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 ...
Category Archives: Windows
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 ...
Which Versions of Windows Include Bitlocker?
BitLocker is Microsoft’s native windows encryption tool. It first appeared – albeit in a limited format – on Windows Vista and has been available on Pro or Enterprise Windows versio ...
Disable Circular Logging in SBS 2011 (Exchange 2010)
I recently wanted to disable Circular Logging on a Microsoft Small Business 2011 Server but every set of instructions I could find was slightly wrong (for older or new versions) so for the reference o ...
Google Chrome Homepage Blank in Internet Explorer
I wanted to create a quick post to see if anyone else commented about a phenomenon I’ve seen over and over on fresh installs of Windows: Internet Explorer appears to deliberately show a blank sc ...
Server 2012 R2 Essentials “Cannot connect this computer to the network”
Last week I finally got around to replacing the ailing SBS 2011 Server with , prompted in part by finally migrating our email accounts to the cloud. I was very impressed with the ease with which it is ...