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Windows50 pages

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• Windows overview
• Which version?
• 26H2: what changed
• 25H2 vs 26H2
• LTSC 2024
• Windows 10 after the end
• Home vs Pro
• Buying a Windows PC
• First 10 minutes
• Moving to a new PC

Install & upgrade

• Install preflight
• Official ISO & SHA-256
• Boot media
• Clean install 26H2
• Partitions
• Driver order
• Windows + Linux dual boot

Security & backup

• Local vs Microsoft account
• BitLocker
• Backup
• Privacy
• Defender & SmartScreen
• Rollback & recovery
• Activation

Develop

• WSL2 + Dev Drive
• WSL2 networking
• Terminal + PowerShell 7
• winget

Virtualization

• Hyper-V coexistence
• Windows on PVE
• GPU passthrough

Gaming & performance

• Gaming measurement
• NVIDIA clean install
• NVIDIA settings
• AMD Adrenalin
• Intel Arc
• VRR / G-SYNC
• HDR
• Game Mode & Game Bar
• Laptop power & thermals
• Memory integrity / VBS

Troubleshoot

• DLL & 0xc000007b
• Windows Update stuck
• Boot loop & WinRE
• DISM & SFC
• DNS & proxy
• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth
• Explorer & shell extensions

Platform

• Windows on Arm
• Arm64 compatibility

Windows Server97 pages

Start here

• Server overview
• Editions & licensing
• Evaluation install on PVE
• Server Core vs Desktop

Web hosting

• IIS install
• Sites & applications
• App pools & permissions
• Bindings, host headers & SNI
• URL Rewrite
• ARR reverse proxy
• PHP FastCGI
• Node/Python hosting
• Logs & failed tracing
• Request limits & timeouts
• Config backup & migration

Nginx & edge

• Nginx on Windows
• Server blocks & proxy
• Nginx + PHP FastCGI
• TLS & HTTP/2
• Apache 2.4 legacy
• Caddy automatic TLS
• HTTP/3

Runtimes

• Multiple PHP versions
• Multiple Java versions
• Multiple Node.js versions
• Multiple Python versions
• PHP extensions & OPcache
• Tomcat instances
• Node as a service
• Python WSGI
• Java behind a proxy
• Node behind a proxy
• ASP.NET Core on IIS
• Go single binary
• Multi-runtime model
• Runtime EOL

TLS & traffic

• DNS & hostnames
• Certificates & win-acme
• TLS hardening (Schannel)
• HTTP/2, compression & cache
• Proxy headers & path base
• Large files & timeouts

Files & Explorer

• File Explorer
• Storage Sense and cleanup
• OneDrive On-Demand
• Symlinks and long paths

Performance

• Boot time
• Task Manager numbers
• Scheduled tasks
• Services
• Sleep and Fast Startup

Updates

• In-place upgrade repair
• Insider Programme

Accounts & sign-in

• Local account vs Microsoft account
• Hello, PIN and password
• A corrupt profile
• Family safety

Hardening

• Core isolation and HVCI
• SmartScreen
• Controlled folder access
• BitLocker recovery drill

Peripherals

• Touchpads and pens
• Printing and scanning
• Bluetooth audio
• USB devices

Audio, video & display

• Colour management
• Fonts and CJK
• Screen recording
• Video codecs

Remote & sharing

• Remote Desktop host
• Quick Assist
• LAN shares and SMB
• Phone Link

Tools & tweaks

• Screenshots
• PowerToys
• Windows Sandbox
• Time sync

Security

• Security baseline
• Security headers
• WAF
• Authentication
• Least privilege
• Upload security
• Logging & SIEM
• Patching & supply chain
• Backup & IR

Operations

• Performance counters
• Health checks
• Reverse proxy HA
• Deploy, DSC & containers

Roles

• First AD DS domain
• DNS & DHCP
• SMB share & permissions
• Hyper-V role
• Backup & restore
• Quotas & shadow copies
• Windows Admin Center

Hardware59 pages

Start here

• Hardware overview
• Vendor matrix

Buying

• Budget tiers
• Prebuilt vs DIY vs mini PC
• Used PC checklist
• Judging a discount
• Requirements by OS version

CPU & platform

• Hybrid cores & scheduler
• CPU support & microcode
• Cores or clock
• Virtualisation flags
• Chipset and PCIe lanes

Memory

• Sizing: 16, 32 or 64GB
• XMP and EXPO stability
• ECC and WHEA
• Compression and page file
• Channels and shared memory
• Memory fault finding

Storage

• SSD: DRAM, HMB, QLC
• NVMe generations
• HDD: CMR vs SMR
• Storage Spaces
• BitLocker and hardware encryption
• Drive health and SMART

Graphics

• NVIDIA
• AMD Radeon
• Intel Arc & iGPU
• WDDM, HAGS, MPO
• Driver rollback
• GPU in a VM

Display & peripherals

• Display faults
• HDR chain
• High DPI and scaling
• Monitor choice and VRR
• Input polling rates
• USB4 and docks

Laptops & power

• Modern Standby
• Battery report
• Thermal or power limit
• eGPU and multi-monitor
• Power plans

Build & firmware

• PSU sizing
• First boot checklist
• UEFI settings
• Case airflow
• Firmware updates
• Firmware by vendor
• Mini-ITX builds

Homelab & servers

• Mini PC as PVE host
• Host memory cost
• Used servers
• Server hardware
• Network hardware

Diagnostics

• WHEA evidence chain
• BSOD: 0x124 and friends
• Repair or replace
• Retire and wipe
• Measurement discipline

Vendors

• Hygon & Moore Threads

Components

• SSD classes
• RAM sizing

Downloads5 pages

Downloads

• Download hub
• Windows 11 & 10 ISOs
• Windows Server evaluations
• Admin & developer tools
• Lab & media utilities

Lab1 page

Lab

• Test method