Recent content by The Guy From The Thing

I'm on Windows 10, and just received a new modem/router, with everything connected and running. One thing that concerns me however is this new, specific activity that I see when running the Netstat command, and it only occurs on my PC, not on my Windows 11 laptop Originally I wanted to turn...

looking through the Properties > Security > Advanced of the Tasks folder on my PC, I don't have my User account in the permissions list but all the other accounts say "Enable Inheritance" my laptop is Windows 11 but I've given the User account access permissions to the Tasks folder again, and...

how would I be able to check if Tasks has permission inheritance? like is there an easy way that doesn't involve other applications? as for the second point, this only started yesterday conveniently after my internet got cut out; however, the first instance of this happened after removing my...

couldn't think of a good way to title this but essentially, for unimportant reasons, I gave myself permissions to access the Tasks folder in System32 (I clicked Continue when prompted) I triple checked with my friends, and your User account is not in the permissions list of the Tasks folder by...

can't see any Task Scheduler folders by the name of "winsock", and none of the Network tasks seem to have winsock-related content in them. going through the Tasks alphabetically, there's nothing that says "Winsock" or anything my friend's system does this as well; when he enabled and disabled...

well I turned my computer back on since I went to sleep and it doesn't seem to be logging anymore and actually does seem "Disabled" I restarted the PC and still no new events; however, it does show up with the "(!) new events" when I'm viewing the log. even when I click out and click back in...

I don't know what to do; I enabled Winsock Network Events in Event Viewer to see what kind of events it logs, stupidly, and now whenever I Disable it, it continues to log events no matter what I do. Pretty much every window I click (such as Chrome or Explorer), or even any other event folder in...

you can apply the patch on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 afaik, but it's a lot more hands on and it's a completely manual process. I'm pretty sure July 2024 is making it a mandatory update that'll be pushed out with the regular updates at least that's how I've read their weirdly worded...

wdym "DOCP makes that obvious"? (didn't see the first sentence of your post, nvm) latest Bios iirc is on October 30th although the BlackLotus patch update seems to be a Windows update, not a Bios one...

not sure how to word this, but I was recently told that next year, in July, Microsoft is pushing out an update for revocations with Secure Boot that will patch the BlackLotus malware vulnerability this is currently an optional, hands-on update but apparently Microsoft is going to make it...

in regards to your point about Version 2407 for my board's Bios supporting Windows 11 by default, you are correct I asked the Windows 11 reddit out of curiosity and you don't need Secure Boot enabled, your board just needs to support the option. so that's probably why it's still disabled by...

yeah that's what I thought; it's the only one I can select, which is how it should be. thanks again editing the reply here; is it wise to keep Secure Boot on after pressing "Install the default Secure Boot keys"? when I reset the Bios settings, this was added in the Secure Boot Key section so...

understandable, if you say so; I only really know the aforementioned area in the Bios that says "Boot Device #1: Windows Boot Manager [my SSD] name" or something of the sort. and in System Configuration that shows "Windows 10: Default OS" under the Boot tab thanks for the help

boot loader? underneath the Secure Boot and CSM options in the Boot tab, there is the option for a Boot Device. there's only 1 option though, which is my SSD is that what you mean by boot loader? not sure what else that refers to, given I've usually only used Bios for fan curves and XMP so I'm...

well my worst case scenario brain got worried that a rootkit had changed the Secure Boot settings, that's why I was so worried in the first place, even after doing several MalwareBytes Rootkit scans I didn't perform the System Restore to try an rollback the Bios changes (if there were any), I...