How to Turn Off or Disable Windows Firewall (All the Ways)

Learn how to disable Windows Firewall using the built-in, available GUI tools in Windows and use commands using netsh and PowerShell.
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June Castillote 11 min. read

Setting up NuGet Server on Windows (Complete Walkthrough)

By setting up plain ol' NuGet.Server with IIS will give you a lot of background knowledge about how the other NuGet server products behave.
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Adam Bertram 6 min. read

Understanding NIC Teaming in Windows Server

Learn about NIC Teaming and how it relates to performance/VM use/simplifying your networking, and deplogying it via GUI or PowerShell.
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Devin Rich 11 min. read

How to Send to the Windows Event Collector [Tutorial]

Learn how to set up a Windows event collector subscription by setting up an event collector, creating GPO, and configuring WEF.
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Jeff Christman 7 min. read

How to Check Boot Time in Windows 10 and Windows Uptime

Windows uptime is a measurement that many server administrators use to troubleshoot day-to-day issues that may arise in the environment. In this article, you're going to learn how to check boot time in Windows 10 and Windows Server. You're free to use whichever way is easiest for you. Use this article as a future reference.
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Nathan Kasco 5 min. read

How to Check for a Pending Reboot in the Registry (Windows)

Whenever you install software, updates or make configuration changes, it's common for Windows to need a reboot. Many OS tasks sometimes force Windows to require a reboot. When a reboot is pending, Windows add some registry values to show that. In this blog post, you're going to learn how to check for a pending reboot and how to build a PowerShell script to automate the task.

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Adam Bertram 7 min. read