In this episode of Defrag Tools, Paula Januszkiewicz from CQURE, joins us to discuss Information Security (InfoSec). We talk about what InfoSec is, how to get started, what the role entails, and how the profession is evolving. Twitter: @PaulaCqure Paula on Channel 9

The celebrate the 200th episode of Defrag Tools, three Microsoft Legends join us in the Channel 9 Studios, with a live studio audience, for a Game Show! Questions range from campus trivia, all the way through to obscure command switches. Raymond Chen, KC Lemson and Larry Osterman have all been at Microsoft for decades and have many stories to tell... so many that we needed two parts. So you don't have to wait, both parts are available for binging straight away! Episode #200 - Game Show Part 1Episode #201 - Game Show Part 2Raymond Chen The Old New ThingChannel 9KC Lemson Microsoft Life@kclemsonLarry Osterman WebLogChannel 9@osterman

The celebrate the 200th episode of Defrag Tools, three Microsoft Legends join us in the Channel 9 Studios, with a live studio audience, for a Game Show! Questions range from campus trivia, all the way through to obscure command switches. Raymond Chen, KC Lemson and Larry Osterman have all been at Microsoft for decades and have many stories to tell... so many that we needed two parts. So you don't have to wait, both parts are available for binging straight away! Episode #200 - Game Show Part 1Episode #201 - Game Show Part 2Raymond Chen The Old New ThingChannel 9KC Lemson Microsoft Life@kclemsonLarry Osterman WebLogChannel 9@osterman

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chris Jackson, the "App Compat Guy" (@appcompatguy), joins us to discuss Windows Desktop App Assure - a program for eligible customers and partners to access FastTrack Specialists who provide advisory and remediation guidance on deploying Windows 10 and Office 365 ProPlus - notably Application Compatibility. We delve into some examples that the program has diagnosed and show some of the tools the specialists (and yourselves) can use to determine the root cause. Desktop App Assure - https://aka.ms/DesktopAppAssureSysinternals Process MonitorLUA Buglight 2.3Brad Anderson's announcement on Channel 9 Endpoint ZoneChris on Channel9

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Aaron Margosis joins us to discuss AaronLocker - a set of scripts that help you configure AppLocker. AppLocker restricts application execution, auditing or protecting your system from unwanted/malicious software. We delve into the abilities of AppLocker, what the AaronLocker scripts automate, and see what it looks like when an application is blocked.. AaronLocker - Application whitelisting with “AaronLocker”Aaron's Blog - Aaron Margosis' Non-Admin, App-Compat and Sysinternals WebLogAaron on Channel9 - https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers/aaron-margosis

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chris Jackson, the "App Compat Guy" (@appcompatguy), joins us to discuss Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) - a unified platform for preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response. Defender ATP can be used to automatically investigate alerts and remediate complex threats in minutes. We delve into the Windows Defender Security Center, and perform Kusto queries to discover security events for the associated enterprise. Star a trial here. Example Queries - https://github.com/Microsoft/windowsDefenderATP-Hunting-Queries/ATP Blog - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/What-s-New/bd-p/WDATPNewChris on Channel9 - https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers/Chris-Jackson

In this episode of Defrag Tools, we discuss Windows Defender Application Guard, a great security feature in the Edge browser which allows you to easily run browser sessions in a virtual machine.

In this episode of Defrag Tools, we geek out on our favorite Command Prompt commands. Command covered: where.exe - Where Shows where a executable/script is on the PATH environment variable where notepad.exeipconfig.exe - IP Configuration IP Address Configuration - Basic ipconfigIP Address Configuration - Advanced/All ipconfig /allIP Address Renewal/Reset ipconfig /flushdnsipconfig /releaseipconfig /renewipconfig /registerdnsfindstr.exe - Find String /s - Sub Directories/n - Line Number/p - Search Pattern. e.g. Foo*Bar to match: Footastic Barcode/c - Escaped characters. e.g. /c:"\"Foo\" Bar" to find the text: "Foo" BarContact us at [email protected] and/or @defragtools

In this episode of Defrag Tools, we continue talking about the Windows Upgrade Log files. We delve into the Application and Device Inventory Files, that describe application compatibility issues between OS Releases. The logs pre/post upgrade can be found in: \$Windows.~bt\sources\panther\$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback\Windows\Panther\Windows\Panther\NewOSYou can review the logs manually, or use SetupDiag. Contact us at [email protected] and/or @defragtools

In this episode of Defrag Tools, we talk about the Windows Upgrade Log files. The "Panther" logs track the installation of a Windows Upgrade. The logs contain Information, Warnings and Errors. Not all errors are fatal, the trick is to look at only the (last) fatal error if an upgrade fails. The logs pre/post upgrade can be found in: \$Windows.~bt\sources\panther\$Windows.~bt\Sources\Rollback\Windows\Panther\Windows\Panther\NewOSYou can review the logs manually, or use SetupDiag. In the next episode, we'll dive deep into the logs when there is an application migration issue. Contact us at [email protected] and/or @defragtools