Kaspersky is taking the data they receive from endpoints running their protection and mapping it out in real-time to provide a visualization of attack activity by country. The detection vectors are color coordinated between on-access scans, on-demand scans, web antivirus, mail antivirus, intrusion detection scan, and vulnerability scan. Along with the real-time data, you can … [Read more...]
Tiles for Office products are blank on Windows 8.1
My Start screen recently became less descriptive when several tiles went mysteriously blank. With a little memory recall, the blank tiles all seemed to be Office 2013 products on Windows 8.1. For some reason, Publisher 2013 retained its icons but the others - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive - all went blank with just the background of their colored tile to hold … [Read more...]
Utilizing Internet Explorer 11 Enterprise Mode
New installation media for Windows 8.1 Update and Server 2012 R2 Update comes out in the Volume License Servicing Center today. We looked at the new administrative templates for group policy that accompany this Update. One of the key features in the update is Internet Explorer 11 Enterprise Mode, an enhanced compatibility mode that brings back some capabilities from IE's older … [Read more...]
Play Escape from Windows XP
Microsoft has a little hidden web game available called Escape from XP. It's a standard shooter but has nostalgic elements from Windows XP and can be played quickly for some jokes. You use keyboard controls to move your character. W jumps, while A and D move left or right. The arrow keys control which direction you shoot and you can tap Q to switch between weapons. Play … [Read more...]
New Administrative Templates for Windows 8.1 Update and Internet Explorer 11
With the new Windows 8.1 Update arriving this week (unless you use WSUS), I grabbed the updated Administrative Templates for Group Policy. I use a Central Store for my environment, so I copied the updated .admx templates to there and now all policy administrators have the updated policies to manage the new settings. I was specifically looking for the new Internet Explorer 11 … [Read more...]