• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

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    Share your favorite guides for hardened Windows 11 deployment

    Let's say I want to use Cloudflare for DNS. I can use the command winget install Cloudflare.Warp or I can also use the Chris Titus tool mentioned here. Which method is better? While the official tool gives choices of HTTPS and TLS, I can't determine which method is used by Chris Titus.
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    Share your favorite guides for hardened Windows 11 deployment

    I found some more buried information that seems to be what I'm looking for. Does anyone here have experience with sandboxing?
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    How to debrick a Z2 Mini workstation: Is HP software required for display?

    I don't know if it's too early to celebrate, but I may have solved it. Leaving it alone for over twenty minutes did nothing. My attempt to enter a Recovery Environment only brought me to Windows first-time setup. So I ended up taking a detour to Windows Update. Did that. Then I restarted twice...
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    How to debrick a Z2 Mini workstation: Is HP software required for display?

    Does it matter when the connection begins? I think I may have to disconnect it in order to allow a local account only during setup. I was asking if "Custom (from User)" is in BIOS. I already know about secure boot.
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    How to debrick a Z2 Mini workstation: Is HP software required for display?

    Should I try to resolve this with HP Image Assistant? While I hate resorting to HP software, I'll consider anything at this point. The very, very first time I started it, I worried my cable was bad because it took forever to show a picture. Then, all by itself, it came alive and never really had...
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    SpaceX IPO

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    How to debrick a Z2 Mini workstation: Is HP software required for display?

    Do you guys have any ideas about reliably restoring a display signal in a workstation that constantly wants to lose it? I unboxed a new Z2 Mini G1a and was shocked by the bloatware. So I did a clean installation of Windows 11. Actually, I did multiple after noticing that each Windows...
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    Share your favorite guides for hardened Windows 11 deployment

    Education? Great -- let's find it. I'm also learning about Group Policy and I believe there's more to do.
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    Share your favorite guides for hardened Windows 11 deployment

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    Domain registration & Email

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    Domain registration & Email

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    Hosting recommendations?

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    Coding for a specific server: Optimize every layer? (web site performance)

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    Domain registration & Email

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    Securely erasing an internal SSD: Procedure

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