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My privacy concerns with Windows 10 and 4 ways to fix them.

Yippie Kai Yay.  Windows 10 is officially in the house. You know how I used to feel about Windows 10.  You know how to install Windows 10 in VirtualBox, You know about the security features in Windows 10.  You know about

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Cracking Windows Passwords (Part 1 of 2)

Do you remember a thing called trust?  I remember when I was 10 or 11 years old I decided to open a “family” bank for my brother and sister. Being the conniving bigger brother, I convinced them that their allowances

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3 simple time saving tricks in Active Directory

Active Directory has always captivated me.  I know that sounds silly but it’s true. When I was still a young buck in college, I remember logging into the computer lab and hearing rumors how the machines were “locked down” by the

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Understanding Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2 (Part 3 of 3)

Welcome to the final part of our three part series on Understanding Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2. I gave you the theory behind Active Directory in my first post. In the second post, I showed you step-by-step how to setup

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Understanding Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2 (Part 2 of 3)

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In the previous post, I gave you a conceptional overview of Active Directory. In this post, we’re going to put our fingers to the keys and actually begin installing it from scratch in Windows Server 2012 R2. You’re going to learn:

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