Reading Time: 3 minutes 4 Easy Steps To Prevent Background Applications From Running In Windows 10 Stopping Background Apps Using Privacy Settings As systems are becoming more and more feature rich, it has become common process to include these applications during the start up process to expedite their functionality once the system is in […]
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How to Enable File Auditing in Windows Server 2012 R2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Because sometimes we need another log to manage Without a doubt there will be a time in your life – perhaps that time is now – when you need to kick up the logging and reporting on your network to process a few audits of file access, deletion, moves, etc. […]
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US Postal Service Addresses Vulnerability That Exposed 60 Million Users Data For Over A Year
Reading Time: 3 minutes A critical security vulnerability that exposed the data of more than 60 Million customers to anyone who has an account to USPS.com was finally patched this last week. The vulnerability is connected to an authentication weakness in an application programming interface ( An API ) for the USPS as part […]
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How to Create A New User Account with Net User
Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you looking for a quick way to add a new user account via command line? Here at Your Digital Mind we have put together a quick walk through on how to utilize the command line to add a local user account. There are a few entries that you will […]
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1.5 Million Patient Records Hacked from Singapore’s Largest Healthcare
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore’s Largest healthcare group – SingHealth – was the target of a massive data breach that enabled hackers to obtain personal information of over 1.5 Million patients who had used SingHealth’s services between May of 2015 and July of 2018. SingHealth is the largest healthcare group in Singapore that services […]
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How To Restrict Logon Hours In Active Directory
Reading Time: 2 minutes How To Restrict Logon Hours In Active Directory While this is not a task that is performed often – it can provide some benefits to administrators who would like to limit the hours of access to specific Active Directory User Accounts. There is also a way to perform this […]
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150 Million Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal Accounts Compromised
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a recent attack against Under Armour’s Virtual health and wellness application – MyFitnessPal – it has been disclosed that over 150 Million accounts have been compromised including names, email addresses and bcrypt-hashed passwords. Even though there are still details being identified as to how the attack occurred and what […]
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Subnetting – Is It Worth The Headache?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Are there any benefits to subnetting your private network? I cannot begin to tell you how many times a week I am asked by clients or students and sometimes even working professionals – what is a subnet, should I use them and what are the benefits, if any, of subnetting […]
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Windows Error – Event ID 4 – Kernel-EventTracing
Reading Time: 1 minute Windows Error – Event ID 4 – Kernel-EventTracing When it comes to Event Log errors – sometimes the easiest to correct are the ones we overlook the most. The Kernel-EventTracing Event ID 4 error is nothing more than an alert to let us know to either archive the log or […]
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Windows Error – Event ID 7011 – Service Timeout
Reading Time: 2 minutes Windows Error – Event ID 7011 – Service Timeout This is an Event ID Error that many system administrators experience on a regular basis and while many deem it ‘safe to ignore’ we at Your Digital Mind would like to help you make those Event Logs as pretty as possible. […]