Change Remote Desktop listening port
  • Start the registry editor. (Type regedit in the Search box.)
  • Navigate to the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
  • Click Edit –> Modify –> Decimal.
  • Type the new port number, and then click OK.
  • Close the registry editor, and restart the computer.
Enable People app and other default Windows 10 apps

Right-click the start menu, select Windows PowerShell (Admin), paste the command below, and press enter

Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register “$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode}

This command will reinstall the Microsoft Store and all default Windows 10 apps.

Create Volume Shadow Copies With Task Scheduler

1. Open Task Scheduler
2. Create new task
3. Give it a name like Volume shadow copy
4. Check the radio botton ‘Run whether the user is logged on or not’
5. Check the box ‘Run with highest privileges’
6. Select the Trisggers tab and click New
7. Specify a time and click ok
8. Select the Actions tab and select the action ‘Start a program’
9. in Program/script enter wmic
10. in ‘Add argument (optional) enter shadowcopy call create Volume=C:\  and click ok

Domain PCs default to public network after reboot

(Be careful! This doesn’t apply to home computers or computers that aren’t joined to a local domain)

Add this REG_DWORD in registry 

Go to:   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Parameters

Right-click at the right window and click New DWORD (32-bit) Value
Type:  AlwaysExpectDomainController
Change the value to 1

Close regedit and reboot.

Services needed so the local network would function correctly
  1. COM+ Event System
  2. Computer Browser
  3. DHCP Client
  4. DNS Client
  5. Function Discovery Resource Publication
  6. Network Connections
  7. Network Location Awareness
  8. Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
  9. Server
  10. SSDP Discovery
  11. TCP/IP Netbios helper
  12. UPnP Device Host services
  13. Wired Auto Config
  14. Wireless Zero Configuration
  15. WLAN Auto Config
  16. Workstation
Change your Windows server or 11 network type to private

Change network type to private

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Network Information Gadget

CIDR: 192.168.1.1/24  |  IP+mask: 10.0.0.1 255.255.0.0  |  Bare IP: 172.16.5.4

Finds the minimal set of CIDR blocks that cover the given IP range.

Tests reachability and measures round-trip time from the web server to the target.

Shows each network hop from the web server to the destination (max 20 hops).

Resolves DNS records. Choose PTR for reverse DNS (IP → hostname).

Returns country, city, ISP, ASN, timezone, and coordinates for any public IP. Uses ip-api.com (free, no key required).

Checks if common TCP ports are open. Scans from the web server — useful for testing server-side accessibility.

Scans the web server's local network for active hosts. Only private RFC 1918 ranges are allowed. Prefix must be /24/30. A full /24 may take up to 60 seconds.

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