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System administration tasks in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016 & related software.

IIS URL Rewrite: redirect di più nomi di dominio su un singolo hostname
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Web / Windows

Office Interop DCOM Config on a Windows Server IIS Machine to open Word, Excel and Access files with ASP.NET C# How to setup DCOM Configuration Settings to use Office Interop Word, Excel, and Access with ASP.NET C# on a IIS Windows Server machine

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If you've stumbled upon this post you're most likely dealing with the Microsoft Office primary interop assemblies (PIAs), also known as Microsoft.Office.Interop library set. This is a neat collection of …

Office Interop DCOM Config on a Windows Server IIS Machine to open Word, Excel and Access files with ASP.NET C# How to setup DCOM Configuration Settings to use Office Interop Word, Excel, and Access with ASP.NET C# on a IIS Windows Server machine Read More
Disable Windows 10 Tracking, una applicazione per bloccare la raccolta di dati da parte di Microsoft
Operating Systems / Windows

How to Increase Windows 10 speed and make it run faster Your Windows 10 installation has become slow? Here are 6 Tips to increase its performances

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The latest installment in the Windows Operating spectrum is none other than the Windows 10, which has been released in 2015. Microsoft has redesigned their windows framework to a greater …

How to Increase Windows 10 speed and make it run faster Your Windows 10 installation has become slow? Here are 6 Tips to increase its performances Read More
IIS URL Rewrite: redirect di più nomi di dominio su un singolo hostname
Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Web / Windows

IIS Error - The requested page cannot be accessed - How to Fix How to fix "The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid" error in IIS

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Among the many obscure permissions-related IIS errors, this one definitely deserves a honorable mention: HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related …

IIS Error - The requested page cannot be accessed - How to Fix How to fix "The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid" error in IIS Read More
Triangolo giallo sull'icona Rete di Windows: cosa significa e come eliminarlo
Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Windows

How to remotely Shutdown or Reboot a Windows PC from a Command Prompt through LAN or VPN A neat shell command to shutdown or reboot a Windows client or server machine from another PC connected through LAN or VPN

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Did you know that we can issue a shutdown and/or reboot of a Windows PC from any other LAN-connected Windows machine? The only two things we need to do that …

How to remotely Shutdown or Reboot a Windows PC from a Command Prompt through LAN or VPN A neat shell command to shutdown or reboot a Windows client or server machine from another PC connected through LAN or VPN Read More
Windows 10: disabilitare il restart automatico dopo Windows Update
Cyber Security / Operating Systems / Windows

Oracle CredSSP Encryption on Remote Desktop Connection Error - How to Fix How to deal with a security issue related to Windows 10 security updates in May 2018 that could prevent Remote Desktop from working

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The recent Windows 10 updates released in May 2018 have introduced some improvements to the security of some protocols, eliminating problems related to known vulnerabilities. Among these, new security rules …

Oracle CredSSP Encryption on Remote Desktop Connection Error - How to Fix How to deal with a security issue related to Windows 10 security updates in May 2018 that could prevent Remote Desktop from working Read More
SQL Server - Recuperare il Product Key da una installazione esistente
Applications / Coding / Servers & Services / Software / SQL / Windows

MS SQL Server - How to Change the Default TCP 1433 Port The required steps to configure your Microsoft SQL Server instance to listen on a non-standard TCP/IP port

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As you probably know, the default communication port used by SQL Server for TCP / IP mode connections is TCP 1433. This simple - but far from trivial - configuration …

MS SQL Server - How to Change the Default TCP 1433 Port The required steps to configure your Microsoft SQL Server instance to listen on a non-standard TCP/IP port Read More
Best Password Manager Software for Windows
Cyber Security / Software / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Best Password Manager Software for Windows A quick comparison of seven Password Manager solutions available to store and access all passwords securely.

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Password manager tools are an easy solution to all your password related worries. You can use these smart tools to store and access all your passwords for different accounts including …

Best Password Manager Software for Windows A quick comparison of seven Password Manager solutions available to store and access all passwords securely. Read More
Top 6 PC Basic Tricks and Tweaks for Computer Users
Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Windows

Windows 10 - How to set Domain User permissions on the local PC An overview of the various available options to configure user permissions for an Active Directory domain on individual PC workstations

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Anyone who works as a System Administrator on Windows Server platforms is well aware of the importance of user permissions: in most cases it is advisable to provide their users …

Windows 10 - How to set Domain User permissions on the local PC An overview of the various available options to configure user permissions for an Active Directory domain on individual PC workstations Read More
VMware Workstation - How to Shrink a Mac OS X .vmdk (Virtual Mounted Disk) File
Applications / macOS / Operating Systems / Software / Tools & Utilities / Windows

VMware Workstation - How to Shrink a Mac OS X .vmdk (Virtual Mounted Disk) File How to effectively reduce the file size of a Mac OS X .vmdk file in VMware Workstation 12+

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As most people probably notice, the .vmdk files created by VMware for Mac OS X Operating Systems tend to continuously grow as time passes by, getting bigger and bigger after …

VMware Workstation - How to Shrink a Mac OS X .vmdk (Virtual Mounted Disk) File How to effectively reduce the file size of a Mac OS X .vmdk file in VMware Workstation 12+ Read More
cURL and Wget alternatives for Windows Command Prompt with Powershell
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Operating Systems / Windows

cURL and Wget alternatives for Windows Command Prompt with Powershell Some great Powershell alternatives to the Linux GNU Wget and cURL type command-line utilities using the System.Net namespace

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Today I had to find a way to execute a repeatable series of HTTP requests addressed to a Web Server from a Windows 10 machine. If it were a Linux …

cURL and Wget alternatives for Windows Command Prompt with Powershell Some great Powershell alternatives to the Linux GNU Wget and cURL type command-line utilities using the System.Net namespace Read More