 on Windows 8/8.1/10
Similar to the issue I had previously installing .NET 3.5 on Server 2012, the same problem manifests in Windows 8/10...
Find system service tag via command line
If you need to know the service tag of a system whilst not physically in front of the machine (or the service tag...
Improve robocopy performance (including Scheduled Tasks)
Robocopy is a handy command line tool but it can be extremely slow on occasion (orders of magnitude slower than a GUI...
Pin a remote (network) application to the taskbar
If you have an executable that is stored on a remote (network) drive that you wish to pin to your taskbar then the...
Multiple RDP listening ports
If you ever need to make a PC (or server) listen for inbound RDP connections on multiple TCP ports: 1) Run REGEDIT on...
Reboot remote computer with different credentials
If you ever find the need to reboot a remote computer (when you can't RDP in) and you need to supply credentials, e.g....
