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TAMPER PROTECTION BACKGROUND: The first thing most malware tries to do is disable your antivirus, so Microsoft has introduced a new feature called TAMPER PROTECTION that blocks all methods of disabling Windows Defender Antivirus except through the Windows Security Console GUI or Microsoft’s InTune cloud service. Specifically, if Tamper Protection Read more…
Most users, especially those will laptops, will want Outlook to operate in Cached mode but you likely don’t want Outlook caching on boardroom / focus room / huddle room / client room computers. Cache mode copies a large amount of data from the Exchange server to an .OST file on Read more…
After much effort, Jesse from Dell tech support has confirmed the that the Dell D3100, D1000, D6000, and DA100 docks are NOT supported for PXE booting. I have PXE booted from a Dell WD15 (shown below) with a Type-C connector on a Dell Latitude 7400 2 in 1 so I know Read more…
If need to have different settings for your users depending upon which computers they are on this is the article for you. Trying to set and HKCU entry based on the machine can be easily done but the process is not obvious. Our customers wants users to have the default Read more…
If you have a mail server that you are having problems with, the easiest way to test it is using Telnet: Launch APPS AND FEATURES Install TELNET Windows 10 – PROGRAMS AND FEATURES > TURN WINDOWS FEATURES ON OR OFF Windows 2016 – SERVER MANAGER > LOCAL SERVER > MANAGE Read more…
If you have a folder that may (or may not) contain other files and folders that you want to delete using a simple command line, RMDIR (as in Remove Directory) is your friend. The syntax is simple are only two switches: /S = also remove all sub-directories /Q = Quiet Read more…
If you want to block programs from running on your corporate network, you can easily create a Group Policy Object (GPO) to make that happen. However, there are two GPO’s you can use but only one of them works well. Method 1 – GPO to Block Software By File Name Read more…
If you need a copy of the digital certificate from a file you are using (perhaps for use with Software Restriction Policies), you can extract the certificate in just a few easy steps: Right click on the file and select PROPERTIES Click DIGITAL SIGNATURE tab and select the DETAILS button Read more…
If you are playing with Microsoft Chromium Edge browser, you may want to change the default search engine so you can use your favorite right from the address bar. In the earliest builds this could not be easily done, but today it is not a problem: Change the Default Search Read more…
When you create a SCHEDULED TASK that needs to run automatically you will specify a service account for the job. That service account must have permissions to run batches, so Windows will popup “This Task Requires That The User Account Specified Has Log On As Batch Job Rights” as shown Read more…
If you have an older Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner, Lanier multifunction printer, fax, scanner it may not support SMB 2.0 and Server 2016 and Server 2019 do not support SMB 1.0 which means SCAN TO FOLDER is a problem. To get around this we demonstrate all of the steps required to Read more…
If you run through Windows Update (or in my case an Upgrade to Windows 10 1903) and find all of your desktop icons are missing this is the fix for you:. Verify your desktop icons still exist by checking in C:\USERS\<YourName>\DESKTOP. If your files and shortcuts are safe continue to Read more…
There are 3 ways to configure the START MENU tiles and left RAIL (the thin menu on the far left that defaults with power, settings, documents) in Windows 10 with default applications: A – GPO Using a Windows 10 PC add the tiles and rail configuration you would like. Open Read more…
In the Windows 7 days, you used to setup a user and then copy that users profile over top of the default C:\USERS\DEFAULT\… so that things like the START MENU and WALLPAPER would be setup for new users. Then under Windows 8 and 10 that became very buggy and Microsoft Read more…
If you try to install 32 bit Windows on a Hyper V server you may find that it just will not see the installation files. I tried from: Windows 10 32Bit Enterprise ISO downloaded from Microsoft VLSC Windows 10 32Bit Pro ISO downloaded using the current Windows 10 Media Creation Read more…
We are constantly telling our customers that traditional anti-virus programs that rely mostly on ‘signatures’ from previous attacks will no longer keep a company safe. Attackers are now sophisticated, well funded and often government controlled. This means they rely less on exploiting known security holes and more on developing those Read more…