Sunday, November 1, 2015

Reset Windows Update Agent Script

The Reset Windows Update Agent Script provides a menu of troubleshooting options for the Windows Update service, including fixing corrupt registry values, resetting the Windows Update components, deleting temporary files, and resetting the Winsock settings.

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Reset-Windows-Update-Agent-d824badc

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Rights Management Services Analyzer Tool

The Rights Management Services Analyzer Tool can analyze and help resolve problems with environments that are both AD RMS and Azure RMS-based. It can also check on local RMS client configuration and Azure RMS connector deployments that help connect on-premises services to Azure RMS.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46437

testssl.sh

testssl.sh is a free command line tool which checks a server's service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws.

https://testssl.sh/

Techwalla

Techwalla is a review site that includes information from multiple sources.

https://techwalla.com/

3D Touch with iOS

Newer iPhone models include a feature called 3D Touch.  It is similar to a right-click on an item within Windows.  To disable this feature, access General –> Accessibility –> 3D Touch.

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Test IPv6 web site

The Test IPv6 web site will offer details on your current IPv6 configuration.

http://test-ipv6.com/

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Wi-Fi Assist with iOS 9

iOS version 9 introduced a new feature named Wi-Fi Assist.  It allows an existing communication to switch from Wi-Fi to cellular if the Wi-Fi signal drops too low.  To disable this feature, access Settings –> Cellular and scroll down to the bottom of the list.

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How to remove Candy Crush from Windows 10

To view installed applications for a particular user, launch an elevated PowerShell prompt and use the command Get-AppxPackage –user username.  This should produce a long list of installed “Modern” applications.

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To remove Candy Crush, add the parameter –Name king.com.CandyCrushSaga.  The parameter to note is the Full Package value.

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The cmdlet to remove a “Modern” application is Remove-AppxPackage.  If you attempt to use the command still at the elevated prompt, an error will be returned.

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If the Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet is used followed by the full package name under the user account name in question, it should be successful.

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

CanaryTokens.org

The CanaryTokens web site offers a free service to send a notification if a link is accessed.

http://canarytokens.org/

How to disable SMB1 for Windows 7 and Windows 8/10

The KB article at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2696547 highlights how to disable various versions of the SMB versions for different editions of Windows.  To disable SMB1 on Windows 8/10 as a server, launch an elevated PowerShell session and use the following command:

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -EnableSMB1Protocol $false

The following command can verify that SMB1 is disabled:

Get-SmbServerConfiguration | Select EnableSMB1Protocol, EnableSMB2Protocol

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To disable SMB1 for Windows 7, use the following command:

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" SMB1 -Type DWORD -Value 0 –Force

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To disable SMB1 with Windows 7/8/10 as a client, launch an elevated command prompt and enter the following commands:

sc.exe config lanmanworkstation depend= bowser/mrxsmb20/nsi
sc.exe config mrxsmb10 start= disabled

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