When working in IT you sometimes have to get creative to get the necessary results. For preventing users to Save to the Desktop there are two ways of doing it. The Manual way or the Automated way. Using Group Policies Read More …
Renaming well-known accounts in Windows makes it more difficult for unauthorized access to the Computer Systems and its Resources. Although Microsoft has made strides to protect the System accounts as IT Administrator’s we can go a little Extra. With the Read More …
In every environment, there will always be that one application that requires privileged access. Sofware that uses a local database like SQLite is some of the biggest culprits. Account Software is the other. So how do we grant access to Read More …
Probably one of the biggest known threats out there know to all administrators is Removable Storage (USB Access). Not only does it bring the potential for Viruses and much other harmful Software. This also makes it easy for a disgruntled Read More …
I assisted with a school Excel spreadsheet where the teachers had multiple students from multiple schools do various eisteddfod pieces. The objective was to make the file easy to fill in while being reusable for following years. Which is easy Read More …
When using Excel you are not always using it for Financial reports only.As an example, I was doing a cost comparison on Printers that involved me knowing when we used Excess prints. Thus I am only interested in the prints Read More …
Looking after any Network environment is a daunting task at best. Not only do you have to protect from External attacks but Internal Users aswell.Yes, I am talking about that Sales Person that required USB access once because he needs Read More …
Installing a Domain Controller is easy compared to Managing an Active Directory. Let’s just quickly Clarify the Terminology: A Domain Controller is THE SERVER that responds to Authentication Requests Normally a Physical or a Virtual Machine. The Active Directory is Read More …
My USB was working the last time I worked on my PC. A story I heard so many times before. So Why is my USB Port Not Working? Out of all the possibilities out there I am going to guess Read More …
Understanding VLAN’s is not always easy. Especially if you learn it from the internet by yourself. Firstly what is the purpose of VLAN’s?