When you find yourself needing to test whether a specific port is open or a firewall rule is working this site can come in handy. This server listens on all TCP ports, allowing you to test any outbound TCP port. Portquiz.net

Some interesting and useful keyboard shortcuts that make working on your computer just a bit faster and enjoyable. Here is a list of some favorites for Mac and Windows computers. Mac: [Command ⌘] [Shift ⇧] [Option ⌥] [Control ⌃] [Caps Lock ⇪]

This a great site to get the important details of the Terms of Service agreements for most of the popular sites and applications. It can be scary to know the truth but you need to know. Terms of Service Didn’t Read

With all the breaches that have occurred like Adobe, Target, Home Depot, Linkedin, and Dropbox for example as of late how do you know if your information has been part of them? There is a site called Have I Been Pwned that looks at the leaked data and helps you to identify if your info […]

While I was checking out a new email client I wanted to see how it behaved in handling mail. I came across this fantastic site that allows you to run a test on your email client and see how it is REALLY handling your email. EmailPrivacyTester.com From the site: Some email clients perform operations when […]

I was recently trying to upgrade to Windows 10 and was using my copy of Windows 7 upgrade media to do it. I have a license for XP full and wanted to just use 7 and go straight to 10. I of course had difficulty because Microsoft makes it hard to use upgrade media for […]

When I first bought my Mac notebook I had no trouble connecting it to my NAS via Connect to server in finder. I could also launch the connection on startup via my user startup login setup. The problem came in when I went away from my network or the system was asleep for a long […]

The quickest way is a two line batch file with a first pass to delete files and outputs to nul to avoid the overhead of writing to screen for every singe file. A second pass then cleans up the remaining directory structure: del /f/s/q foldername > nul rmdir /s/q foldername As always be careful but […]

All of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool.  Input a domain name or IP Address or Host Name.Links in the results will guide you to other relevant tools and information.  And you’ll have a chronological history of your results. This is a nice little tool.   www.mxtoolbox.com

The purpose of this tool is to help software developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IT Professionals better understand changes in Windows systems’ attack surface resulting from the installation of new applications. You can download it here.