February, 2017

Win10 Restore Points Appear Broken

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In reading over the forum traffic at TenForums. recently, I encountered an item of great interest. This thread is entitled "File System Filter 'wcifs' Event ID 4." Despite the title, it reveals...

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Always Adjust Defaults After Clean Install

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As the release for Windows 10 Creator's Update nears, the pace of Insider Preview releases is accelerating. Just last week, I got stuck upgrading my desktop test PC to Build 15031 Enterprise. Ultimately, I performed a clean install of that build, plus its usual aftermath. But I got caught by an...

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Interesting Issues in Insider Preview 15042

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Late last week MS released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview build. Little did I know that there would be "Interesting Issues in Insider Preview 15042." But after a couple of failed installs,  I found myself  "bitten" on my Dell Venue Pro 11. That's when I remembered that the 0 Comments     RSS Feed     Email a friend

Win10 Dynamic Lock Gets Cool Tool

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Almost two weeks ago, I blogged here about the addition of a new security feature in Insider Preview Build 15031. It's called Dynamic Lock. Dynamic Lock senses the signal strength...

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Enable Disable Win10 Administrator Account

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By default, Windows 10 includes a built-in admin account. In fact, it's named "Administrator." Here, I explain here how to enable disable Win10 Administrator account. Basically, there are two ways to proceed: at the command line, or in Computer Management.

Enable Disable Win10 Administrator...

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New Windows 10 insider program coming for businesses

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Insider Program for Businesses will cater to IT professionals. Through the program, nicknamed WIP4Biz, IT admins will be...

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Disconnect Drives Before Multi-Boot Install

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Anybody can learn stuff, but lessons learned the hard way are the ones that stick with you. Case in point: I've got a Windows desktop PC I use as a test machine. Furthermore, I've got it set up as a dual-boot environment. On one SSD I've got a bootable installation of the Win10 Current Branch...

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Overcoming USB Flash Write-Protection

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Last month, I was mucking around with my Asus RT-AC68U router. Among other experiments, I plugged in a USB flash drive into one of its ports to share it with the network. This morning, I unplugged it from the router to try to use it for recovery on a temporarily disabled test PC. No dice: instead...

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Anti-phishing training videos take users off the hook

Email phishing attacks against high-level executives increased at Tri-Counties Regional Center last year. To combat and boost awareness of the problem, CIO Dominic Namnath turned to user training videos. "Your user is the most vulnerable point,” Namnath said. “Spoofing the CEO’s email...

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Build 15031 Brings Dynamic Lock

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Cellphones are such a vital ingredient of modern life that we bring them with us everywhere we go. MS exploits this truism in the latest build of Windows 10, 15031. There's a new facility in the Sign-In Options called "Dynamic lock" that detect when the phone is out of Bluetooth range and locks a...

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