Windows

Setup and configuration guides for Windows — focused on the tasks that are easy to forget and annoying to re-research.

Articles

• Install with Local Account — bypass the Microsoft account requirement during Windows 11 OOBE
• Enable Remote Desktop (RDP) — Settings, PowerShell, CMD, and sysdm.cpl methods; firewall and NLA notes
• Windows 11: RDP Disconnects Randomly — Microsoft-confirmed UDP transport bug; force TCP via GPO or registry, fixes macOS clients too
• Disable Search Indexing — stop and disable the WSearch service; SearchIndexer.exe disk churn on VMs, what breaks without the index, how to re-enable
• Rename Computer — Rename-Computer cmdlet, local and remote, domain-joined machines