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Microsoft: Meltdown and Spectre Check via PowerShell

Like many folks around the world, I was wondering if this Meltdown and Spectre flaw would impact my computers and virtual machines.  Microsoft has started to release emergency fixes for Windows 10 and its been said that Windows 8 and legacy 7 will also receive patches. Microsoft has released a PowerShell script that lets users […]

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What is this Office11ShipAssert error?

I am looking into an error being thrown in the WER directory of several Windows 7 computers running Office 2010 SP2. The error report was picked up by an IDS as communication to as communication going to watson.microsoft.com “Application Crash Report Sent to Microsoft” and thus the investigation has started. The error message is located […]

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modern.IE updated for Internet Explorer 11

The released of Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview is out for Windows 7 its no surprise that team over at modern.IE have updated the tool sets and resources to further help with future development of web we know and have grown to love and depend on. You can find the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) preview available […]

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Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Let’s fall in love with Windows 7 all over again, with Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer 11 Developer Preview is fast and fluid, and lets your websites shine and perform just like native applications on your PC. Highlights: Internet Explorer 11. Fast and fluid for Windows 7. Fast: Internet Explorer 11 harnesses the untapped power of […]

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Get to Network Connections UI by using “ncpa.cpl”

Looking for a quick way to get to your network connections: Control PanelNetwork and InternetNetwork Connections From the run prompt (shortcut keys: WinKey+R) enter ncpa.cpl. You will immediately open a window that takes you to the network connections UI without traveling thought the network sharing center. If you want to create a quick shortcut you can […]

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Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel

Finally Microsoft has released a utility for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 that will mount ISO disk image files as virtual CD drives. What does this mean for most. No more third-party ware riddled with instability problems. Did I say it was ‘free‘. So systems admins such as myself can get one more […]