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Background As we would like to test the suspicious URL, we could set up a virtual machine and create a snapshot and test that way. Once it has been done, then roll back the snapshot. The problem with this approach is that sometimes you forget to roll back the snapshot and are not sure about […]
Background Sometimes you log in to a machine with no administrator privileges, and it needs to run a task but not be able to cause it has admin rights. So run a command line and run as administrator. Then, you can run any command that will launch the GUI with admin rights. In other scenarios, […]
Challenge We have a requirement to see the production database via a remote connection so we can run queries internally for further analysis. This production server has tightened security already in place. Solution Get the Public IP address (remote) Open up the browser and type in the following URL: https://ipchicken.com Note down the IP address. […]
The Challenge We had a Samsung Solid State Drive (SSD) disk that has bad sectors scattered across the disk. We found these bad sectors through the application called Samsung Magician. We bought this disk about a year ago and we contacted the vendor and they said the disk has 5 years warranty. Technically, we can […]
