Category Archives: OS

Enable RDP for Windows Server

Posted on November 12, 2025 by

After installing Windows Server (eg at 2012 R2), Remote Desktop (RDP) is often disabled by default. Here’s how to enable it (using PowerShell): 1) Change the network type By default, it’s set to Public, but it needs to be Private. … Continue reading →

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Preparing a Windows Server Image for Timeweb Cloud

Posted on November 12, 2025 by

This guide explains how to manually prepare an optimized Windows Server image (using Windows Server 2012 R2 as an example) for uploading to Timeweb Cloud virtual machines. We’ll use NTLite together with VirtIO drivers. The goal is to integrate the … Continue reading →

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WinSetupFromUSB — safe version without viruses

Posted on November 3, 2025 by

There’s a lot of shady stuff floating around the Internet, so sometimes it’s hard to find a legit copy of certain software. Ideally, you’d use open-source tools — but sometimes there just aren’t any real alternatives. One example is the … Continue reading →

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Linux Directory Structure (cheatsheet)

Posted on September 15, 2025 by

When you look at the root of the Linux filesystem, it may feel weird: folders with strange names. In fact, it’s pretty logical once you know the abbreviations and acronyms: /bin USER PROGRAMS (binaries for users) /sbin SYSTEM PROGRAMS (binaries … Continue reading →

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Changing monitor brightness with a hotkey using AutoHotKey

Posted on August 18, 2025 by

Sometimes you need to quickly decrease or increase screen brightness without extra clicks. On my laptop this used to be handled by the built-in ASUS utility, but it always messed with the fan control, so I had to remove it. … Continue reading →

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Terminating processes when exiting SSH

Posted on February 9, 2025 by

When working with git and a server via SSH, there’s a common headache: ssh-agent (or other processes) keep running in the background, even after you exit the console with exit. This leads to dozens of ssh-agent processes piling up… and … Continue reading →

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Delete ‘Home’ and ‘Gallery’ in Windows 11

Posted on January 20, 2025 by

Old rascal Billy keeps adding a bunch of idiotic interf*c* elements like Home and Gallery, which any sane person would want to burn away with holy water. Let’s get started. Remove Home Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} Rename {f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} to DISABLE_HOME_BUTTON={f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} (you … Continue reading →

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“Select which icons appear on the taskbar” setting is missing

Posted on January 2, 2024 by

For a dozen years, Windows has had a setting – “what to display in the tray”. It’s called: “Select which icons appear on the taskbar“. And now in Windows 11, it’s gone. WHAT TO DO? No need to panic. Billy … Continue reading →

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Windows server via RDP: problem with resolution and DPI

Posted on January 2, 2024 by

When you connect via RDP to a server on Windows, Windows automatically selects the resolution and DPI based on what is set on the client. That is, RDP “mirrors” the client. And if you connect from a machine with high … Continue reading →

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[Windows] Remove different “types” of folders in Explorer

Posted on September 7, 2023 by

The worst thing in Windows is the display of media file details in file explorer. Billy’s explorer likes to impose on users the type of folder (music, photos, etc.) they supposedly “need”. Changes in folder type settings are gliching. To … Continue reading →

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Turn Windows 11 into Windows 10 (UI)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by

It turns out that I forgot to share this thing, which I’ve been using for a long time… ExplorerPatcher – allows you to rollback some elements of the terrible interface of Windows 11 to the normal classic period of ten … Continue reading →

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Returning the old terminal after Windows 11 update KB5019509

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

Got the update for Windows today – KB5019509 and the terminal’s arm was torn off. That is, it stopped displaying console programs like my Roguelike game. The update that broke it, adds tabs to the console, while breaking everything else… … Continue reading →

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Add “New” .txt in Windows 11 to the context menu

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

Add “New” .txt in Windows 11 to the context menu Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] “NullFile”=”” [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy] @=”Text File” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell\printto] “NeverDefault”=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell\printto\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\ 00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\ 25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00 Run it, kill the explorer and enjoy the ability … Continue reading →

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Remove “New” file types from the context menu in Windows 11

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

I switched to Windows 11 with a crunch. Terrible interface. Billy, why?! In general, one of the crutches that you have to substitute in order not to go crazy – removing @#$% file types from the context menu “New”. It’s … Continue reading →

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WordPress on IIS does not load/display images

Posted on August 23, 2022 by

The first bump I got from encountering the WordPress rake on IIS: a problem with displaying pictures. When you upload an image to the ‘media’ of WordPress, it doesn’t display and gives an error:   HTTP Error 500.50 – URL … Continue reading →

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Choosing a web server for WordPress on Windows

Posted on August 22, 2022 by

There are situations when an Internet site must be hosted by Windows Server. This is a fairly rare case, but it happened to me recently (the first time in a dozen years of working with Web servers): I had to … Continue reading →

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[Solution] cmd won’t run from powershell

Posted on August 6, 2022 by

What to do if you can’t start cmd from powershell. You get an error: cmd : The term ‘cmd’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, … Continue reading →

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