<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>RDR-IT - Windows Desktop</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/category/windows-desktop/</link><description>System administration, virtualization, security and tools for IT professionals.</description><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:31:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rdr-it.com/en/category/windows-desktop/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Windows 11: Rename the computer</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-rename-the-computer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-rename-the-computer/</guid><description>You’ve just set up your computer with Windows 11 and want to rename it because you don’t like the name DESKTOP-XXXX.
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to do it.</description></item><item><title>Windows 11: Joining an Active Directory domain</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-joining-an-active-directory-domain/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-joining-an-active-directory-domain/</guid><description>Active Directory In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to join a Windows 11 computer to a domain.
Prerequisites for joining a domain Active Directory Active DirectoryThe …</description></item><item><title>Export / Import a planned task on Windows</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/export-import-a-planned-task-on-windows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/export-import-a-planned-task-on-windows/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will show you how to export and import a task planned on Windows from the task planner
Export a planned task Here we will export the planned Reboot …</description></item><item><title>PowerShell: Resolve a DNS name with Resolve-DnsName</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-resolve-a-dns-name-with-resolve-dnsname/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-resolve-a-dns-name-with-resolve-dnsname/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to use PowerShell to perform DNS name resolution using the Resolve-DnsName command.
This built-in Windows tool makes it easy to query …</description></item><item><title>LGPO: Automate the configuration of local policies on Windows</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/lgpo-automate-the-configuration-of-local-policies-on-windows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/lgpo-automate-the-configuration-of-local-policies-on-windows/</guid><description>Découvrez comment utiliser LGPO.exe pour configurer et appliquer des stratégies de groupe locales sous Windows. Idéal pour les postes hors domaine ou les déploiements …</description></item><item><title>Windows: Add a static route</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-add-a-static-route/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-add-a-static-route/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to add a static route on a Windows computer (Servers or Desktop).
To illustrate this tutorial, we will use this diagram:
Here we have …</description></item><item><title>Windows Update: Optimizing update distribution</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-update-optimizing-update-distribution/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-update-optimizing-update-distribution/</guid><description>Presentation of Distribution Optimization Since Windows 10 and available on Windows Server 2019, it is possible to optimize the distribution of Windows updates by using a …</description></item><item><title>Windows 11: Install WSL to run Linux on Windows</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-install-wsl-to-run-linux-on-windows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-install-wsl-to-run-linux-on-windows/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to install WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows 11 to allow you to run a Linux distribution (Ubuntu) directly on Windows.
WSL …</description></item><item><title>Windows 11 24H2: GPO application problem - gpupdate</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-24h2-gpo-application-problem-gpupdate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-11-24h2-gpo-application-problem-gpupdate/</guid><description>With the deployment of Windows 11 24H2, you may have group policy application issues, which is visible by running the gpupdate command.
Error message:
Computer policy …</description></item><item><title>Outlook: Unable to display image</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/outlook-unable-to-display-image/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/outlook-unable-to-display-image/</guid><description>In this “troubleshooting” tutorial, I will give you one of the solutions when you are using Outlook and images are not displayed.
I encountered this problem recently in a …</description></item><item><title>Powershell: create a text file and write in it</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-create-a-text-file-and-write-in-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-create-a-text-file-and-write-in-it/</guid><description>In this “small” tutorial, I will explain how to create a text file in Powershell and then how to write content in it.
In this tutorial, we will see 4 Powershell Cmdlets:</description></item><item><title>SSH client: delete existing keys</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/ssh-client-delete-existing-keys/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/ssh-client-delete-existing-keys/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to solve the error : WARNING : REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED.
This error mainly occurs when you reinstall a Linux server …</description></item><item><title>Add-WindowsCapability: resolve error 0x800f0954</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/add-windowscapability-resolve-error-0x800f0954/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/add-windowscapability-resolve-error-0x800f0954/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to solve error 0x800f0954 with the PowerShell Add-WindowsCapability Cmdlet when trying to install a Windows feature.
This error …</description></item><item><title>Install nano on Windows</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/install-nano-on-windows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/install-nano-on-windows/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will explain how to easily install nano on Windows (Desktop and Server).
If you regularly use Linux, you are certainly familiar with it, for those who …</description></item><item><title>PowerShell: show the contents of a text file</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-show-the-contents-of-a-text-file/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/powershell-show-the-contents-of-a-text-file/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will show you how to display the contents of a text file (txt, yaml, php, vbs…) in a PowerShell window.
In fact, it’s very simple, just use the Cmdlet …</description></item><item><title>Outlook 2016: Office 365 authentication white window – Solution</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/outlook-2016-office-365-authentication-white-window-solution/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/outlook-2016-office-365-authentication-white-window-solution/</guid><description>With Windows 7 and Office 2016 couple, a white window is displayed when authenticating with an Office 365 account.
This is due to the non-activation of the TLS 1.1 and …</description></item><item><title>Use the hosts file to simulate a DNS record on Windows</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/use-the-hosts-file-to-simulate-a-dns-record-on-windows/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2021 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/use-the-hosts-file-to-simulate-a-dns-record-on-windows/</guid><description>Location of the hosts file : C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc.
Pour ajouter un enregistrement :
1. Start notepad as administrator.
2. Open the hosts file located in …</description></item><item><title>Windows 10: install Windows Terminal</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-10-install-windows-terminal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/windows-10-install-windows-terminal/</guid><description>In this “how to” tutorial, I will explain how to install the Windows Terminal application available on Windows 10.
Before launching into the “technical” part, I will …</description></item><item><title>Export / Import a scheduled task</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/export-import-a-scheduled-task/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2021 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/export-import-a-scheduled-task/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will tell you how to export and import a scheduled task.
This tutorial applies to both Windows Server and the Desktop version (Windows 10).
To …</description></item><item><title>DISKPART : delete all partitions</title><link>https://rdr-it.com/en/diskpart-delete-all-partitions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">https://rdr-it.com/en/diskpart-delete-all-partitions/</guid><description>In this tutorial, I will tell you how to delete all partitions from a hard drive with DISKPART.
I am using this procedure to remove OEM partitions on computers from …</description></item></channel></rss>