Windows

Sometime there are situations when you need to access remote Linux filesystem from Windows based computer, but you cannot install samba or ftp. And make an access to filesystem root folder with samba or ftp as you know not a good idea because it is unsecure. For that case you can use a little utility called WinSCP.

In todays article I will show you how wallpaper can be set up with the help of windows group policies. This method can be helpfull simple users, who do not want their gests or neighbours could change your favorite wallpaper. Or for IT professionals, who working in company where corporate policy require the same wallpapers on all computers.

System requirements - Windows 7 or higher and not a home version of OS (for GPO work).

Forgetting your Windows password is a common issue, and if you're in this boat, you're not alone. Thankfully, resetting the administrator password in Microsoft's OS is not as daunting as it seems. This method works seamlessly for modern Microsoft OS versions, especially those starting from Windows 7.

In this article, I'll show you how to configure Windows Firewall for a server that hosts sites and FTP, as well as DNS. There is nothing supernatural in this procedure, except that it will be necessary in IIS Manager to configure the port range for the passive mode of the FTP server.

In this article I will show you how to organize an ssh tunnel from a computer running Windows. The server can be a computer with Linux on board, or your router. If the router from the box does not support SSH, then you can put custom firmware and most likely it will support SSH.

It's not always possible to create a full-fledged VPN tunnel, and this is not always necessary. For example, if you want to connect to your home from work, and if you have strict rules on using the Internet at work, then most likely you will have ports that can be plugged in which you can connect, so to speak, in full ways. But in most cases it is bypassed using SSH.

Hello. Sometimes there are tasks when you need to do something on a remote computer, or there is no possibility to connect via RDP, for example, if the server is suddenly heavily loaded, and it does not have enough resources to start the terminal session (yes, I have met, do not say That often, but it happened). Either from the command line the task is done faster. Well, or else as an option, if you need something to do secretly, in the event that the user at the time when you need to do it working on the computer. Linux users are much easier with this, they have ssh. But in Windows it is possible to connect, if I may say so, to the command line.

Sometimes it is necessary to remove this or that service in Windows OS, for this you need:

User Account Control (UAC) is when a computer needs administrator rights, it asks the user for permission, it looks something like this:

You can disable UAC in several ways:

Today I'll show you how to disable automatic Windows update. I do not recommend this, but there are different situations.

Sometimes it is necessary to open all selected files in Total Commander, for example, when searching by content, that would edit these files. To do this you need to add an icon to the toolbar total commander.