Some Notes on the Machines

Here is one:

http://www.appmaildev.com/en/dkim

This one is great:

https://www.zamzar.com

Here are two very helpful sources. For many general things, the EPEL repository:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL

and for PHP and other server-specifics, current versions and others more recent than the OSes supply by themselves, Remi:

http://rpms.remirepo.net/

This tool decommissions quite the list of Windows 7 through 10 telemetry inclusions by which Microsoft informs itself of our behavior, using quite a lot of our RAM, CPU, and bandwidth in so doing.

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

Brought to this forefront by the Beard, Mike Hunsinger.

Right here:

http://www.abacus.fm/

Lots of other interesting stations too.

“The PowerShell Gallery is the central repository for PowerShell content. You can find new PowerShell commands or Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources in the Gallery.”

http://www.powershellgallery.com/

This is amazing:

http://digwebinterface.com

Submitted by the amazing Zach Hogan.

As part of Windows Management Framework 5.1. Not indicated for Windows 10 / Server 2016.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

Found this today.

• A two-month-old laptop with a SanDisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 SSD for its C: drive, Windows 10.
• Windows had recognized the drive as a standard hard drive, not an SSD, and the laptop had slowed down a lot very recently.
• Installed the SanDisk SSD Dashboard, ran TRIM, and scheduled weekly TRIM operations.
• Laptop much faster.

If the Windows Installer method doesn’t work, ESET has a tool. It does have to be run with the OS in safe mode:

https://support.eset.com/kb2289/?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US