If you have upgraded to Windows 10, it is likely you will run into problems enabling full disk encryption / system encryption with VeraCrypt due to the GPT configuration of your disk. If your prepared to reload your computer, you can achieve full disk encryption, on Windows 10 home, at no cost. (Providing your disk …
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With the increasing number of mobile computing devices the fixed desktop PC in the home has been on the decrease, in favour of a mix of mobile platforms. Whilst a number of people use their mobile or tablet devices for browsing the web, there is a large number of laptops in use which do not …
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So the drive has failed (or you have reloaded with Linux) and you now need to get Windows 8.1 reinstalled. No rescue media to hand, and no recovery partition available. Its time to reach for the Windows Installation Media Creation Tool. A great tool that enables you to create an ISO or boot USB from …
In this video Seth Juarez interviews Seth Moore who describes another benefit of the Windows 10 Isolated User Mode, credential theft mitigation. He first describes the kinds of credentials that can be stolen and how a hacker gains access to them. He then describes how the Windows 10 Isolated User Mode prevents the typical techniques …
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I stumbled across these videos by Seth Juarez the other day, which explain the detail around Isolated User Mode and security improvements in Windows 10. There is a lot of talk about privacy and ‘telemetry’ in relation to Windows 10, however there is a bigger picture. This should make an interesting watch for those interested …
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I purchased Spinrite some time ago, and have used it a couple of times over the years, but never had any real big success story but equally, I have never had any real problematic drive. The Humax DTR-T1000 YouView HD Digital TV Recorder in the living room started to play up, it was now out …
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So one of the Alfa 9dBi WiFi Antennas reached the end of its usable life. So, not wanting to miss the opportunity, here is a teardown photo of its internals, just for the fun of it. If you would like to boost your wireless, here is an Amazon link: Alfa 9Dbi Wifi Booster Sma Omni-Directional …
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Today I had to resolve a problem with Outlook 2010 not starting. The user was greated with the message: “Cannot open your default e-mail folders. The information store could not be opened.” I found the Outlook.exe file was in XP compatibility mode. To check: 1. Open My Computer and navigate to c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office X\ …
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Install the required components to host the site, eg: a LAMP stack. Update the Ubuntu server and install LAMP, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP: Now we need to clone the default site config file, and customise it to our requirements. Once thats done, enable the site with a2ensite and restart Apache.