A couple of weeks ago I published a script to list installed updates . Predictably, one of the comments ask for a version that can do that remotely. Here it is. This version can be run a couple of ways. First, you can double-click it. If you do it will prompt you for which computer to list the updates...
Recently I started noticing a very strange problem. user Group Policy was not applying for a single user. All other users got GPO just fine, but for one user GPO failed to apply. This manifested itself in a couple of interesting ways: When you run gpresult under this user's account you get an error that...
I've had this love-hate relationship with Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) for years. On the one hand, I agree to a large extent with Tom Shinder and Tim Mullen that SBS makes security compromises that in many, if not most, businesses are imprudent. It combines all services onto a single system...
While poking around for a blog post on Susan's blog, I found this one , asking how to wipe a drive. Teacher, Teacher, I know the answer, I know: cipher /w:<drive letter> This command, built into Windows XP and higher, does a three-write pass over a drive to wipe all free space. You will, of...
Susan posted this a few days ago , and I just thought it made sense to give it some more attention. SMB Message Signing is one of, if not the most, problematic security setting in Windows. It is commonly used to defeat man-in-the-middle attacks, but getting the settings to match on clients and servers...