Windows OS Hub https://woshub.com IT knowledge base for system administrators Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:16:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Load and Initialize Network Drivers in Windows PE or Recovery Environment https://woshub.com/load-initialize-network-windows-pe/ https://woshub.com/load-initialize-network-windows-pe/#respond Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:54:21 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19992 This article explains how to manually load network adapter drivers in Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) or WinRE (Recovery Environment), initialize networking, configure a static IP address and preferred DNS server, and map…

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]]> https://woshub.com/load-initialize-network-windows-pe/feed/ 0 How to Set a Custom Drive Icon in Windows https://woshub.com/set-custom-drive-icon-windows/ https://woshub.com/set-custom-drive-icon-windows/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:13:51 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19942 By default, Windows Explorer displays standard icons for local, removable, or mapped network drives based on drive type. You can assign custom icon files to each drive to make navigation…

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]]> https://woshub.com/set-custom-drive-icon-windows/feed/ 0 Managing Per-User Services in Windows https://woshub.com/manage-per-user-services-windows/ https://woshub.com/manage-per-user-services-windows/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:12:11 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19918 In Windows, per-user services are special services created for each user when they log on to the system and deleted upon the user’s logoff. They implement personalized tasks (like search…

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]]> https://woshub.com/manage-per-user-services-windows/feed/ 0 Change Default OU for New Computers and Users in AD https://woshub.com/change-default-computers-users-ou-ad/ https://woshub.com/change-default-computers-users-ou-ad/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:17:35 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19858 By default, when a computer is joined to a domain via the System Properties GUI (sysdm.cpl), an account is created in the root Computers container. This is the default container…

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]]> https://woshub.com/change-default-computers-users-ou-ad/feed/ 0 Where Windows Stores Certificates and Private Keys https://woshub.com/windows-certificates-private-keys-store/ https://woshub.com/windows-certificates-private-keys-store/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:36:01 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19809 The following graphical MMC snap-ins are typically used to manage certificates in Windows: certlm.msc (Local Machine certificates), certmgr.msc (User Certificates), and the certutil command-line utility. All these tools interact with…

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]]> https://woshub.com/windows-certificates-private-keys-store/feed/ 0 How to Remove Old (Unused) PowerShell Modules https://woshub.com/uninstall-powershell-modules/ https://woshub.com/uninstall-powershell-modules/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:01:01 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19728 This article explains how to safely remove a PowerShell module installed on a Windows computer. This may be necessary in order to uninstall old or unused modules, resolve PowerShell slow…

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]]> https://woshub.com/uninstall-powershell-modules/feed/ 0 How to Move (Migrate) Windows Shares to a New File Server https://woshub.com/migrate-shared-folders-on-windows/ https://woshub.com/migrate-shared-folders-on-windows/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2025 04:59:07 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19709 In Windows, the list of shared network folders (and shared printers), along with their settings and share permissions, is stored under the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares registry key. When the LanManServer service starts up,…

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]]> https://woshub.com/migrate-shared-folders-on-windows/feed/ 2 Using KDC (Kerberos) Proxy in AD for Remote Access https://woshub.com/configure-kdc-kerberos-proxy-ad/ https://woshub.com/configure-kdc-kerberos-proxy-ad/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:03:57 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19682 The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) proxy service acts as a secure bridge, which allows remote clients to use Kerberos authentication when they can’t directly reach Active Directory domain controllers.…

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]]> https://woshub.com/create-service-windows/feed/ 0 Windows: Auto Switch to Strongest Wi-Fi Network https://woshub.com/auto-switch-strong-wifi-windows/ https://woshub.com/auto-switch-strong-wifi-windows/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:57:13 +0000 https://woshub.com/?p=19606 Windows 10 and 11 include a built-in feature that allows automatically switch the wireless NIC to the Wi‑Fi access point broadcasting the same SSID with the strongest available signal. The…

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