Saturday, June 26, 2021

Policy Plus - Registry IO of large unsigned values

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A couple weeks ago, I received a report from a Policy Plus user of an error in saving the POL file. Based on the error message displayed, t...
Friday, April 30, 2021

Policy Plus - Policy definition ACL fix

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Microsoft apparently changed its mind about only publishing policy definitions through Windows Update - new MSIs are now available for downl...
Saturday, March 27, 2021

Why WaasMedic Agent hammers the disk

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After a recent large Windows update I noticed that "WaasMedic Agent Exe", hosting the "Windows Update Medic Service", re...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Finding the local computer's machine account SID

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The Get-ADComputer cmdlet, I hear, can get the SID of a computer's Active Directory machine account. But because it contacts Active Dir...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Logging into a domain account without connection to a real domain controller

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Windows domain member computers cache some domain users' password hashes so that recent users of the machine can still log in even when ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Allowing standard users to run a privileged scheduled task

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A Super User asker wanted to allow all users to perform one specific action that usually requires administrative privileges. Application de...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Applying shims to standard Windows programs

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While browsing for information about the Windows application compatibility shim engine, I found someone remarking that they had trouble appl...