Guides for setting up and managing Windows Server on your dedicated server.
Free, trusted SSL for your IIS site. You don’t need to buy a certificate. 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 […]
Read articleA 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]