November 2015

  • Microsoft zaps dodgy Dell digital certificates

    The company’s security tools will remove the eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider certificates Microsoft has updated several of its security tools to remove two digital certificates installed on some Dell computers that could compromise data. The updates apply to Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1; Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 […]

  • Microsoft acknowledges bug led to Windows 10 November upgrade stoppage

    Restores 1511 to download site, restarts Windows Update push Microsoft has restored access to Windows 10’s November upgrade from its download center, saying that it pulled the upgrade because of a bug. “Recently we learned of an issue that could have impacted an extremely small number of people who had […]

  • 74-409 Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

    QUESTION 1 Your role as Network Administrator at ABC.com includes the management of the company’s virtual infrastructure. A Windows Server 2012 R2 server named ABC-HV1 runs the Hyper-V role and hosts virtual machines for users in the Finance department. You need to configure a new virtual machine (VM) to host […]

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    70-696 Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune

    70-696 Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune Published: January 23, 2015 Languages: English Audiences: IT professionals Technology Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Intune Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE Skills measured This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative […]

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    Former Marine fights to connect veterans with IT jobs

    One consulting firm’s hiring program aims to place U.S. military veterans in IT engagements. The transition to corporate life can be challenging for military veterans. Companies aren’t used to hiring veterans, whose resumes are unlikely to make it past their keyword-filtering software. Veterans aren’t used to articulating their military experience […]

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    What’s behind the odd couple Microsoft-Red Hat partnership

    Latest move by Microsoft to support open source technology. No, hell has not frozen over, but yes Microsoft and Red Hat have announced a major partnership today. In a collaboration that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, Microsoft – the purveyor of the mainstream and proprietary Windows […]

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    5 dead operating systems, and what their ghosts can tell us

    We conduct a séance of sorts to call forth the souls of operating systems past—not so we can gaze upon their ghastly interfaces, but to learn from their tragic demises. Tremble, mortals! Halloween is upon us. Ghosts, ghouls, and other undesirable creatures are prepared to slink out of their domains […]