Long for the days on linux where you just wanted to type ‘uptime’ to find out when server was last rebooted. Here’s a powershell equivalent To be honest, that is a pain. Lets create it as a function and set
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Fortinet have opened up their technical training program for free online here: https://www.fortinet.com/training/cybersecurity-professionals.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=2020-q2-keyword This includes NSE4 and above now. Previously only for the partner community self paced training material has been available via the partner portal but Fortinet have now
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Had the misfortune of needing to rebuild a Windows 10 Pro machine. The only install DVD that I has was from July 2016 – so almost 4 years old. Install went fine, but was left with the install at build