Windows 10 hasn't even reached general release yet but an alternative Start Menu alrady has. Stardock, the company which released Start8 in response to the poorly received Start Screen of Windows 8, has announced and released an alternative Start Menu for Microsoft's upcoming operating system. Start10 was released to beta for Object Desktop subscribers. It requires Windows 10 … [Read more...]
Windows logs to help troubleshoot Group Policy
Troubleshooting Group Policy can be anything but straight-forward. You can double-check everything on the server side - settings, OU, security filtering - and come to the conclusion that things should work but still not get the desired results on the client. A previous article explains Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP) and GPResult to use in troubleshooting Group Policy but … [Read more...]
YouTube Kids app brings safe videos to little ones
YouTube introduced a new app for Android and iOS devices specifically built from the ground up for kids. The app provides safe video content for kids in a layout that is easy to navigate and browse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUmMAAPX6E8 YouTube's approach for the new app included a new design with large images and icons. It also offers built-in voice search to even help … [Read more...]
Testing and removing Lenovo Superfish adware
PC manufacturer Lenovo sold out its customers in the fourth quarter of 2014. Bloatware is hardly a new phenomenon (and is universally despised) as it allows manufacturers to increase their profit margins by cutting deals to preload their computers with specified software, toolbars, and trials. Antivirus trials are common and get in the way while decreasing the customer's actual … [Read more...]
Create a bootable USB drive
When I was testing out the software-based firewalls recently, I downloaded the .iso files and began the hunt for a blank CD to burn them on. I finally found one and burned the .iso to disc. Upon sticking it into a spare PC and booting from the CD, it errored out and complained that the source was corrupted. Not only did it take me some time to find my dwindling stock of CD-Rs … [Read more...]