Category: Windows 10
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KB4103723: DO NOT APPLY!
Hey folks, if you know what is good for you, do not apply this patch yet. KB4103723 protects against a CredSSP vulnerability that has not yet been compromised. However, it will break lots of things in your system, including RDP and Hyper-V connections. Errors will include CredSSP errors when trying to connect via RDP (or…
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Windows 10 Support Extended
I know, I am a couple of months late on this… on February 1st, 2018 Microsoft announced that it would be extending support on Windows 10 Editions 1709, 1703, and 1607. That means that instead of having 18 months of support, you will have 24. The bad news? This applies only to the Enterprise and…
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Let’s Go: Creating a Windows to Go Hybrid Device
Recently I wrote a review of the Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3z Flash Drive, a spectacular USB key with some great security features, including a unique keypad that requires you to unlock your device before connecting it to your computer. The same day I received a comment. Anthony asks: Would you be able to provide…
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USB and Windows to Go: Key in!
I have written in the past about several different Windows to Go (WTG) key options, and have leaned heavily toward the ones with Military Grade Security (MilSec). They are all good, they all do just about the same thing. Of course, there are differences with deployment methodology, as well as the tools that support them,…
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Dynamic Lock: Walk away securely.
One of my pet peeves when walking through organizations that I consult for is seeing unlocked and unattended workstations. I hate seeing this, knowing that anyone can sit down at their desk and do… whatever. I know people who would sit down at these unlocked workstations, and send an e-mail to the entire organization (in…
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Windows To Go Gotcha in Windows 10
So here’s an interesting fact about Windows To Go. When Windows 10 first came out I was still running Windows 8.1 on my corporate desktop, and when I went to create my WTG image I couldn’t because the Windows 8.1 WTG engine did not support building Windows 10 WTG keys. Ok, that is understandable. Windows…
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Remotely Enable RDP
Like most IT Managers I manage myriad servers, most of which are both remote and virtual. So when I configure them initially I make sure that I can manage them remotely… including in most cases the ability to connect via RDP (Remote Desktop). But what happens if you have a server that you need to…
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Hello? Nice… but is it worth the money
Microsoft has, over the last few versions of the client, made it much easier to log on to Windows. By introducing PINs, Picture Passwords, integrating logons with Microsoft Accounts they have given us a lot more freedom, while taking security quite seriously. I honestly think it is harder to hack into someone’s personal computer today…
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Panic at the Windows to Go Corral…
I really like my Ironkey Windows to Go (WTG) drives. In fact, I like them so much I carry two of them – a W300 (software encrypted with BitLocker) that is domain-joined to one of my clients’ domains, which I use full-time since my corporate laptop went for a swim, and a W500 (hardware encrypted)…
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Windows 10: Where are my files?
I have gotten three calls in the past month from friends asking for help. They updated their computer to Windows 10, and all of their files are gone, just like that. It seems that there are a couple of questions that are either misleading, hard to read, or easy to overlook… One of them says…
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Using External Storage to Simplify Windows Installation
I have been searching for hours on how to use a SD card as a hard drive to install win10. The laptop I am trying to upgrade gives a message you need to add at least 9GB to continue. Can I use the SD card to finish the install or will it not work? I…
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Windows 10 have VD! No, it’s not what it sounds like…
When I first got into IT after the army my boss at the time was big into Linux… which didn’t bother me at all, because I wasn’t really ‘in to’ anything. I certainly knew Windows better than I knew Linux, but I was just happy to be there. There was one concept that I had…
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Windows to Go: Ironkey gets it right
Back in 2012 I spent a lot of time talking (and writing) about Windows to Go (WTG). This was Microsoft’s newest feature that allowed you to install Windows 8 on a USB key. In theory I loved it, in practice… well, most of the USB keys that I tried it on (the certified ones, and…
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Working From Anywhere
Over the years I have written extensively about methods of working from anywhere using various technologies including Remote Desktop, Virtual Desktop, Remote Apps, Virtual Apps, and Windows To Go. I have been a huge advocate of many of these, both in my blog, in my professional life, and in my capacity as a community leader…
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