Siemens’ cloud-hosted SIMATIC Virtualization as a Service (SIVaaS) has been found to expose a network share without authentication — a configuration defect that Siemens has cataloged as CVE-2025-40804 and scored as critical (CVSS v3.1 = 9.1; CVSS v4 = 9.3). This flaw allows unauthenticated...
Windows still ships with a legacy backup utility tucked inside Control Panel — Backup and Restore (Windows 7) — and while it's not glamorous, it can still do meaningful work: granular folder backups, scheduled runs, and full system images for bare‑metal recovery, provided you understand its...
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I am a domain administrator and should map a network folder to a user, remotely.
I don’t have the user password, I only have the domain administrator password.
I would use PSTools but can only run a cmd.exe on the remote pc as domain administrator user.
Is there a way to change user as sudo su -...
I have two PCs in this room, one called ELLIOT-PC and one called ELLIOT-SERVER.
ELLIOT-SERVER has a Local Account profile called Elliot, that I use to share folders.
ELLIOT-PC has a Microsoft Account profile (Hotmail).
When I try to navigate to \\elliot-server in Windows Explorer on...
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Microsoft has released a security update for Windows 11 version 22H2, which addresses various security vulnerabilities present in the operating system. The update, named KB5023706 (OS Build 22621.1413), includes improvements to Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening, Active...
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I have an issue using Active Directory Admin Center on windows 10. Anytime I open it, it just says active directory admin center must close due to unknown error. Never had this till recently. This only happens on one windows 10 pc. I can go to another windows pc and AD...
I have 6 PCs, all with Windows 10, and I would like to be able to share files between all of them. Perhaps my Main PC could have a Network Shared Folder on it, and then I would leave the Main PC on, and all the PCs would be able to access this Network Shared Folder. What is the best way to set...
Hi guys,
Our company’s environment consists of mostly Win10 machines but we still have some lingering Win7 boxes. Our email is hosted by Office 365 and I’ve recently hopped onto the Azure Active Directory wagon to get our environment more secure. Off the bat I was having troubles adding our...
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Hello everyone! I am having a problem with homegroup.
I access internet by connecting to my home WiFi. However, everytime I restart my router, Windows recognise it as a new homegroup even though I change nothing in my router settings. I tried merging different homegroup together, but that...
Hi,
We have an existing GPO that sets the desktop wallpaper of Windows 10 clients. It uses the following GPO path:
User Config >Polices > Administrative Templates >Desktop >Desktop >Desktop Wallpaper
It uses a network file share to read the *.jpg file and display it as the desktop wallpaper...
I've got home/office network of 7 computers (all on Win 10). Each computer has files in the public documents that needs to be accessed, with full control, by the other computers. Most all the computers communicate fine with one another, but I've got one computer (TOM) that can only read the...
Having an issue with a VPN.
The VPN is a basic PPTP VPN which is setup on our Firewall, for a user to connect the simply create a new VPN point it to our IP and log in with a username and password.
The test machine im using is a laptop running Windows 7 64-BIT Professional.
I can connect to...
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I'm trying to access a network share from a Windows Server 2008 R2 and I'm receiving the follow error:
If I put the complete UNC, I can access the share:
Now, if I up one level, I can see other shares:
Anyone have any idea why I'm receiving this error?
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 9, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker places a malicious .dll file in a local directory on the machine or...
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 9, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker places a malicious .dll file in a local directory on the machine or...
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Severity Rating: Moderate
Revision Note: V1.0 (November 11, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker places a specially crafted TrueType font on a...
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