Windows

How I lost my data trying to back it up

This is a story about how I lost my data when trying to prevent it by backing it up.

Windows XP OpenVPN TAP installation, "devcon.exe failed"

Recently I had to install OpenVPN on a system running Windows XP (Don't ask). The installation went smoothly up until TAP driver installation and then suddenly things went haywire...

How to Fully Uninstall Kaspersky's NDIS Filter

I like Kaspersky anti-virus, and I use it regularly… (Not on my own PC mind you, but on the clients) While I do believe they provide the best anti-virus in the market, I am not a fan of most of their other products. That goes for the Firewall, Safe Browsing, SSL Hijacking, and of course their newest addition, Secure Connection…

The Tale of Windows UAC and Incompetent Programmers

In this post i will give you a brief history of UAC, an overall overview, and how programmers abuse the system. I also talk about different ways to manipulate an applications manifest to turn on UAC virtualization, and much more...

OpenVPN TAP adapter MTU in Windows

Recently I was in need of setting up some windows clients to connect to my OpenVPN server. This server running on Linux, uses a specific MTU value (let’s say 1400) to ensure maximum compatibility with different clients over different links.