To activate the adware killer feature in Windows Defender an entry in the registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\ Windows Defender\MpEngine
with a DWORD named “MpEnablePus” with the value “1”.
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11/30/2015
10/1/2015
Awarded 2015 Microsoft MVP for Directory Services
I tricked Microsoft again… I have been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for Windows Server Directory Services for 2015. Every year starting in and since 2001 now.
Doesn’t much matter at work though. I still have people who have never even logged into a production Domain Controller who feel their opinion has the same technical weight as my knowledge. It would be funny but when it all goes to shit they expect me to rush in and fix their bad decisions.
🙂
9/5/2015
Slide Deck from DEC 2008 Dean and joe Show
This slide deck was previously available on jadonex.com. From the Directory Experts Conference in 2008.
http://www.joeware.net/deanandjoeshow/DEC2008_slides.ppsx
9/1/2015
About Damn Time Microsoft – Split Brain DNS on Windows Server DNS
Suppose the career website of contoso.com is hosted at www.career.contoso.com . The site has two versions, one for the internal users where internal job postings are available and is available on a local IP 10.0.0.39. The public version of the same site is available on public IP 65.55.39.10. In absence of DNS policies, the administrator had to host these two zones on separate Windows DNS servers and manage them separately. Using DNS policies these zones can now be hosted on the same DNS server.
In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3, the DNS policies support has been extended to Active Directory backed zones. Active Directory integration inherently provides multi-master high availability capabilities to the DNS server. Inearlier blogs, we had seen how to configure DNS server policies for different scenarios on file backed DNS zones. But as many of our customers use Active Directory environment, it was needed that the traffic management capabilities of DNS policies were extended to the Active Directory integrated zones. In a previous blog, we discussed how DNS policies and zone scopes could be used to setup a split brain DNS system on a single Windows DNS server. Split brain DNS deployment has been a long standing conundrum for DNS administrators. A DNS deployment is said to be split-brain (or split-horizon) when there are two versions of a single zone, one for the internal users and one for the external users – typically users on the public internet.
I have personally been asking Microsoft for a BIND VIEW like capability since probably 2002/3.
8/20/2015
Great deal on Electric Tankless Water Heater
I had a tankless water heater in my old house and I have missed it considerably. The daily deal (next 14 hours) at Amazon happened to pop up with a tankless I have been looking at at Home Depot for about $240 less than Home Depot so is only $360 right now so I jumped all over it. Sharing with you guys in case you are in the market.
7/24/2015
40% Off Selected LifeStraw Products Amazon Daily Deal
This is very cool stuff.
Out hiking and need water but afraid to drink from local sources? Get the lifestraw water bottle and fill it and drink with confidence. Going to a country where you aren’t sure about the water supply (hello my friends going on vacations to exotic places or traveling to those low cost centers for work!!!)
OH, and if you are Amazon Prime, you can select slower shipping but get a $5 credit for Amazon Pantry!!! Say you buy 2 or 3 water bottles or straws or some mixture, order one at a time and select the slower shipping for each one individually. That has worked in the past for me for when they would give Amazon Digital Media discounts for selecting slower shipping. So if it works for this, 3 straws ordered individually at $14.29 each would all be eligible for an additional $5 credit on Amazon Pantry.
Removes minimum 99.9999% of waterborne bacteria (>LOG 6 reduction) and surpasses EPA standards for water filters
- Removes minimum 99.9% of waterborne protozoan parasites (>LOG 3 reduction) and filters to an amazing 0.2 microns
- Filters up to 1000 liters of contaminated water WITHOUT iodine, chlorine, or other chemicals
7/22/2015
Local Admin GUIs On a Server Are Poison
"Local Admin GUIs on a server are poison. It’s like heroin, you know your first shot oh so nice and then all of a sudden your life is ruined and you end up dead."
– Jeffrey Snover
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK2461
joeware.net… Trying to keep people from dying from local admin GUI poison since 2001.
– joe
7/15/2015
7/8/2015
Amazon Fire Phone on Sale…
32GB Amazon Fire Phone is on sale for $159.00 and includes free 1 year Prime Membership (value $99.00) so you are getting the phone for $60. That is worth ordering just for a camera/music player.
If you already have Prime, your current subscription will be renewed for an additional year.
- What if I’m already a Prime member?
You’re still eligible. Prime members who purchase a Fire will receive an additional year of Prime when their existing membership is up for renewal. For example: if your next renewal date is June 1st 2015 and you purchase a Fire, we will give you an additional year of Prime at no charge, making your next paid renewal date June 1st 2016.
6/25/2015
The simplest most elegant solutions are the most sexy…
The simplest most elegant solutions are the most sexy. Those are the ones that have real life down the road. I am far more impressed and joyful at simple solutions than complex ones stacked up with all sorts of various interconnections. In the end, don’t build the Titanic when a paddle boat will do.
– me
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