Windows
Using storage caching on a standalone windows server
Sometimes you are still facing standalone systems that need to provide storage based services - like backup targets. Running this on Windows Server offers your the option to use StorageBusCache to provide awesome speed.
Windows 11 - enable seconds on clock (again) - may 2023 update
Windows 11's patch of may 2023 brings back seconds to the system-clock - if you enable it through registry. Let's do this!
Migrate a netadapter configuration in an atomic command
You know the situation: You need to perform multiple commands that will disconnect you in the middle. Functions to the rescue!
openvpn 2.6.0 released
The new openvpn 2.6.0 has some very nice and shiny features you might want to starting using soon. This post highlights some of them.
Create a TPM backed certificate request (on windows)
Certificates are everywhere - sometimes you want to keep them even more secure than just on the filesystem (or operating system store). This guide shows how to create TPM backed certificates on windows.
Windows 11 22H2 - stuck RDP session establishment when using UDP transport
Windows 11 22H2 currently has an issue when connecting using the Remote Desktop gateway or Remote Desktop Connection Broker. This article gives some information and possible workarounds.
Fixing WinSXS manually, when DISM resigns
WinSXS corruption (the component store is repairable) is often a tedious task to repair, especially when working on Windows Server 2016 where builtin commands might not be able to fix this out of the box. This guide shows a way that worked in most circumstances to get WinSXS consistent again.
Replace tls cert using commandline (netsh)
TLS endpoints on windows are often served by the operating system itself. Related certificate bindings can be managed using the command line easily. This guide shows how to replace a certificate using the commandline.
