Keeping your software up to date on Windows is crucial for security, performance, and access to new features. This guide will walk you through various methods to on how to keep Apps up to date on Windows devices. We’ll cover manual updates, automated tools, and leveraging PowerShell and winget for advanced update management. Please see…
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In this article, we will learn how to Raise or Downgrade AD Domain and Forest Functional Level. Upon installation of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), basic Active Directory features are automatically enabled, along with domain-wide and forest-wide features. To enable “all domain-wide features” the domain controllers must run the latest Windows Server version. Please…
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Let’s Encrypt provides free, trusted SSL certificates, widely accepted by many authorities and browsers. The certificates are signed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) Root X1, ensuring a high level of trust. Certbot, a command-line tool developed in Python, makes it easy to request and renew these certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Although direct support…
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In this article, we shall discuss “AD Recovery: Fix device ran into an issue with error 0xc00002e2”. Recently, my lab environments have been repeatedly restarting due to a faulty switch. After extensive research to solve this issue before performing VM recovery, I discovered that the problem was caused by the Hyper-V host experiencing unplanned restarts….
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In this article, we shall be discussing extensively the steps on how to integrate ObjectFirst OOTBI Appliance with VBR (Veeam Backup and Replication). Object First Out-of-the-Box Immutability (OOTBI) provides true data immutability and is very simple to deploy, as we will see shortly. It meets security compliance requirements and addresses the issue of slow recovery…
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Undoubtedly, Object First Out-of-the-Box Immutability (OOTBI) storage ranks among the best storage appliances on the market today, specifically designed for the Veeam Backup solution. The same brilliant minds who developed and founded Veeam are behind the creation of OOTBI. In this article, we shall discuss how to Configure Object First OOTBI Appliance. Please see Set…
Encryption is a powerful tool for protecting data on your Windows devices. However, there are times when you might need to disable it. Let’s walk through the process of disabling device encryption in Windows 10/11 and understand the difference between Device Encryption and BitLocker Drive Encryption. Kindly see, How to Change BitLocker Password in Windows and how…
In this article, I will be showing you How to Configure and run Performance Tests in Postman. APIs is the backbone of many businesses today and the quality and reliability of these APIs can have a great impact on how customers feel about a product. If you want to get great feedback from your customers…
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In this article, I will be deploying a Next.Js app using the Heroku cloud application platform. Heroku is one of the best platforms as a service (PaaS) that many developers are using to build, run, and operate their applications fully on the cloud. Please see How to use GitHub as Source Provider for AWS CodePipeline, and how…
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In this article, I will show you how to Configure Postman for a Secure API key Authentication. API “Application Programming Interface” is the bedrock of all system applications. Without an API it will be impossible for the backend logic of an application to communicate with the frontend. Please see How to Import Data from a…
BitLocker is a Windows security feature that provides encryption for entire volumes. It addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned devices. In this article, we shall discuss the following topic “understanding BitLocker Windows Update Shutdown or Reboot option behavior”. This is important for maintaining system security and functionality….
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Copy and paste between your Windows or MacOS and Hyper-V Server or VMs running do not work correctly. In order to be able to use the copy and paste feature between your device and Hyper-V, this needs to be configured in advance. Therefore, we will discuss how to perform Copy and Paste between your device…
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Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides block-level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances. When you attach an EBS volume to an EC2 instance, you can use it to store data that needs to persist across instance reboots and replacements. EBS volumes are highly suitable for essential and long-term data storage. This article will…
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