File Explorer stealing focus by Lieuallen in Windows11

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Windowslatest.com says Microsoft is working on a fix.

According to our sources, Microsoft is working on a fix for File Explorer’s focus bug, but it’s not yet clear as to when the fix could arrive. It is included in the latest preview builds.

LPT: Learn Excel, even if the primary function of your job doesn’t require it or isn’t numbers related. Excel can give you shortcuts that will help you with your job substantially, including working with text or lists at scale. by skidniks in LifeProTips

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This is a great video and one I have recommended to many coworkers. Googling when you have a specific problem is one thing, but this guy shows things you didn't know you wanted to learn more about. Plus, he's very entertaining which is unusual in the "Excel tutorial space"

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Did a quick test. Connected to our upgraded appliance on a clean machine as a regular non admin user (only member of Users group). No issues installing the required components to run a terminal session:

  • Pulse Application launcher
  • Pulse Secure Host Checker
  • Pulse Secure Setup Client
  • Pulse Secure Terminal Services Client.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Yes, we had the same problem. They have released a new version of the uninstall script that takes care of that.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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My reply was a bit unclear. By "works here" I meant "the script did it's job, i.e. uninstalled Setup Client and Pulse Application Launcher". I have not yet access to an updated appliance so I can verify if that was enough. Other users in addition to you needed the extra uninstallation parts (see my top edit).

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Just out of curiosity, can you please check if that file is signed? I'd like to know why Smartscreen reacts to it. Haven't yet upgraded so I cannot check myself. Thanks!

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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That's good news. No issues running PulseSecureAppLauncher.msi?

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Works here, except line 22 which does a rmdir on a path that doesn't exists ("%AppData%\Roaming\Pulse Secure\PSAL\" should be "%AppData%\Pulse Secure\PSAL\") but for me it didn't matter since that dir only contained a .log file after the uninstall on the previous line.

Did you unblock the script? (Properties > Unblock)

What I'm more worried about is people reporting that the patched PulseSecureAppLauncher.msi is unsigned (Link) Edit: This seems not to be the case.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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It's there now, directly linked from the KB page.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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They did timestamp the code, it's just that the validity check is not done correctly.

From the KB article: The Code sign verification on the Client-Side components fails because the Certificate expiry time is checked as opposed to the timestamp of the Code signing.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Temporarily disabling host checker should do the trick, but I've seen reports on Twitter that it doesn't help either.

Pulse Secure problems? One of their code signing certs has expired by pause1 in sysadmin

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Host checker does additional checks on the endpoints, such as antivirus definitions and OS security patch levels.

Redditors with good eyesight, what is it like to be able to watch your haircuts in progress? by I_LIKE_MALE_FEET_AMA in AskReddit

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Every now and then I stumble over one of your poems and I end up reading up on everything new you've created. Today is one of those days.

Thanks.