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Hyper-V Virtualization: Turning Hyper-V On and Off

I recently started using Hyper-V on my Windows 10 workstation to task advantage of using technologies such as Docker that leverages Hyper-V to run its container images.  I also run VMware Player for running virtual machines. The following commands make it a simpler task to toggle Hyper-V on and off again. To Turn Hyper-V off, […]

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Which Active Directory Group Policies are being Applied to your Accounts

Playing a bit of detective, I started reviewing Active Directory Group Policies that had been applied to workstations, in an attempt to resolve a few reported concerns regarding polices being applied successfully. Using the gpresult command I was able to output all of the polices applied. The command requires the specification of scope to be […]

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News Technical

Meltdown & Spectre Vulnerabilities

Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer.  Malicious programs can exploit Meltdown and Spectre to get hold of secrets stored in the memory of other running programs obtaining passwords, logon details and what was once thought to be […]

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How-To Software Technical

Backup of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5

It’s always a good idea to backup your work to provide you a way to recovery if things go wrong with your environment. Running an home lab I have cause my own share of issues many of times which had forced me to reinstall and configure my vCenter environment. Moving forward I will be taking advantage […]

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News Personal

My Facebook: Why I recently purged

Today is Monday, January 1, 2018 I just finished what I is the first round of purges of my social media feeds. Mostly on my Facebook accounts. This was not a task that was simple to do, because many of the persons removed I do like them but no longer maintain a connection outside of […]

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It’s 2018 – Happy New Year

Happy New Year, Wishing you all the best this year.  Starting now we have 365 days to go after all the things we want and finish 2018 strong.  Be relentless in your efforts and focused on the desired results.  At the end of the day, the only thing that matter is what you truly want.  […]