On Saturday, Nvidia released an update to its GeForce drivers, bringing them up to version 310.90. Prior versions contain a security vulnerability in the NVIDIA Display Driver service (nvvsvc.exe). The vulnerability would allow an existing account to gain elevation to administrator access. The existing account requirement means the vulnerability is not the end of the world but … [Read more...]
Top 10 404TS articles in 2012
The year 2012 ends today and it's been another heck of a year. To wrap up the year, I am reflecting on the top articles like last year. 404 Tech Support enjoyed well over half a million pageviews in 2012. I'm hoping visitors found the answers to their questions and may have even subscribed to the RSS feed or returned for future articles. In 2012, we published 376 articles. … [Read more...]
DuckDuckGo explains Do Not Track
Name search engines off the top of your head. Ready? Go! Google Search Bing Yahoo! Ask ... Did you run out of answers at 3 or 4? Google and Bing are obviously the big ones. Ask has some prominent promotions and their toolbar is linked into a lot of software. Here's two more search engines you should give a shot? DuckDuckGo Blekko Why should you consider different … [Read more...]
Create a QR Code to share your WiFi settings
With another holiday weekend upon us, perhaps you would like to give your visitors easy access to your WiFi. Instead of having to repeat your SSID, the authentication type, and the password for each person, you could write it down. Even with it written down, you're not saving them any keystrokes, plus you have the possible typo or misinterpretation of zeros or capital 'O' or … [Read more...]
The Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows 8/Server 2012
After installing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows 7 or Windows 8, in addition to the popular Active Directory Users and Computers and Group Policy Management Console, you will gain access to the Active Directory Administrative Center. Active Directory Administrative Center provides network administrators with an enhanced Active Directory data management … [Read more...]