This is an argument I am so very tired of having so I decided to prove it. In about 1998, I recall reading a paper co-written with United States Department of Defense and Microsoft, which explained why adding a single …
Predatory lending traps vulnerable Canadians in debt cycles. Learn how new legal updates to Canadian law give consumers some much-needed protection and how computer technology can help.
I was working with a client earlier this week who had brought in a security company to tighten up their infrastructure because they were a victim of a major hack just before we were brought in. That security company did …
Gaming is something that almost everyone enjoys in one form and another and the digital era has provided us with a plethora of gaming options, accessible in just a few clicks. Globally, there are now more than 1.17 billion people …
We have published a number of relatively complex powershell cloud shell scripts to take snapshots of virtual machines. This is a simple script that is useful for those who are working with a single resource group in a single subscription, …
We often take on new clients who do not have Windows update configured with a group policy and while it’s quite simple to set up it’s always nice to have some instructions and screenshots so here they are: 1 – …
We needed to replace the hard drive and upgrade the operating system to Windows 11 on an MSI PE Series MS-1795. This step by step tutorial demonstrates how to upgrade the hard drive to an M.2 SSD and how to …
A week or so ago we had client of ours ask for an audit of their certificates. This is a small client so initially we provided them with screenshots of all the certificates in the Computer > Certificate > Personal …
As Windows Server and desktop administrators on thousands of machines we regularly see computers that have their C:\ drive filled with junk, and we have many articles on how to fix that: However one of the fastest easiest ways is …
If you look at the properties of an Azure File Share you will see the FILE SYSTEM is showing as MAFS. Microsoft uses “Azure Files” for Azure File Shares. Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that …
Something is enchanting about settling into a plush theatre seat, buttery popcorn wafting through the air, and the promise of a cinematic adventure ahead. During the Christmas season, this ritual takes on a unique magic, offering entertainment and a shared …
We had a client who wanted us to audit their dozen servers for the status of their certificates. We decided to export all of the core certificate information into a simple .CSV which lets us modify and make it pretty …
If you look for instructions on how to remove a Microsoft account from your Microsoft office so that things like OneDrive don’t appear in CONNECTED SERVICES, you will likely find instructions that tell you to click the REMOVE button or …
When launching an Excel file on local computer that that contains a macro, all works as expected. However, when running that same file from an network drive or an Azure file Share your macros don’t work and you see a …
We are always being asked to expand disk and add new disk to VM’s on Azure and there is some confusion around the process. Expanding a disk on an Azure virtual machine (WM) is easy: Here are the two catches: …
We just had our staff complete some Intel security courses and one of them strangely focused on “Intel Software Guard Extensions“. SGX is a set of security-related instruction codes built into some Intel CPUs like 6th Generation Core i5 and …