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Protect your organization from ransomware by blocking macros in Office 2016 through Group Policy
Microsoft has updated the available Office 2016 Administrative Templates for Group Policy configuration. The updated admx files include new settings to block macros from running in Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, or PowerPoint presentations that originated from the Internet. Microsoft has provided this updated mitigation to provide control to a popular vector that malware, … [Read more...]
Ryobi’s high-tech garage door opener
Ryobi has made a tech-friendly garage door opener with their GD200 Ultra-quiet garage door opener. How many technology features do you need from your garage door opener? Well, this one took everything I could think of and more while leaving the door open, pun intended, for the future with its modular design. The GD200 uses a belt to open the garage door, which makes it … [Read more...]
Ready to see Bash on Windows? Upgrade Windows 10 Insider Preview to Build 14316
The Fast Ring of Windows 10 Insider Preview received a new release today bringing the OS build version to 14316. This preview brings some of the new features that were demonstrated at Microsoft's Build developers conference, most prominently the ability to run native Bash on Windows and improvements to Cortana. To run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you have to enable the … [Read more...]
Read the Event Logs on Windows Server Core
So, you installed Windows Server Core without the Desktop Experience. Everything has been going fine with Server 2016 without the GUI until suddenly you start encountering an error. Now, how do read the Event Log for more troubleshooting information? Event Viewer, where are you? If you have a Windows desktop computer nearby and remote management enabled on the server, you … [Read more...]