Trojan Horse, a cyber-thriller by Microsoft Fellow Mark Russinovich, is the second in the series after Zero Day. If you remember my Zero Day review, the book was recommended read for any with a technical inclination. Since then, a short called Operation Desolation also came out for the Kindle and was also found to be very enjoyable in its bite-size adventure format. I finally … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
How to delete cached Windows Updates in Windows 7/8
I recently ran across a machine that was having problems installing Windows Updates. It would seemingly go through fine but upon restarting it would change from "Configuring Updates" to "Failure configuring Windows Updates. Reverting Changes." In troubleshooting, a theory was to delete the update that had been downloaded and have Windows Updates re-download it. In case the … [Read more...]
ES File Explorer connects your Android device to your local network shares and the Cloud
I was looking for a file explorer app for my Android smartphone in order to enable me to access the 404TS web server and my NAS at home. The web server and the NAS from outside of my home network could be accessed through FTP while in the house on WiFi, I could access it using the SMB protocol. I tried out a few options. The popular option seemed to be Solid Explorer, which … [Read more...]
How to delete a service through the command line
I was working on a client's malware-infected computer earlier. After getting past the big infections, I was doing a more thorough spot-check and noticed some unwanted Browser Helper Objects (spyware) still latching on to Internet Explorer. They also had entries in the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list. I told them to uninstall but it essentially did nothing. The files … [Read more...]
How to install the Amazon Instant app on your Nintendo Wii and Wii U
Amazon.com published a press release yesterday that announced the arrival of an app for Amazon Instant Video on Nintendo's Wii and Wii U console. Since my previous articles on how to install the Netflix app on the Nintendo Wii and on the Sony PlayStation 3 continue to be popular articles, I presumed that an article on installing the Amazon Instant App might also prove … [Read more...]