Category Archives: Windows

What is DSC?

Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a configuration management platform in Windows PowerShell that enables you to manage your infrastructure and enforce your desired configuration. It allows you to declaratively specify the configuration of your servers, and then automatically ensures that your servers are in the desired state.

Connect to Network Printer via TCP/IP

Sometimes you are unable to connect to a printer via the print server. Maybe your driver is unavailable, or for some reason you may not have rights to print to that printer. You can bypass the print server, most times, and print directly to a network printer.

Show Seconds in Taskbar

By adding this DWORD value, you can add the display of seconds to the Windows 10 taskbar clock. You’ll have to restart Explorer in order for the changes to take effect.