2021 Password Stats

In an effort to promote security, passwords used by millions of people around the world have been analyzed, and it seems that there a LOT of people out there that are not following good password practices.

Watch out for Phishes

There are a lot of miscreants out there on the interwebs that are looking to take over anything they can, including your Facebook account. Take a look at this screenshot from my email, just this morning.

Set your signature in OWA

Ever get tired of adding a signature block to an email? Typing your name and other info every time you write an email? Here is how to get rid of that tedium with Outlook for the web.

Use PowerShell to see who Rebooted a Server

Let’s say one of the production servers got rebooted unexpectedly and you would like to find out who rebooted it and when the server got rebooted. In PowerShell, you can take a look at the event log using the PowerShell one-liner command shown below. You don’t need to write a bunch of lines in a script and then… Read More »

Connect to Network Printer via TCP/IP

Sometimes you are unable to connect to a printer via the print server. Maybe your driver is unavailable, or for some reason you may not have rights to print to that printer. You can bypass the print server, most times, and print directly to a network printer.

XPFrame User Control

XPFrame solves well known problem of standard frame’s behaviour with XP styles (see screenshot bellow). This control looks like .NET GroupBox under Windows XP or like VB Frame under early systems. Demo project is included.