If your looking to confirm what SQL version 11.0.6594.0 is in real terms, then you will be happy to know that it is: CU8 for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP3 (KB4013104). But how, well there is a great set of tables over at Build Numbers that shows you! Click Here: https://buildnumbers.wordpress.com/sqlserver/ Enjoy.
If you are adding a number of users or computers within Active Directory to one or more groups it can be time consuming. I needed to add AD objects into groups, over time, sometimes with duplicate objects in the source data and the group, so created a txt file per AD group and a small …
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You can use S/MIME certificates, also called “Digital Certificates” or “Personal Certificates”, with most email clients to digitally sign and/or encrypt email messages. In order to digitally sign or encrypt your email, you will need a digital certificate. Get a certificate For this example, we will use the free certificate service from Comodo. Head over …
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When working accross a mix of Windows and Linux systems, line brakes can be a pain. This is especially true when writing scripts in one for use on the other. This can be easily addressedin Notepad++ on Windows as shown below.
This affects older systems, however I needed this for a Windows 2000 system the other day. Yep, they are still about. Here is a quick command line to create a null session: How to access shares after creation of null session: A little more info here if your interested.
Note to self, and to you… 🙂 Some quick links to: Microsoft Windows Media Creation Tools Windows 7 (Media Download) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows7 Windows 8.1 – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=510815 Windows 10 – http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209 Windows USB/DVD Download tool The Windows USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7/8 ISO file on a USB flash …
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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