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A few users have encountered an issue when they login - for the second time - to their Windows 11 PC remotely (using...
Black screen with cursor when RDP to Windows 11
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Windows 10/11
Clean Windows install – recover original product key
A clean re-installation of Windows 11 failed to detect the original (OEM) digital licence on the machine. The...
Windows 10 feature update breaks Essentials connector
After every Win10 feature update you may find that your PC(s) are no longer shown as online on the server dashboard...
Enable access to admin shares from non-domain (workgroup) computers
There is a comprehensive article on the Windows OS Hub that discusses administrative shares and how they can be tricky...
MMC.exe blocked for your protection…
Seen a few Windows 10 PCs display an alert dialogue when attempting to run any MMC snap-in (e.g. Services, Local Group...
Kill service stuck in “Stopping” state
Trying to restart (or stop) a service occasionally ends up with it in a state of "Stopping" that never ends until you...
Migrate Sticky Notes to Windows 10
Sticky Notes are handled differently in Windows 10 (to Win7 for example) so you cannot simply copy the file into the...
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...
Enable Remote Desktop (RDP) remotely…
Remote desktop connections are not enabled by default in Windows 7 and later, and although I normally enable it when...
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...