Windows 10 disable birthday notifications

Open the Calendar app on your Windows 10. You can search (using WIN+S) and type Calendar and load the Calendar app. You will see all the many birthdays. Go to the left side menu bar and look for a check box "Birthday calendar" and uncheck it.

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azure pass through authentication vs adfs

azure pass through authentication vs adfs

https://winsmarts.com/adfs-vs-passthrough-auth-63f148d6f748

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fdf3b6cf-66c5-411b-83c0-f7927a845e32/passthrough-authentication-vs-federated-sso-with-ad-fs?forum=WindowsAzureAD

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/connect/active-directory-aadconnect-pass-through-authentication-faq

quote "
 What sign-in options are supported? For PTA, username & password only. For ADFS, you can use usernames & passwords, certificate-based authentication and other methods.

 In a nutshell, if you need just sign-in from PTA or ADFS, and don't need any of the flexibility or features provided by ADFS, you can opt for PTA

MSRT - Microsoft malicious software removal tool - MSRT

MSRT - Microsoft malicious software removal tool

it can run on servers

but not real time protection

Windows Information Protection - W10 pro 1607 and up

Windows Information Protection

WIP is a solution that is easy to deploy and doesn't get in the way of the user experience. Just turn on a few policies in your MDM (e.g.: Microsoft Intune) or System Center Configuration Manager and WIP is ready to go.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/06/29/introducing-windows-information-protection/

so it requires intune or SCCM -- enterprise infrastructure

just updated to W10 build 17666 --- it fixed the explorer crash problem a couple of weeks ago

just updated to W10 build 17666  --- it fixed the explorer crash problem a couple of weeks ago

just updated to W10 build 17666  --- it fixed the explorer crash problem a couple of weeks ago

so here is a llamma update strategy  --- keep updating rather than roll back....

paying the price as windows 10 preview insider --- Explorer crashes every 2 minutes when the desktop wallpaper goes black and re-loads

https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsinsiders/comments/8hny4l/windows_10_17661_help_explorer_constantly/?st=jgyy4pcb&sh=e244ed67

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_perf-insiderplat_pc/windows-10-17661-build-wevtapidll-explorerexe/90cadc7d-4a14-49f4-b7b0-61e993c0691e?rtAction=1525785022698

Explorer crashes every 2 minutes when the desktop wallpaper goes black and re-loads

Installing, Configuring, and Managing Microsoft SQL Server on Linux --- interesting topic

Installing, Configuring, and Managing Microsoft SQL Server on Linux