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Powershell

How to Test Your Internet Speed Using Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell

Many online services allow you to test your Internet connection speed in real-time. If you need to regularly collect Internet connection speed…

Group Policies

How to Configure File and Folder Access Auditing on Windows Using Group Policy (GPO)

The file system audit policy in Windows allows to monitor all access events to specific files and folders on a disk. An…

Linux

How to Install Any OS from an ISO Image over the Network Using iVentoy

Ventoy is a lightweight PXE multiboot server app that stores bootable ISO images of various operating systems (Windows, Linux, VMware, LiveCD based…

Group Policies

Streamline Your Workflow: Adding or Removing Pinned Folders to Quick Access Using PowerShell and GPO

Windows File Explorer has a separate panel that displays a list of favorite folders and locations called Quick Access. Many users and…

Hyper V

Step-by-Step Guide to GPU Passthrough in Hyper-V Virtual Machines

The feature RemoteFX vGPU was previously accessible in older Hyper-V versions (starting from Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) to allocate…

Linux

How to Print from Linux to a Windows Shared Printer: A Comprehensive Guide

This article explains how to connect and print from a Linux computer to a shared printer connected to a Windows host. The…

Windows 10

Step-by-Step Guide to Sharing a USB Scanner Over a Windows Network Using NAPS2

Most small office/home office (SOHO) multifunction printers (MFPs) don’t support network scanning. If you own such a scanner that can’t scan to…

Azure And Microsoft 365

Mastering Automatic Outlook User Profile Configuration with ZeroConfigExchange

Outlook can auto-create and configure a mail profile for a first-time user with an Exchange/M365 mailbox. Thus, when the ZeroConfigExchange option gets…

Active Directory

Using PowerShell Script to Assess Windows 11 Hardware Compatibility

In this article, we’ll examine how to employ Microsoft’s official HardwareReadiness.ps1 PowerShell script to run a bulk Windows 11 hardware compatibility check…

Linux

Guide to Creating a Multi-OS Bootable USB Flash Drive Using Ventoy

If you desire to generate a multi-boot USB flash drive containing several operating system images, Ventoy stands out as one of the…