Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you been experiencing some random slowness on your system? Are there search queries that are not finding data you know exists? Is your event log full of Service Control Manager 7024? Is the Windows Search Service terminating over and over again? There is a decent chance that you are […]
What Is DISM and How Do I Use It?
Reading Time: 8 minutes We will go over all the specifics later but the short answer – DISM is a Microsoft Command Line tool that was designed to allow administration of the ‘Nuts and Bolts’ of the Operating System Image itself. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Keep […]
Android Security Bulletin – December 2019
Reading Time: 6 minutes The well known and respected Android Security Bulletin is a publication that contains all the details of security vulnerabilities that are affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of 2019-12-05 or later have been addressed. To learn how to check a device’s security patch level, see Check and update your Android […]
How To Find Last Logon Time In Active Directory
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the most dreaded things on a Windows SysAdmin’s ‘to do’ list is maintaining Active Directory and all if it’s inter working parts. Objects, groups, permissions, security groups, rights, who can do what… What is even more problematic is if the previous Sysadmin ( or current, lets be serious […]
Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability – BeaverBuilder and Elementor Affected
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you a WordPress user who has “Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder” or “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” Installed? If you have not updated since Wednesday, December 11th 2019, chances are that your website has either been attacked or on the list of vulnerable sites just waiting to be attacked. What […]
How To Add Container Option To Active Directory
Reading Time: 5 minutes Active Directory is one of those things that simply has more nuances than many people expect or even know about, especially when discussing different configurations which require the Scheme Admin security group associated with their account. Adding containers within Active Directory is just one of those situations – a nuanced […]
What Is CBS.log ?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Component Based Servicing ( CBS ) are logs that contain information about installation or uninstallations during updates and patches. I am sure that you probably inferred that without too much issue – but what exactly does that mean and how does it affect you? If you are reading this article […]
New iPhone Jailbreak Exploit Identified as ‘UnPatachable’ for Millions of Devices
Reading Time: 3 minutes All Devices From The iPhone 4S to iPhone X are susceptible This latest iOS exploit has been mentioned to create a permanent, unblock-able jailbreak for hundreds of millions of iPhones across the world. Given the name “checkm8” by the researcher axi0mx ( @axi0mx on twitter ), this exploit utilizes a […]
Renewing Lets Encrypt SSl For WordPress
Reading Time: 3 minutes As many of us know – SSL’s are not only a common piece item of good internet structure, but the process has been made so simple that there really isn’t an excuse anymore not to have one for your site. The drawback – buzzwords and companies have made the SSL […]
How To Identify IP From MAC Address
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes you only have a MAC address to work with — how do you find and identify the device on the network? If you are in IT, and chances are if you are reading this you are, there will come a time where you will need to reverse lookup an […]