If you are not familiar with Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), let me fill you in. Not to be confused with Windows Defender Application Guard, a containerization solution for Microsoft Edge that uses Hyper-V to isolate browser sessions, WDAC is one part of Windows Device …
It took Microsoft a bit longer than expected but KB4284848, a new cumulative update for Windows 10 version 1803, has finally been released. Microsoft released cumulative updates for previous versions of Windows last week but did not release an update for the April 2018 Update version. …
Windows has long been a second-class citizen when it comes to package managers. In Linux, it is easy to install an application using apt-get or Yum from the command line. But until recently, there has been no built-in way to do the same in Windows. …
If you just upgraded to Windows 10 but you are experiencing a slow desktop, here are some ways to speed it up. Your computer has been on a marathon upgrade cycle since 2015 and is probably feeling exhausted with the number of feature updates and cumulative …
Rob Lefferts, Microsoft Partner Director, Windows & Devices Group, Security & Enterprise, announced yesterday on the official Windows Business blog that Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) will come to Windows 7 and 8.1 this summer. Before Windows 7 and 8.1 (home) customers get their hopes …
Several third-party anti-ransomware software are around to help you protect your data from ransomware. Many users are using third-party anti-ransomware protection like Acronis Ransomware Protection free to prevent ransomware from encrypting their data. If you are running version 1709 or greater version of Windows 10, …
Microsoft announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0 on January 10th. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at the roadmap for PowerShell and some of the dramatic changes since Microsoft announced that PowerShell will be open source. 40 percent of all VMs provisioned …
A security researcher has ported three leaked NSA exploits to work on all Windows versions released in the past 18 years, starting with Windows 2000. The three exploits are EternalChampion, EternalRomance, and EternalSynergy; all three leaked last April by a hacking group known as The Shadow …
