Microsoft has provided BitLocker since the Enterprise and Ultimate versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The Vista release could only encrypt operating system partitions (with some extended capability through the command line tool). Windows 7 inclusion extended whole drive encryption capabilities to additional partitions and to removable drives. Encryption of removable drives was labeled … Continue reading BitLocker to Go READER in Windows 10
Tag Archives: Windows 8
How to Configure your Network Location in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
In this video, Windows Server instructor Rick Trader demonstrated how to configure your network locations by using Windows 8 and 8.1. Rick also presented how to establish and configure network locations in Windows 10. You can watch this video on our Webinars Training website. How to Configure a Network Location in Windows 10. In a previous … Continue reading How to Configure your Network Location in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Windows 10 – Ready, Set …
I continue to play with Windows 10. Play is the operative word. I haven’t found sufficient power to cause me to use Windows 10 as my primary system. Not yet. As my director suggested, “Pioneers catch the arrows”. One shouldn’t expect any less when reviewing a technical preview. Microsoft still has considerable work to do … Continue reading Windows 10 – Ready, Set …
Two ways to launch a Windows Command Prompt as user SYSTEM
This blog explores two ways to launch a command prompt as user SYSTEM in Windows. It applies to Windows 7/8 and Server 2008/2012 (Windows 10 has a slightly different method). That is not to say you can’t do this in previous versions of Windows, but in earlier versions it was much easier to accomplish what you are … Continue reading Two ways to launch a Windows Command Prompt as user SYSTEM
How to Connect Your GNS3 Environment to VirtualBox in Windows 8
Video – How to Connect Your GNS3 Environment to a Virtual Box in Windows 8. In this video post, I’ll show how to connect a GNS3 environment to an Oracle Virtual Box using Windows 8 to expand on your network environment to bring in actual clients. Video Transcription: By Mark Jacob Cisco CCNA and … Continue reading How to Connect Your GNS3 Environment to VirtualBox in Windows 8
Windows 8/8.1: I want Windows Defender! (Not the “free” AV solution)
Our instructors just received Lenovo Touch screen laptops. Complete with all of the trial software that a person could want. Probably more. Amongst the several dozen free (well at least for a 30 to 90 day trial period) applications is a well know anti-virus solution. The AV offering is one of the top four on the … Continue reading Windows 8/8.1: I want Windows Defender! (Not the “free” AV solution)
Windows 10 – First Look
In my last Windows 10 blog I had just installed the operating system using an ‘in place upgrade’ from Windows 8.1. Several of the desktop features appear to be residue from Lenovo and my Windows 8.1 environment, although there is a clear difference. First, there is no more Start Screen. We are back to the … Continue reading Windows 10 – First Look
Windows 10 Introduction
Just finished watching a Microsoft Webcast, “What’s Next with Windows 10” with Stephen Rose and Jeremy Korst. I became a member of the ‘Windows Insider Program’ last week and downloaded a copy of the Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO file. I am also in the process of upgrading my Lenovo ThinkPad from Windows 8.1 (with … Continue reading Windows 10 Introduction
Time to Recover – Rebuilding your Computer
(Part two in a series) For part one go to: Before you Rebuild your Computer (Actually, before your system fails) In my last blog, I shared suggestions that might help you to affect an efficient return to service for your computer system. The day has come. Your system is corrupted or has failed (or become … Continue reading Time to Recover – Rebuilding your Computer
Before you Rebuild your Computer (Actually, before your system fails)
Sometimes the Universe sends you a message. We don’t listen, so the Universe sends it again. And again. Until we learn. Four friends, clients, former students contacted me during my holiday time to request (beg?) assistance recovering or rebuilding their systems following hardware replacement, operating system upgrades, or malware intrusion. Several dozens of my hours, … Continue reading Before you Rebuild your Computer (Actually, before your system fails)