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There is no available field to filter the Windows Event VIewer Security Logs for users logging in with RDP (logon type 10). Use the XML tab and check the box Edit query manually. <QueryList> <Query Id="0" Path="Security"> <Select Path="Security"> *[ EventData[Data[@Name='LogonType']='10'] and System[(EventID='4624')] ] </Select> </Query> </QueryList> If you would like to include a condition for the user account as well as … [Read more...]
Often when you're working in heterogeneous environments you will be needing to convert the standard Linux format x509/PEM SSL certificate files to the Windows native PFX/p12 format, or vise-versa. The following OpenSSL commands are able to do just about every type of certificate conversion imaginable. Tip .pem, .cer, crt. are all the same type of x509/pem certificate only with different extensions. full certificate chain = public cert + intermediate cert + root cert contained in a single … [Read more...]
What is KMSpico? KMSpico is the best activator for practically all versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. In order to activate the desired product, you simply select it in a drop-down box then click a goofy looking red button. Once you get a response back from the application you will need to reboot then you should verify successful activation. Windows 10 activation is now supported. Home, Pro and Enterprise versions are fully supported. Activates: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows … [Read more...]
The default alignment of 31.5Kb on Windows Server 2003 can lead to enormous I/O performance problems with SQL Server (see Are your disk partition offsets, RAID stripe sizes, and NTFS allocation units set correctly?). I thought it would be useful to do a quick blog post showing how to use the diskpart and wmic tools. Google them for lots of info from the Microsoft site – but be careful not to play around with any of the destructive options on productions systems. The options I'm using below will … [Read more...]
If you are deploying SSTP VPN for Windows clients and get the error: "The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline.", you are most likely using your own internal PKI and the certificate used for SSTP does not have a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) accessible from the outside, so the client machine is failing checking whether or not the certificate has been revoked from the CA. If you simply want to bypass this, you can edit the registry on … [Read more...]
Let's Encrypt is a new open source certificate authority that promises to provide free SSL certificates in a standardized, API accessible and non-commercial way. If you've installed SSL certificates in the past, you're probably familiar with the process of signing up for a certificate with some paid for provider and then going through the manual process of swapping certificate requests and completed requests. Let's Encrypt is based on set of open service APIs that can be implemented on any … [Read more...]
