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Windows 11 has recently introduced a bug that reports the LSAP Local Security Authority protection is disabled even though it is enabled in the settings. A recent update to the Windows Secur… Read More

As a Steam Deck owner finding this article, you’re probably interested in playing Xbox Game Pass games on your Steam Deck. The good news is that you’ll have a few options dependi… Read More

Microsoft introduced widgets in Windows 11. Some people find the information useful, and while some of it may be, it also adds another way for Microsoft to push content to your device and in… Read More

We previously wrote an article Steam Deck How to Dual Boot Windows and SteamOS on the Internal SSD and in this article we’ll explain how to install Windows 10 or Windows 11 to a microS… Read More

As a Steam Deck owner, many games will run natively in SteamOS and run great. There are a few games that will probably run better in Windows and some games like the new Call of Duty Modern W… Read More

If you use Linux in Windows using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and you’ve come across this article, you’re probably having an issue where your Linux image can’t get co… Read More

Microsoft has added the ability to install an OpenSSH SFTP/SSH Server in Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. It can be added via Powershell or as a Windows… Read More

If you have tried to install a Windows Compatibility feature in Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022, you might have come across: Add-WindowsCapability failed… Read More

Depending on the version of Windows, you might run into an issue where Powershell is using an older TLS version which could cause errors. Recently, there’s been an industry-wide push… Read More

The Azure CLI is a useful tool for managing various aspects of Azure. If your company uses a proxy service, it might replace the root and intermediate certificates for HTTPS web traffic. Whe… Read More

Unapproved Outlook Add-Ins can pose a security risk to organizations. Some add-ins can ask for more permissions to a user’s mailbox than an organization prefers and depending on the ad… Read More

After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, you might run into errors trying to start your Docker containers similar to “Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container with… Read More

Wordpress installation are usually straightforward. Unfortunately, if you’re using a reverse proxy like Caddy or NGINX in front of your WordPress webserver, you’ll likely run int… Read More

If you ever run into a situation where you have a stuck session state in the connections table in a Check Point firewall, you can refer to SK103876 (You must have a Check Point account with… Read More

If you’re noticing VMMem high CPU usage in Windows 10 or Windows 11, it is related to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL and WSL2). More recently, it seems to happen if you have a Li… Read More

Log4j is a Java library for logging error messages in applications and is a critical security vulnerability with a severity score of 10 out of 10. The high score is due to it being remotely… Read More

If you recently upgraded to Windows 11, you will notice that old Snipping Tool is missing or not working. Windows 11 replaced the old Snipping Tool with combined Snip & Sketch and Snippi… Read More

At the time of this article, the Windows 11 Subsystem for Android is only available to Windows Insiders on the Beta track. It will eventually be released to Release Preview, then to all Wind… Read More

Windows 11 introduced a new truncated right-click menu by default, which means if you right-click on something, you only get a partial menu and a “Show More Options” button to ex… Read More

Telemetry is a type of data collection system that collects engineering data about your browsing history. Most of the data that is collected is hardware and customization based, however it d… Read More

Now that Microsoft has released Windows 11, they’ve also published information that describes how to bypass the TPM 2.0 and CPU requirements to install Windows 11. These steps will wor… Read More

The Cryptographic Services is a Microsoft Windows feature that encrypts and decrypts data on storage devices when they are accessed. When the Cryptographic Services can cause issues such as… Read More

Windows 11 has more security requirements than previous versions of Windows. The main requirements are the use of a TPM 2.0 chip (TPM 2.0 can be enabled in your BIOS if you have current hard… Read More

Windows 11 has more security requirements than previous versions of Windows. The main requirements are the use of a TPM 2.0 chip (TPM 2.0 can be enabled in your BIOS if you have current hard… Read More

Windows 11 has more security requirements than previous versions of Windows. The main requirements are the use of a TPM 2.0 chip (TPM 2.0 can be enabled in your BIOS if you have current hard… Read More

Windows 11 has more security requirements than previous versions of Windows. The main requirements are the use of a TPM 2.0 chip (TPM 2.0 can be enabled in your BIOS if you have current hard… Read More

Windows 11 has more security requirements than previous versions of Windows. The main requirements are the use of a TPM 2.0 chip (TPM 2.0 can be enabled in your BIOS if you have current hard… Read More

If you run into the NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID error in Chrome or Edge, sometimes you can click Advanced then Continue Anyway if it is a site you trust. What happens when there’s no Continu… Read More

Windows Terminal is a handy new app available in the Microsoft Store – Windows Terminal that allows you to open multiple tabs of Powershell, Command Prompt (CMD), Windows Subsystem for… Read More

Windows 11 is now available for download to Windows Insiders as a preview build. Windows Insiders is a type of public beta program where users can get early preview access to updates and fut… Read More

Windows 11 is on the horizon and it brings a lot of changes to the Windows Operating System. For security purposes, there is a new Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirement. There’s been lots of… Read More

A common BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) in Windows 10 is the System Service Exception. Unfortunately, there are a few things that can cause the System Service Exception such as graphic user int… Read More

Windows 10 allows you to store and sync some of your system settings across multiple devices using a single Microsoft Account. It is possible to run into an issue where you get an error stat… Read More

Microsoft has started rolling out a new News and Interests widget in the taskbar for Windows 10 version 1909 and newer releases. You can turn it on and off by right-clicking your taskbar and… Read More

As someone that has used Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) for a few years, one of the frustrations has been renewing the certificate used by ATA. If you have an internal PKI setup… Read More

There might be a few reasons why you want to use user accounts from the macOS login screen. It could be for privacy, a work environment, or maybe you have a local account to run services but… Read More

Windows 10 version 2004 and later include the enhanced Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2). The enhanced WSL2 offers many enhancements over the original WSL including the ability to access… Read More

If you run an Ubuntu 20.04 server, or even a workstation, at some point you’ll probably need to connect an external drive and partition it, format it, and mount it. Using the Ubuntu GU… Read More

If you’re coming across this article, then you’re probably running into this TPM error for your Azure or Office 365 Windows 10 account. The error says “Your computer’… Read More

There are a few ways to update your XBox One controllers. If you connect it to a PC, the Microsoft Store has an XBox Accessories app that should perform the update. Unfortunately for a numbe… Read More

If you use Adobe software on Windows 10, you may run into an issue where you get a logtransport2 error on shutdown of Windows 10. For me, this seemed to start once I put a PiHole in place to… Read More

MacOS Big Sur launched on November 12, 2020 and there have been a large number of complaints of installation failed errors. Initially, Apple reported issues on their status page related to t… Read More

I recently upgraded my server from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In a previous post, I outlined the steps for upgrading NGINX on Ubuntu 20.04 coming from Ubuntu 18.04. Now I ran into… Read More

We previously wrote an article on How to Upgrade NGINX to the Latest Stable Version on Ubuntu. With the release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, server administrators are going to start getting prompted… Read More

The Windows Subsystem for Linux has been around for a while. WSL1 allowed you to run some basic Linux distros in Windows. With the release of WSL2 the architecture will change drastically an… Read More

If your Microsoft Windows Store becomes corrupted, or uninstalled, there are a few ways you can reinstall it. Some options are more technical than others. Option 1: Reinstall Windows Store v… Read More

This issue can apply to any number of computers, but in my case, it was an issue on my new Microsoft Surface Laptop 3. Even out of the box, I was unable to enable the Memory Integrity for Co… Read More

As a System Administrator who is in charge of updating Windows Servers, you’ll probably find a need to force Windows Updates. For example, if you change the option for “Give me u… Read More

As a system administrator, you can deploy Microsoft’s Report Message button in Outlook clients (desktop, web, and mobile app). This feature gives your users the opportunity to report e… Read More

Microsoft currently doesn’t have the Whiteboard app built-in to Microsoft Teams. You can use the web-based version of Whiteboard or you can install the app from the Microsoft Store. Wi… Read More

By default, Azure File Sync will utilize as much bandwidth as it needs to complete its sync tasks. If you have to sync a lot of large files, this could cause a strain on your network. Unfort… Read More

Some HP InkJet, DeskJet, and LaserJet printers allow you to use them in single cartridge mode which means you can use either a black cartridge or color cartridge only instead of both. In my… Read More

This walk-through will assist you in creating accounts which can be used for Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR), formerly known as Skype Room System (SRS). These accounts can be used for any native… Read More

After installing Ubuntu as a Hyper-V virtual Machine and using LVM (Logical Volume Manager), you may run into a situation where there’s only 3.9GB available on the root volume regardle… Read More

ProtonMail and ProtonVPN are quickly becoming a popular option among privacy advocates. ProtonVPN offers apps for Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS. They offer varying tiers of Free, Basic, P… Read More

Windows 10 Update KB4532695 was released on January 28, 2020 for builds 1903 and 1909. Some users are experiencing issues during installation where the install would get to 100%, then fail w… Read More

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Many users on the Google Chrome Support Forums are reporting issues of Google Chrome tabs crashing with the Aw Snap error seen in the screenshot above. When this happens, you can’t eve… Read More

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Windows 10 1903 has been out for a while now and continues to roll out to users. There have been a number of reports from users saying that the Windows 10 1903 (Windows 10 May 2019 Update) i… Read More

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There are a few reasons you could receive a "No Results" message when performing a search in Outlook for Mac. It could be due to Spotlight Search indexing is incomplete, the profile name con… Read More

Over the past few weeks, I've had the opportunity to test and review the OLALA S70-i Power Bank. This power bank offers a 7800mAh battery and includes a built-in lightning and micro-USB cabl… Read More

As an Active Directory Administrator, determining the date that a user last logged onto the network could be important at some point. If you have access to the Attribute Editor in your Activ… Read More

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I recently ran into an issue where Outlook 2016 on Windows 10 was giving me one of these errors whenever I would try to click on a link: "This operation has been cancelled due to restriction… Read More

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With the recent fad of truly wireless bluetooth headphones, there's a few options you have when shopping around. Today, we're reviewing the Allimity True Wireless Earbuds. There's no cord co… Read More

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If you have a Linux virtual machine in VMware, there might be a time when you need to increase the disk size of a Linux native partition. In this article, we'll guide you through the process… Read More

With the recent spread of the #WannaCry ransomware over the past week, the IT community has been in a frenzy to patch vulnerable systems that are missing the MS17-010 patch that Microsoft re… Read More

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