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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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Scheduling a Task for every minute in Windows 2012

I need to schedule a Task inside of my Windows 2012 to run every minute, how would one accomplish that? This is my Task: C:\>C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\wget\bin\wget.exe --spider --quiet http://XXX/XXX.aspx SYSTEM_WGETRC =…
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Apache SSL on 64-bit Windows (not a valid Win32 application)

I have created a portable (relative paths) Apache installation. It works perfectly on my 32-bit system, but when I try to run it on a 64-bit system, it gives the following error: >httpd -t httpd: Syntax error on line … of …/httpd.conf: Cannot load…
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Replace permission entries on all child objects using icacls

I'm trying to set Replace permission entries on all child objects using icacls but I can't seem to do it. I want new folders/files to receive the permissions as well so I want to check the box Replace all child object permissions with inheritable…
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Force file deletion on Windows

Often on my development workstation (on which I am administrator and the only user), I am unable to delete files by deleting the root folder - despite having recursively taken ownership of the tree. I am presuming that this is due to the file being…
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Windows Update for numerous powered-down Virtual Machines

Before I dive into the question asking, let me give some background on the question. I have a VM project I am working on. Sales reps at my company need to have VMs of different configurations to demo our software on. We don't want a VM server, but a…
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How to start SMTP virtualhost [SMTP Virtual Server #1] through powershell or command prompt

Because of some error on my server, my SMTP service [SMTP Virtual Server #1] stops. I want to create job which will run periodically to check the SMTP server status, if it is stopped then the script will start it again. I have used Start-Service…
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Windows: How do I add a program to the system's path environmental variable from the command line?

I'm looking to permanently add a directory to the %PATH% environmental available on a large number of Windows machines. Is there any way to do this from a command line (cmd) so I can script up a solution, rather than having to use GUI on dozens of…
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How to remote control Windows?

Is there a way to remote control a Windows machine as easy as I do with my other Linux pcs through SSH? I'm currently using a FTP server for files but I prefer the way I can manage my other linux boxes. I'd like it to be textual just like ssh, is…
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Turn on Desktop Session Host without domain involvement

I am trying to retrofit an existing VM that runs Windows Server 2008 R2 to allow some application testing. What I need is to support Aero over Remote Desktop. I have read that to do that I need the Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role. But the…
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How to maximise a window within a Windows remote desktop session

I'm logged in to a Windows 7 machine from a Windows 7 desktop, using the standard Remote Desktop client. Is there a key short cut to maximise a window within the remote desktop session (equivalent to Windows+up arrow)? I want the remote desktop…
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Can a laptop's hostname be associated with both of its interfaces?

I administer the network in my (very small, ~110 students) school. We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard server, and we use Windows 7 Professional. We have ~10 workstations and 5 laptops, the latter of which connect sometimes over Ethernet, and…
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sc command with wildcard

I have a commercial software that installed a lot of service started with the same prefix, i.e Product Service A, Product Service B ... Now I need to stop all these services, but sc doesn't seem to support wildcard, is there any workaround?
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Shared printer deployed via Group Policy Preferences still trying to map printers even though the GPO is deleted. Why?

I created a GPO to map a printer via Group Policy Preferences with the Shared Printer user policy. I've since deleted the GPO, but whenever I log into any machine, it still tries to map the printer, but fails (since the queue doesn't exist on the…
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What could be causing MsiInstaller to continuously reconfigure applications(EventID 1035)?

I have a brand-new machine that we just installed Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on about two months ago. In the event log, I am seeing thousands of EventID 1035 logged. This is MsiInstaller reconfiguring about a dozen products over and over,…
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How to run a command as administrator on Windows7 from a command line?

I need to run tscon.exe 0 /dest:console remotely = not manually on Windows7 as an administrator. More info here How to use tscon on Windows7? I did my research and OPTION 1 - runas for user root (no password) on computer yogurt works C:\>runas…
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