Recall - Security Risks, TotalRecall Exploit, and How to Disable It
The Recall feature of Microsoft Copilot+ on Windows 11 has sparked significant debate. This innovation continuously captures screenshots of your PC and stores them in a database, making all your computing activities instantly searchable by Copilot. While this may seem convenient for quickly retrieving information, it raises serious privacy and security concerns.
5 Jun, 2024
How to Close Connections to an MS SQL Database
When you attempt to take a database offline in Microsoft SQL Server and it fails, it usually means that active connections or transactions are preventing the operation from completing. Here’s how to close connections to an MS SQL database and resolve this issue.
31 Jan, 2024
How to Detect Orphaned Users in MS SQL Server
Today, I will share a technical tip that I recently used during an SQL cluster migration. I needed to check for "orphaned users" after restoring my database on a new cluster. To do this, I wrote a small T-SQL script, and I will explain it in detail.
30 Jan, 2024
How to Erase Data from Your Old Hard Drives - Eraser
Today, I’m going to share a support experience that left me perplexed. Imagine a computer that, like a ghost, decides to turn on by itself every night. Yes, you read that right. Every. Single. Night.
24 Oct, 2023
An Unusual Support Case - The Ghost Computer That Wakes Up at Night!
Today, I’m going to share with you a support experience that left me perplexed. Imagine a computer that, like a ghost, decides to turn on by itself every night. Yes, you read that right. Every. Single. Night.
17 Oct, 2023
Fixing the "CatalogVersion" Issue Between SCCM and WSUS
In this article, we will discuss an issue that can occur after recovering WSUS or SCCM. This issue results in software updates no longer installing on SCCM clients.
13 Jun, 2023
Navigating the M365 Licensing Jungle
Hello! Today, we're going to talk about a very handy website for people who need to navigate the world of Microsoft M365 licenses. You probably know the feeling of confusion that overwhelms you when you try to figure out which license you need to buy for which product. Well, don't worry, the website I'm going to introduce today will help you see things more clearly.
26 Mar, 2023
MSSQL - tempdb Takes Up Too Much Space - Disk FULL
The issue we will address concerns the excessive growth of the "tempdb" database. To determine the cause of this problem, the first step is to launch SQL Server Management Studio and access the "tempdb" database.
13 Mar, 2023
Windows Sandbox
Well, I logged into my OpenAI account and directly asked ChatGPT the question. Of course, I asked it in English and then requested it to translate its own response into French. Here it is.
19 Dec, 2022
Reinstall WSUS and the Software Update Point Role in ConfigMgr
I recently encountered synchronization errors with the Software Update Point in SCCM/MECM. The SUP role in ConfigMgr manages the WSUS server role. I attempted a WSUS reset, but it ended up causing more issues. To fix this, I decided to start fresh by uninstalling and reinstalling everything.
6 Oct, 2022