A bunch of PowerShell tips and tutorials: PowerShell First-Timers (The Lonely Administrator) Top PowerShell commands you just have to try (onMSFT) PowerShell Profile Files: Getting Started (Windows OS Hub) Using PowerShell to manage password resets in Windows domains (BleepingComputer) How To Use a For Each Loop in PowerShell (ITProToday) Update all PowerShell Modules with one […]
Windows news
Nothing much of interest to us regarding Windows unless you like tabs in File Explorer or spend a lot of time working with Notepad (BetaNews). Neither of these improvements interest us much so time to move on. Wait just a minute! If you’ve been in a panic over the Follina Windows zero-day vulnerability, you’ll be […]
Upcoming webcasts, events and conferences..
Got an event, conference or webcast you want announced in our newsletter? Email us! June 8 – Live Demo: Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing (KnowBe4) June 8 – Webcast: Threat Spotlight: Cloud-Native Ransomware (SANS) June 9 – Webinar: Tools for Better Network Monitoring and Observability(NetworkComputing) June 21-23 – Data Center Week, a 3-day online event produced by Endeavor Business Media’s […]
You can now install Windows 11’s next big update a little early
By Tom Warren@tomwarren Microsoft is releasing its next big Windows 11 update to the Release Preview ring of final testing today. Windows 11 22H2 is expected to be available in the coming months and will include a number of big changes to the operating system, including new Start menu folders, updated touch gestures, and drag and drop for […]
Security news…
RiskIQ: Magecart Injected URLs and C2 Domains, May 20-27, 2022 Between 20 and 27 May 2022, RiskIQ detected 299 Magecart and skimmer injected URLs, and detected 76 unique C2 domains used by known Magecart threat actors. Note that many of these URLs are legitimate, compromised websites. The full URL should be considered and the domain […]
Windows News
We’ll start with a reminder that Windows Server 20H2 reaches end of support in August 2022 (Born’s Tech and Windows World). Günter also has news concerning the Windows 10 profile issues that have been reported. Meanwhile, Microsoft is probably embarrassed that Windows 11 and Microsoft Teams were hacked multiple times on the first day of the Pwn2Own event in Vancouver, Canada […]
Happenings this week…
Veeam Adding Intelligence to Microsoft 365 Backup Solution (Redmond Channel Partner) Google unveils new Assured Open Source Software service (ITPro.) Microsoft goes public with planned changes to undo restrictive cloud licensing policies in Europe (ZDNet) And is Microsoft moving out of Redmond? See this article: Microsoft moves forward with massive corporate campus project in Atlanta (Daily Commercial News) Also […]
Windows Tips and Tutorials
We thought we’d try organizing our tips & tutorials in this section according to platform & product instead of our usual mix & match method. Do you find this more helpful? Let us know! PowerShell: How to Fix Windows 11 SSD Problem Using PowerShell (ITPro Today) Microsoft PowerShell lets you track Windows Registry changes (Bleeping Computer) Should You […]
Windows News- by TechGenix
I was startled recently when I wanted to use Quick Assist to provide support for a user over a remote connection. Quick Assist is a feature of Windows 10 that lets a person share their device with someone else and view their display and/or take over control of their machine. I’ve used it many times […]
Here’s how Microsoft’s new One Outlook email app will work
Microsoft has announced the beta for the new Outlook for Windows, which will make the desktop email client a lot more like the web version. While screenshots and an entire build of the app were recently leaked, Microsoft’s announcement gives us a good look at what kind of features we can expect to see coming to our inboxes. […]