Outlook’s Simple Missing InfoSec Feature
As we all know, one of the biggest threats/risks to an organisations security are its users – every presentation you see has the ‘surprising’ statistic of just how many breaches star ...
Category Archives: Windows
Delete the OneDrive – Personal folder from Windows Explorer
When I deploy OneDrive for Business on Windows 10 PCs, for some reason I’ve never understood, Windows 10 continues to show a OneDrive – Personal folder in Windows Explorer even though I do ...
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: Can’t Paste in to Outlook Search Box
UPDATE: June 2020 Please note that if you can paste in to the search bar using the shortcut CTRL + V and not right click, the chances are you are simply on the newer version of Outlook and at present ...
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 ...
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 ...
Remote Desktop Vulnerability ‘BlueKeep’ – What’s all the Fuss?
There’s a slight stir in the media of late about a vulnerability discovered in the Remote Desktop Services service on Microsoft Windows systems. It’s CVE reference is CVE-2019-0708 but is ...
How To Split Dropbox Folder Across Multiple Drives
Updated in 2019 after testing on Windows 10 I recently upgraded my desktop’s hard drive to one of the amazing for the performance gains it brings but due to my limited budget, the size I bought ...
The Sophos Shake Up
It’s not often I do a write up about a vendor rather than a specific piece of software or kit but my recent experiences with Sophos (both personally and at work) have made a lasting impression I ...
Solved: Windows 10 Bluetooth Headphones Jittery & Interrupting Music Playback
So I’ve had lots of Windows 10 issues on multiple laptop when trying to play music via Bluetooth headphones or earpieces recently. My headphones would cut out at seemingly random times and also ...