Substitution Cipher Decoding Utility
Somewhere along the way in delving in to cyber security, I’ve also gained an interest in encryption. While this might seem obvious, I’m more interested in the classical cryptography such a ...
Category Archives: IT Support & Networking
Solved: PC or Mouse freeze on Windows 10 with DCom DistributedCOM Error (Event ID 10016)
I recently purchased two new with distinctly different base systems (one is an and the other an ) yet I’ve been seeing some odd behavior from both whereby the mouse cursor freezes or disappears ...
Solution: Disable AutoSave for Excel, Word or PowerPoint (Office 365) Permanently
So you want to disable AutoSave on your Office applications huh? Yep I don’t blame you, while I love the version control that comes from using SharePoint, OneDrive and the Office 365 platform, A ...
Custom Backgrounds in Microsoft Teams
With more and more people working from home, we find ourselves in on Teams conference calls in some strange settings (I work in my loft!) which can be distracting to say the least. Earlier in the year ...
Using the Hikvision Vandal Resistant Doorbell with a Synology NAS
As part of home improvements I was on the lookout for a video doorbell to use on the outside gates of my home, I had a few pre-requisites: It needed to be powered by POE, no batteries to replace It sh ...
How not to store passwords
I came across a product on Amazon today that I clicked on for entertainment because I assumed it was satirical but much to my dismay, it turned out to be 100% real. It’s a product called the , b ...
Synology NAS: Video Station Media Server (Review & Tips)
As part of my ongoing project to retrofit our old stone house with a fast, multi-purpose network, I purchased a for the primary purpose of providing a destination for my IP cameras to record to via th ...
SOLVED: Windows 10 Keyboard Typing Random Characters
UPDATE 30 Dec 2019: After visiting family and finding they had the same issue with random characters in the save dialog box, I realised the only common software we had on our systems other than the Wi ...
Basic Kali Linux Setup
So you want to tinker with Kali Linux huh? This aims to be a (very) brief quick start guide and it assumes you have installed Kali on a machine, on a bootable kali USB drive or in a virtual environme ...
Create a Bootable Kali Linux USB Drive (2019)
I thought I’d write a quick update guide on installing Kali Linux from USB as I’m hoping to encourage more friends to install an instance and start playing. This guide assumes you’re ...