When you perform a clean installation of Windows, the system prompts you to create a user account and automatically grants it local administrator privileges. However, Windows installation creates another built-in…| Windows OS Hub
Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) allows you to centrally manage the passwords for the local administrators on the computers in your AD domain. The current local administrator password is…| Windows OS Hub
This article will show you how to manually restore an accidentally deleted Windows EFI boot partition on a UEFI computer. This easy way to manually re-create bootable EFI and MSR…| Windows OS Hub
This is a step-by-step tutorial for creating a bootable USB flash drive for a UEFI computer with Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2022/2019/2016, or Windows 7 installation images. Contents: Using Media…| Windows OS Hub
To grant local administrator permissions on domain computers to technical support personnel, the HelpDesk team, certain users, and other privileged accounts, you must add the necessary Active Directory users or…| Windows OS Hub
Sometimes, local administrator permissions may not be sufficient to manage certain system files, registry keys, processes, and services in Windows. In such cases, an administrator can take ownership of files/other…| Windows OS Hub
The Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) is a minimal operating system based on the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) image that includes several tools to repair, reset, and diagnose Windows. If Windows…| Windows OS Hub
This article describes how to join a Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 computer to an on-premises Active Directory domain. Contents: Before You Join Windows to an AD Domain Add…| Windows OS Hub
The Local Group Policy Editor console (gpedit.msc) is used to configure Windows settings. Gpedit.msc is a built-in MMC snap-in available in all Windows editions (Pro/Enterprise/Education) except Home and Single Language.…| Windows OS Hub
The password policy in an Active Directory domain specifies basic security requirements for user account passwords, such as password complexity, length, frequency of password changes, and so on. A strong…| Windows OS Hub
Active Directory Group Policies allow you to centrally apply the same settings for multiple computers and/or domain users and greatly simplify configuration management in an AD domain environment. The Group…| Windows OS Hub
