Microsoft has released an update to their Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit. The free security tool can be installed on client computers to prevent sophisticated attacks that traditional antivirus might miss such as DEP, ASLR, and other threats. This update brings EMET up to version 5.5. From Microsoft's Security Research and Defense blog, new functionality … [Read more...]
Installing Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 4 Core and Desktop Experience
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 was released in November. While the general availability release date of Windows Server 2016 is still unknown, this brings us one step closer to that final version. TP4 brought some changes to the operating system which will introduce changes for the Windows system administrator. Server 2016 Core, the version of the operating system … [Read more...]
Creating your first VM with Hyper-V on Windows 10
VirtualBox is a popular free virtualization option for the one-off test machine. If you would instead like to gain a little formalization to your virtualization or just want exposure/experience to Microsoft's Hyper-V, it is included with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise SKUs. Pre-requisites To use Hyper-V, you need: 64-bit version of Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 … [Read more...]
The Drone Racing League season begins this month
The Drone Racing League will feature six drone pilots racing for all of the glory. A pre-season race was performed last July and the official season begins with the first race later this month. On February 22nd, DRL will descend on the Sun Life Stadium (home of the NFL's Miami Dolphins) and race in a 3D course through the stadium. It promises to be an exciting, innovative … [Read more...]
Use Github Gists to embed code on your WordPress site
Occasionally, I like to share code snippets here on 404 Tech Support. I have tried various methods and have not really been satisfied with them. Formatting the code as pre-formatted does not let it stand out enough and still leaves it at the mercy of WordPress formatting. Various WordPress plugins offer Syntax Highlighting capabilities but it can mean an extra CSS and … [Read more...]