There are three types of virtual hard disks in Hyper-V. Those three types are: Fixed size Dynamically expanding Differencing I will explain each type with pros and cons in the article below. Fixed size Disk When you create a fixed-size virtual hard disk, space is reserved beforehand. Suppose you created a VHDX of 200 GB, ... Read more
When you are executing a PowerShell script for the first time you may encounter the following error: .... cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. Why did this happen: PowerShell Execution Policies PowerShell has four execution policies for executing the script. Those four policies are described below: Restricted This is a default policy. ... Read more
Launching a Web browser isn't a big deal - all you have to do is to click its icon. Alternatively, you can also easily launch a Web browser from the command line. But what about a new tab? While it's a cake walk to open a new tab from within the Web browser window, do ... Read more
When you clone a virtual machine from any existing snapshot in VMware and you get the following error in VMWare, the reason is VM was powered on or suspended when you took that snapshot. So you only have an option to clone the VM from its current state. You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot ... Read more
When you are enabling PowerShell remoting using the command Enable-PSRemoting, you may get the following error because your system is connected to the network trough a Wi-Fi connection. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winrm quickconfig The following changes must be made: Start the WinRM service. Set the WinRM service type to delayed auto start. Make these changes [y/n]? y ... Read more
Gmail is no doubt one of the most popular web-based email services available today. For people like me, who use Gmail for their official work, having the Gmail app on phone is a must. Whether you want to check for any new incoming email or compose a new one, the first step is, obviously, to ... Read more
There are two methods for configuring DNS on Windows Server 2016. One is using PowerShell and the other method is using GUI which is slightly longer, but easier and doesn't require commands to be typed. I will show you the GUI method here. Prerequisites Static IP is configured Firewall is turned off Latest updates from ... Read more
If you are an Ubuntu user, you might have observed the dialog box that gets displayed when you quickly press and leave the power button. The dialog box contains icons to Lock, Suspend, Restart, and Shutdown the system. Have you ever found yourself wondering how this box can be launched from the command line? Well, ... Read more
If you don't have an internet connection on a Windows system, then you can download the Docker file from another (Internet enabled) machine and then copy it to target. Install Docker without Internet Connection Afterward, follow these steps: Execute the following commands to install docker packages: Install-PackageProvider -Name DockerMsftProvider Import-PackageProvider -Name DockerMsftProvider -Force List all Docker ... Read more
If you are coming from Linux to Windows and you are used to working on the shell, then the following PowerShell commands might be the right ones for you. Get an IP Address Configuration You can use the following command to check the IP address configuration of your computer. It works the same way as ipconfig ... Read more