Today I noticed several clients which have not updated any GPOs for a while. Even a “gpupdate” was not successful: After a some troubleshooting, the…

When WSUS is installed on a Windows Server 2016 (or higher), it may happen that the server cannot obtain updates from itself as a source…

Here are the most important commands to query the NTP configuration: w32tm /query /configurationw32tm /query /statusw32tm /query /peersw32tm /resync /rediscovertime /t /configuration: Shows the defined…

Not all event logs can be managed via GPO. Therefore, there are two more ways to change the log path and size – via GUI…

After a Windows in-place upgrade (e.g. Windows 7 -> Windows 10 / Windows Server 2008R2 -> Windows Server 2012R2) the old Windows directory is stored…

Sometimes it is useful to know the exact expiration date of a Windows password. The following CMD command is available for this purpose: net user…

Today I had to realize that Windows 10 does not provide SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) in the Windows features anymore. In my case it’s…

The Task Scheduler is a popular tool to run scripts scheduled on a client or server. Either at regular intervals or on a specific event,…

In Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) it’s often advantageous for larger environments to create different views. Those who already works with the WSUS console know…

In some environments, GUI inputs are often blocked, such as opening the Control Panel or viewing user profiles. So here is a small summary, which…