An endpoint, in the context of a computer network, is a remote computing device that communicates back and forth with a network to which it is connected. Examples of endpoints are: In a more extended definition of endpoint, it may include…
This post explains what is a DLL side-loading attack in the context of IT security. What is a DLL Side-loading Attack? A Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) is a file that is used on Windows systems to group functions. By…
This post lists some professional certifications for administration of Windows operating systems. List of certifications for Windows administration: Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst GIAC’s GCWN Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administration Associate List of…
This post lists possible solutions when getting errors when executing Windows Updates on Windows 10. The usual way to update Windows 10 is go to Start > Windows Update. We assume this is the way you are doing it normally…
1. Use DiskPart Utility Go to command line and type diskpart. Type this command to list all disks in computer: list disk If you want to check info about a disk (for example, disk 1), type these commands: select…
Photos app is installed as default on Windows 10. You can use this app to trim videos. Steps Open video in Windows 10 with Photos app. Usually it is the default app to open videos, so you can just double-click…
When you install a digital certificate on Windows, it does not prompt your password. You may want to add additional security by forcing Windows to prompt password. This solution seems to work only on Chrome, while Firefox ignores it. Steps…
Parameters -f switch sets the Do Not Fragment bit on the ping packet. By default, the ping packet allows fragmentation. In the ping command, the –l option means to send the buffer size in bytes. It is followed by the…
Purpose The purpose of this posts is to give some hints to improve performance on your Windows PC by removing default background processes that are less necessary. Do them only if you have performance issues on your computer. Steps Step…
This post lists some free applications to burn optical discs like CDs, DVDs or Blu-Rays for Windows operating system. List of free CD / DVD / Blu-ray Burners for Windows The applications features on this posts are: Infrarecorder ImgBurn CDBurnerXP…