Working from home challenges–My computer clock is fast.
We have most of our workforce currently working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of our customers have reported this: My (Windows 10) Read More …
Category: Windows
USB Type C, USB Type A and Canon scanners–they do not work.
My (newest) Canon scanner has a USB Type C (USB-C) plug. The supplied cable is a USB-C to USB Type A cable. My laptop only Read More …
Saturday Link Roundup – Bitlocker Edition
How to backup recovery information in AD after BitLocker is turned ON in Windows 7 Manually Backup BitLocker Recovery Key to AD How to Script Read More …
Saturday Link Roundup – Remote Desktop Edition
Secure RDS (Remote Desktop Services) Connections with SSL Removing Self-Signed RDP Certificates Remote Desktop Connection (RDP) – Certificate Warnings Are My RDP Connections Really Secured Read More …
Why writing is blocked to C:\Program Files, and some other locations.
It’s the Data Redirection feature that was introduced with Windows Vista, in November 2006. Data Redirection – beginning with Windows Vista, standard users have restricted Read More …
Windows 10 and Office 365 update lists
The following are sites are where Microsoft list changes to Windows 10 & Office 365 Office 365 Overview of update channels for Office 365 ProPlus Read More …
The strange case of … Applocker blocking
On our “standard” workstations we have enabled Microsoft Applocker, which blocks unauthorised software from being installed. We also have “Unrestricted” workstations, where there is no Read More …
“Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer”
Quick answer: In Windows 7/8/10, we use a third-party Credential Provider, and it was blocking LOCAL (ie. not Domain) accounts from logging on. Removing the Read More …
List of video file extensions to search with Agent Ransack
*.avi;*.asf;*.mov;*.qt;*.avchd;*.flv;*.swf;*.mpg;*.mpeg;*.mp4;*.divx *.iso
Today I learnt about FIPS and SHA1
System.InvalidOperationException: This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS validated cryptographic algorithms. at System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1Managed..ctor() at …. When I say “learnt”, it was more Read More …