Archive for 2021

Restore from backup may remove license keys, make sure they are recorded somewhere offsite Restore may change the network adapter settings including DGW, check those 2x Restore forgets network zones;…

i used to use a program from the M$ powertools called sleep.exe but recently i found a native solution. A ping to the loopback address takes a known amount of…

3 different places to do a message trace in office365 the one that works:https://protection.office.com/messagetrace the 2 that don’t work:https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/messagetracehttps://outlook.office.com/ecp/?form=eac&mkt=en-US Stooopid Microsoft

By default Windows uses a Rotating log file which means that when the log file gets full, the oldest entries automatically get over written. the default log size is 128mb…

WideVine is the plugin that allows streaming of protected content from Netflix and Disney+ https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/03/raspberry-pi-os-gets-official-widevine.html

Turn off IPv6. Not necessarily the problem but definitely not part of the solution. Set the License Mode, Easy way: Set Licensing mode, manual alternative way: From W2012 R2 server,…

Nice Video on AD best practices and some info on MMC Saved Queries and Task Pads that will save time for any Windows Administrator

Recently installed tPotCe honeypot from .ISO onto a VmWare virtual machine. Super nice dashboard. This is a quick win to install on an INTERNAL network and listen for nosey malware….

Research finds surprising electron interaction in ‘magic-angle’ graphene https://flip.it/mlfC6F

I started from this post and moved the file downloads into powershell remrem http://www.gregsitservices.com/ip-security/ip-security-package.zip wget “https://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/aggregated/cn-aggregated.zone” -outfile “cn-aggregated.zone”wget “https://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/aggregated/ru-aggregated.zone” -outfile “ru-aggregated.zone”wget “https://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/aggregated/ir-aggregated.zone” -outfile “ir-aggregated.zone”wget “https://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/aggregated/kp-aggregated.zone” -outfile “kp-aggregated.zone”wget “https://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/aggregated/kr-aggregated.zone” -outfile “kr-aggregated.zone”…