Despite Microsoft patching many of the security vulnerabilities, including the one that led to the WannaCry attack, it's a smart move to disable the protocol to avoid future security headaches. As ...

The Server Message Block (SMB) file sharing protocol has been around since the dawn of time (anybody remember Windows for Workgroups?) With Longhorn operating systems (Server 2008, Vista, Windows 7), ...

Which Windows Features can you safely turn off? This guide covers all the built-in Windows features you can disable to ...

I've recently started moving our main file server from an old Server 2003 box to a Server 2008 R2 box. One of the first shares to get moved was a share with lots and lots of small files (less than 100 ...

Microsoft Windows is usually a presence in most computing environments, and UNIX administrators likely will be forced to use resources in Windows networks from time to time. Although many are familiar ...

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication protocol is crafted to ...

Microsoft announced today at the Microsoft Build 2020 conference that they are now rolling out the Windows Terminal 1.0 console application with a long list of new features and improvements Windows ...