I've avoided posting about this for a while mostly because I thought Windows Photo Viewer would get removed. But it's still there in Windows 10 1909 and it's still good - even though it doesn't play animated GIFs and hasn't been updated since the time of Windows 7. Here's how to enable it in Windows... Continue Reading →
Quantum Computing Primer
Recently I've been doing some research into quantum computing; I wanted to understand its current state in 2019 along with where it could be headed in the next few decades. Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a physicist, although I do have a basic understand of quantum mechanics. I would like to... Continue Reading →
Elevating Permissions To Disable Windows Defender
I’ve been developing a new payload for the Bash Bunny using external tools but a lot of them get flagged by Windows Defender - so I turned my attention to disabling Windows Defender and found some interesting information. I wanted to disable Windows Defender temporarily, just enough time to run the attack and then re-enable... Continue Reading →
Quick PoSH: User Logon Auditing
Here's a real quick and dirty user logon/logoff auditing script that has been helpful in educational institutions. The script is available to download from GitHub. Usage Open the Group Policy Object at the top most level of your domain(s) and add the script to the PowerShell scripts area. On log on, add the -logon... Continue Reading →
Managing Windows Updates with Group Policy
In this post I'll walk through how I manage and test the delivery of Windows Updates to all my clients and servers. I'll also go through how I manage essential servers like Domain Controllers, Hyper-V hosts and I'll touch on getting started with Cluster-Aware Updating. We're going to group our machines into Clients and Servers,... Continue Reading →
Windows Admin Center
At the time of writing Windows Admin Center has been around for almost 18 months, in those 18 months it's come a long way and is still being actively developed and updated. It's a simple install, can be installed on either Windows 10 or Server 2016/2019, doesn't require an internet connection or Azure, and will... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Updated
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit has been updated to build 8456 and includes support for: Windows 10, version 1809 Windows Server 2019 Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1809 Configuration Manager, version 1810 The full release notes are available from Microsoft here. If you'd like to get in touch with me please use the comments, Twitter or... Continue Reading →
Windows 10 1809/Windows Server 2019 availability has been restored by Microsoft
Microsoft has resumed the rollout of Windows 10 1809, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server, version 1809. The ISO's are now available to download from the Volume Licensing Service Center once again. Microsoft have posted about resuming the rollout and how they test and validate updates over on the Windows blog. There's also a good... Continue Reading →
Deployment of Windows 10 1809/Windows Server 2019 Paused by Microsoft
Update 2018-11-13: Microsoft has resumed the rollout of Windows 10 1809, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server, version 1809. The ISO's are now available to download from the Volume Licensing Service Center once again. Hi all, Given I've posted my usual guides on how to deploy Windows 10 1809 with MDT, I thought it important... Continue Reading →
