Category Archives: Applications

Microsoft Store integration with AppLocker

Posted on 2023/05/15 by rcmtech

This post is an update on my previous article Managing the Microsoft Store and Apps with AppLocker. Go and read that one first :-) About mid-May 2023 Store version 22303.1401.5.0 was released, and it now has an interesting new AppLocker integartion … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Security – Disable Macros

Posted on 2018/10/28 by rcmtech

Executable code embedded within Office documents continues to be a popular way to deliver malware. Office, by default, opens files downloaded from the internet in a safe way, that prompts the user to first enable editing, and then again to … Continue reading →

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Replace SSL Certificate in Dell OpenManage Server Assistant 7.3

Posted on 2015/03/12 by rcmtech

Dell OpenManager Server Assistant is hardware health monitoring and configuration software that can be installed onto PowerEdge servers. It is very useful as it lets you see details of the hardware, along with any faults, plus can be used to … Continue reading →

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Find the DLL used by an Internet Explorer Add-on

Posted on 2015/01/26 by rcmtech

Found this by accident, but it’s surprisingly easy. I’m using the latest IE, version 11. Click the IE settings cog, and then click Manage add-ons from the menu. In the Manage Add-ons dialogue box, highlight the add-on you want to … Continue reading →

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EMET 5.1 crashes IE11 – SEHOP

Posted on 2015/01/21 by rcmtech

I’ve been running EMET on all my PCs for several years now. I realised that several were still running the version 3.5 tech preview so thought I’d better upgrade to the latest and greatest, EMET 5.1. Having done this, the … Continue reading →

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Record audio output directly on Windows 7 with Audacity

Posted on 2014/11/26 by rcmtech

There are a lot of uses for being able to directly record the sound that your PC is making, and it’s relatively easy to do. This method does not require you to have to use any cables, it just uses … Continue reading →

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MsMpSvc terminates on Windows Server 2003 with defininition version 1.171.1.0

Posted on 2014/04/16 by rcmtech

Have had various servers this morning with the Microsoft System Center Endpoint Protection Client service msmpsvc.exe terminating frequently. The service control manager restarts it but it dies again fairly quickly. So far all the servers are running Windows Server 2003 … Continue reading →

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Powershell function to pin and unpin from Windows Taskbar

Posted on 2014/03/12 by rcmtech

Wrote this to make it easy to add and remove pinned items from the taskbar. Code function Pin-Taskbar([string]$Item = “”,[string]$Action = “”){ if($Item -eq “”){ Write-Error -Message “You need to specify an item” -ErrorAction Stop } if($Action -eq “”){ Write-Error … Continue reading →

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If you use Windows Gadgets maybe avoid IE11 for now

Posted on 2013/11/12 by rcmtech

I know Microsoft ditched gadgets, but I have a few really handy ones on my Windows 7 machines. Seems like IE11 breaks them, they don’t display properly anymore. That’s the built-in currency converter, CPU Usage and weather gadgets. Nasty. The … Continue reading →

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