Quality of Life GPOs. Finally. My favorite settings. In our previous articles, we established the Group Policies Foundation and discussed the Background of Automation. We also implemented some important GPOs. … Read more
Setting the time zone on a server was often a manual step during the “Out of Box Experience” (OOBE). Let’s Configure Time Zone using GPOs as it might be something … Read more
Let’s be honest: There is nothing more frustrating than deploying a fresh Windows Server 2025 instance, trying to ping it to verify connectivity, and getting a “Request Timed Out.” We … Read more
DNS issues don’t always show up as clear outages. Often they show up as annoying browser behaviour like “random delays on first page load”, “sometimes it works, sometimes it spins”, … Read more
Windows Server Event Log for most teams are only used when something already smells like incident:💥 DC misbehaving,💥 file server “mysteriously slow”,💥 SOC asking for “all the logs you have … Read more
Notepad++ is my favourite notebook and editor is actually perfect, but it can always be better. For this reason, there are a few “quality of life” improvements that I use … Read more
Windows Server 2025 Autologon is a challenging discussion. Learn why, when and how to enable Autologon in Windows Server 2025 safely, plus robust mitigation strategies. A reboot that lands on … Read more
Optimizing Technitium to make it a robust foundation. When name resolution hiccups, the whole household feels it faster than a power cut. DNS is the nervous system of any homelab … Read more
Let’s create an improved version of the Technitium DNS server for Windows. Some time ago, I wrote a DNS guide to help you get started with your home laboratory. This … Read more
A while back i wrote a DNS guide to help you get started in your homelab. This guide is still valuable and available here. I recommend reading before you get … Read more
