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Windows is the brand name for a series of operating systems from Microsoft. Current versions are Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. Instead of tagging a post "Windows", try to use a tag for a specific version.

Introduction

Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Originally a graphical add-on for Microsoft DOS, Windows is currently the market leader for operating systems on the desktop.

Today there are several branches of Windows:

  • Windows for desktops, notebooks, and tablets
  • Windows Server, for servers
  • Windows IoT, for embedded devices such as point of sale, kiosks, and signage

Tag recommendations

If your question is version-specific, consider using a version-specific tag.

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What is the WinHttpAutoProxySvc?

What is the WinHttpAutoProxySvc ? Is it involved in the Windows Updating system? Is it ever used in any way if there is no proxy server?
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Best file sharing protocol for Windows clients?

I want to share files on a Linux server with Windows 7 clients. I have a choice between multiple file sharing protocols: SMB/CIFS, FTP, WebDAV, NFS… question is: which one is the best for my needs? Here are my criteria: High performance on fast…
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How to setup Home Folders for 40 windows users

I am a developer (not a sysadmin) and need some help with best practices for setting up home folders. Currently, I have 40 users that save all their 'my documents' kind of documents on their local workstations. This is a nightmare from a backup and…
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Automatic Notification of New or Changed Files in a Folder or Share

I'm looking for some Open Source [free] or relatively inexpensive solution for monitoring specific folders on a file system and 'Windows' network with several shares. When a file is added or changed, I would like to be able to notify myself and/or…
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Verifying if a DC is a RODC

I'm in a situation where I'm trying to help out a friend who has little knowledge of his system. He is trying to install a program onto his domain controller and it gives an error stating that it cannot be installed on a RODC. This is the only DC…
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Error 0xE0434F4D as 'Last Run Result' of a Windows Scheduled Task

Hallo, i get the error 0xE0434F4D as 'Last Run Result' of a Scheduled Task on Windows Server 2008. I have checked the permissions of the user that is running the scheduled task, and the user does have the necessary permissions. So what could be…
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Syntax of certutil.exe?

On Windows, you can use certutil.exe to manage certificates. But it really has lots of options, and the command help (as much as Google) doesn't help clearly understanding it. What is the exact meaning of these commands, all of which should be able…
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SQL Server clustering options

Can anyone give an high-level overview of the options available for SQL Server clustering, their pros and cons? Is it better to use Microsoft Clustering services or SQL Server native clustering? Does that choice even apply to the latest SQL Server…
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Use NET USE to mount a network drive as read only

I'm using the following code to mount a network drive in a script that configures desktop icons and favorites by copying them when the user logs into windows. NET USE W: \\Server\Files\IT\auto /user:"DOMAIN\username" "password" I have read the…
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32bit or 64bit PHP on 64bit capable processor/64-bit Windows Server 2008/IIS7

I plan to install PHP on a system running on AMD Opteron/Windows Server 2008/IIS7. According to the device manager the OS is a 64-bit Operating System. So which flavor of PHP should I install on it. If 64-bit PHP 5.3.x then will there be any…
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How do you figure out how a windows machine is resolving a share name?

We've been having some weird issues while migrating domains from one forest to another. We tried turning off the domain controllers for the old domain, and all of a sudden, a share which we used to have access to, on yet another domain, on it's own…
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How to configure DNS server on domain controller

here is my situation. I have 3 domain controllers, ad1(10.0.0.1), ad2(10.0.0.2), ad3(10.0.0.3) and I'm not sure how to configure DNS servers on theese servers. My configuration is now: AD1 Primary DNS: 10.0.0.1 (itself) Secondary DNS: 10.0.0.2…
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What are some of the command-line windows FTP clients available?

I'm trying to publish web applications automatically using command-line but the default Windows FTP client does not support recursive upload/download for instance. What are my alternatives to the default Windows FTP client?
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How to remove all previous devices in xp?

On our computers, we use daily dozens of different usb drives from our customers. This is bad because the registry hive is becoming huge as windows is so "smart" to save them forever I set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and i saw thousands of usb…
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Logging onto Windows local computer without local or network account

I have a Windows 7 Professional machine that has accidentally been removed from the active directory on the domain controller. Therefore the network does not recognize this machine and the machine cannot recognize the network. I understand that I…
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