Guides for setting up and managing Windows Server on your dedicated server.
Skip Internet Explorer and get Chrome running in under two minutes. Windows Server comes with Internet Explorer as the default browser. It blocks a lot of downloads and websites out of the box. That makes it a bad tool for daily work. Here is how to install Chrome on Windows Server instead, in under two […]
Read articleFree, trusted SSL for your IIS site, no certificate purchase required. Here is how to install Let’s Encrypt SSL on Windows Server IIS. IIS does not include a built-in way to request a free certificate the way some other tools do, so this guide uses win-acme, an open source client built specifically for pairing Let’s […]
Stop logging in as Administrator for everything, here is how to set up a proper user account instead. Here is how to create a new user on Windows Server. Every Hostner Windows Server ships with the built-in Administrator account enabled, which gets you in the door but is not something you want to keep using […]
A dedicated server is not a personal laptop, here is how to set up a proper user account instead of living inside Administrator. Here is how to create a new user on Windows 11 Pro. Unlike Windows Server, Windows 11 Pro ships with its built-in Administrator account disabled by default, so the security story here […]