How to Use the Traceroute Command and Interpret Its Output
Traceroute shows the path packets take to a destination, hop by hop. This guide explains how to run it, read the output, and use MTR when you need…
Windows
How to Setup a Software-Firewall in Linux and Windows
Discover essential tips to enhance your system's security and protect against potential threats in both Linux and Windows
How do I connect to my Windows server via RDP?
This tutorial will show you how to connect to your Windows VPS or dedicated server at Contabo via RDP from different operating systems. The following scenarios will be…
How to manage your RAID controller in Windows
Not long ago, we have shown you in a different tutorial how to manage your raidcontroller in Linux. Below you can find the respective guideline for Windows. Monitoring…
No space left on your HDD/SSD? Find big files and remove them!
It does not matter if you do website hosting, provide a gameserver or use other services, if you have no space left on your HDD/SSD problems will occur.…
Analysing log files in Windows and Linux
Everyone knows the scenario, you want to analyze an issue of your server or local computer but where to find all those log files? In the following tutorial…
Being spoilt for choice – Windows or Linux?
The operating system is the centrepiece of a server. You can imagine how important it is to choose a fitting operating system. For servers, two operating systems have…
Changing the Windows Administrator password – The easy way
Today we are going to show you how to change your Windows Administrator password the easy way. This tutorial works with almost all Windows versions starting from Windows…
Manage Windows Updates in Windows 2016
In Windows Server 2016, the administration of the (automatic) Windows Updates has changed slightly. The following tutorial will show you how to check and manage the Windows updates…
Proxmox 4.0 and CentOS 7.2 available now!
We are happy to offer you further upgrades for our operating systems: CentOS 7.2 is available now, replacing the version 7.1! You may combine it with Software RAID…
Changing the partition layout of your VPS and VDS after installation
Sometimes, it is necessary to change your partition layout in order to create new partitions or extend an existing partition, for example after a VPS / VDS upgrade.…
Edit Windows Updates in Windows 2008
The following tutorial will show you how you can check and administrate the Windows updates for your Windows Server 2008 system: 1. Please connect to your server using…
Integration of the WebDAV feature of Webspace packages
With WebDAV, cPanel supports a helpful function to provision your data over a web service. It works similar to a cloud based data storage and this functionality is…
How to change the display language on Windows Server 2008 R2
Servers you order at Contabo will be installed in English language by default. If you want to change the display language the following guide will help you to…
Mounting of additional hard drives in Windows
In this tutorial, we are going to mount an additional hard drive in Windows. As you may notice, we will do so in Windows Server 2012, but the…