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How can I quickly open Windows Explorer in Windows XP? What keyboard shortcuts do you know? In Windows XP, as in other Windows Operating Systems, you can use shortcut keys as an alternative to the mouse. You can open, close, and navigate the Start menu, desktop, menus, dialog boxes, and Web pages using keyboard shortcuts….

Security Management with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a new feature that can be used to apply security configuration to devices that do not enroll into Microsoft Endpoint Manager. In this scenario, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint retrieves, enforces, and reports on policies deployed via Microsoft Endpoint Manager. The devices are joined to your Azure Active…

Are the GUI management tools still relevant for Windows Server? Russell Smith explains how we’re moving away from the traditional GUI in lieu of PowerShell.

Learn how to set up Windows 10 Device Enrollment in Microsoft Intune.

How can I block a Windows 2000/XP/2003 computer from surfing on the Internet? Windows 2000/XP/2003 machines have a built-in IP security mechanism called IPSec (IP Security). IPSec is a protocol that’s designed to protect individual TCP/IP packets traveling across your network by using public key encryption. In a nut shell, the source PC encapsulates the…

The Light Weight Directory Services, or AD LDS, has been around in one form or another for quite a few years now. In Windows Server 2003, this service was called the Active Directory Application partition, or ADAM. Being that the service’s new name is the Lightweight Directory Service, I hate to describe the service as…

Microsoft held a special event in New York yesterday where the company detailed new features coming to Windows on September 26. The highlight of this Windows 11 Fall update is Windows Copilot, which has been available in preview for Insiders since June. This update will also introduce new Cloud PC experiences with Windows 365 Boot…

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how Windows 10 S stacks up for businesses that are either already using Chromebooks, or are trying to decide between Windows 10 and Chrome OS.

What does Windows 8 Enterprise offer that other versions of Win8 lack? Take a look at our list of noteworthy Windows 8 Enterprise features and improvements.

In this article Tom Finnis explains how to add the Print Services role to a Windows 2008 Server and then shows you how to use the Print Management console to share printers on your network.