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Microsoft 365 Information Protection Setup Problems

Microsoft 365 Information Protection Setup Problems

UPDATE: Solution detailed at the bottom, currently Rights Management can only be enabled by PowerShell because – well – Microsoft. I’ve adapted a quote often used for REGEX to summarise the problems of setting up Microsoft Information Protection within Microsoft 365: “So you have a problem you c ...
Bob McKay 2249 views 9 likes Apr 29, 2022 Business, IT Support & Networking, Office 365 Share
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Windows Server 2022 performance issues & dashboard not loading

Windows Server 2022 performance issues & dashboard not loading

Spoiler alert: the problem for me was a recent update from Microsoft: KB5011497 I recently had one of those days when reconfiguring a domain controller I’d been playing with to start using it properly but part of the process was a domain name changed and after doing that, I had all sort of weird behavior and fail ...
Bob McKay 926 views 5 likes Mar 17, 2022 IT Support & Networking, Windows Share
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Solution: Display Problems and/or Photoshop Crashing with Dell D6000 Dock

Solution: Display Problems and/or Photoshop Crashing with Dell D6000 Dock

After a recent reinstall of Windows 10 on my laptop, I suddently discovered that Photoshop would no longer load – it crashed at the point of “initializing html surfaces”, presenting no error – just disappearing. Initially I assumed the problem was with Photoshop because I had updated to the late ...
Bob McKay 1177 views 5 likes Feb 10, 2022 Hardware, IT Support & Networking, Software Share
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Photoshop: Your graphics processor is incompatible

Photoshop: Your graphics processor is incompatible

Today I upgraded to Photoshop 2022 (specifically version 23.0.0 20211013.r.36 623993d x64) and when I launched it, was greeted with the fairly unhelpful message “Your graphics processor is incompatible”: It turns out that the most recent up date to Photoshop has introduced a bug for laptop users that are ru ...
Bob McKay 3307 views 10 likes Nov 15, 2021 IT Support & Networking, Software, Windows Share
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Deploy Hak5 Cloud C2 on AWS LightSail with SSL

Deploy Hak5 Cloud C2 on AWS LightSail with SSL

UPDATE: I wrote an updated version of this tutorial (as of July 2022) available here: https://bobmckay.com/i-t-support-networking/ethical-hacking/deploy-hak5-cloud-c2-on-aws-lightsail-2022/ So I treated myself to some more Hak5 kit (having previously only had the Rubber Ducky), the new devices come with access to a fre ...
Bob McKay 4147 views 13 likes Oct 18, 2021 Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, Hardware, Hosting, Security Share
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Create a Security Honey Pot with OpenCanary and a Raspberry Pi 3 (Updated 2021)

Create a Security Honey Pot with OpenCanary and a Raspberry Pi 3 (Updated 2021)

I’ve created an updated version of my original Raspberry Pi 3 Honey Pot tutorial after I discovered it does work with newer versions of the Linux operating systems. After banging my ahead against a lot of combinations of OS versions, configurations, depedancy issues and configuration issues, I finally got a simpl ...
Bob McKay 15990 views 10 likes Sep 29, 2021 Cyber Security, Domain 1: Security & RIsk Management, Ethical Hacking, Hardware, NAS & Media Servers, Security, Small Business Server, Surveillance Share
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Bluetooth Mouse Freezes after Inactivity

Bluetooth Mouse Freezes after Inactivity

I noticed intermittent frustrating behaviour with my shiny new (awesome laptop by the way) when using it with my .  If I didn’t move the mouse for 5 seconds (even if I was typing and so the laptop didn’t power save), the mouse would freeze and take a couple of seconds to wake-up.  Not the worst issue in the ...
Bob McKay 2353 views 11 likes Sep 3, 2021 Hardware, Windows Share
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Hack The Box Walkthrough: Oopsie

Hack The Box Walkthrough: Oopsie

I’ve returned to HTB recently after a lack of ethical hacking and decided to dip my toe in the water with their “Starting Point” series of challenges. I thought I’d do a write up of Oopsie to cement the knowledge in my head and to provide a really simply walkthrough for newbies (as even the PDF ...
Bob McKay 12097 views 13 likes Aug 3, 2021 Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking Share
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Install & Configure OpenVPN for Trust.Zone VPN on 4K Amazon Fire TV Stick

Install & Configure OpenVPN for Trust.Zone VPN on 4K Amazon Fire TV Stick

I use Trust.Zone when I want to VPN in to various other countries and wanted to add this functionality to my Fire TV Stick so that when I’m travelling, I can take it with me and still watch UK TV.  Unfortunately, I had a lot of trouble with the Trust.Zone VPN application on an Amazon – to be fair I have to ...
Bob McKay 3685 views 10 likes Aug 2, 2021 Hardware, IT Support & Networking, NAS & Media Servers, Tech & Gadgets Share
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HackTheBox VPN Internet Not Working (AKA Enable Split Tunneling on HTB VPN)

HackTheBox VPN Internet Not Working (AKA Enable Split Tunneling on HTB VPN)

A common frustration for Kali Linux users when they create a VPN connection to Hack The Box is that often, Internet access disappears like a fart in the wind.  It’s often more of a nuisance than anything but some of the challenges have web applications that tried and load internet based resources (such as font fi ...
Bob McKay 11543 views 12 likes Jul 18, 2021 Cyber Security, Ethical Hacking, IT Support & Networking Share
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