Archive for January 2018
Powershell commands for startups
Windows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed specifically for system administrators and power-users. It was spotted as early as 2006 and is built on .Net Framework. AT the point of writing of this article a stable release 6.0 on January 10th 2018. You might also like this reference What is Powershell? that talks about…
Read MoreAfrica’s Internet Exchange Points
What is Africa’s Internet Exchange Points – IXP? Its an autonomous infrastructure system through which ISPs Internet Service Providers and CDNs Content Delivery Networks exchange internet traffic between their networks. A quick Wikipedia definition of Internet exchange point -IXP says; “An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers and content…
Read MoreProtect your machine from Meltdown and Spectre
The information technology security woke up to year 2018 with the discovery of Meltdown and Spectre. Meltdown and Spectre is a vulnerability that was discovered in the PC Intel and Qualcomm powered processors and Spectre on billions of devices running on ARM, AMD and Qualcomm processors. In the wake of the festive holidays…
Read MoreMicrosoft Special Tool for Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant
Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant is a Microsoft special tool for fixing Microsoft Products. If you’re experiencing problems with Outlook or are having trouble installing Office apps, Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Outlook Office 365 can help identify and fix several issues. Issues like Outlook taking longer to open or not even opening at all.…
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