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When you click a treeview node in the DevExpress treeview using many of the built-in themes you notice that a circle expands outwards in a ripple effect. This is part of the CSS built into the theme and cannot be disabled for this control. You can prevent the ripple by overriding the CSS. For the default material compact theme the following resolves the issue.         .dxtvControl_MaterialCompact .dxtv-elbNoLn::before          {             content: none;         } 

With XIA Configuration Server you can now document and audit your Microsoft DHCP Server scopes, superscopes, leases, exclusions and server configuration using PowerShell remoting.

With the new version of our  server and network documentation tool  -  XIA Configuration Server , you will be able to quickly and easily detect Windows workstations and Windows servers that are not licensed or activated. Viewing the item displays information about the operating system including the activation status. The item view page Whilst our reporting section allows you to see the license and activation status of workstations and servers across the environment. The reporting interface For more information see the Windows machine page.

The Get-Acl PowerShell cmdlet is great for getting the NTFS permissions of folders, files, and drives however you may notice some strange behaviour with the FileSystemRights showing an numeric value rather than an enum. This can occur when GENERIC permissions such as GENERIC_READ, GENERIC_ALL, GENERIC_WRITE, or GENERIC_EXECUTE are in use. These permission can be seen in the definition of the access mask format https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/access-mask-format We came across this problem when writing an update for our  Network Documentation Tool XIA Configuration Server  please go ahead and take a look at our software. So what's the purpose of these?  Security descriptors are designed to be generic an applied to things like files, folders, drives, registry entries, Active Directory containers etc. etc. They therefore have generic overarching permissions and then object specific permissions. The problem is the generic permissions conflict (or...

We've recently been speaking to our customers about compliance benchmarking and server hardening and whether  XIA Configuration Server  supports the  Center for Internet Security (CIS)   Compliance Benchmarks .  This article will describe the  XIA Configuration Server  product, the  CIS Compliance Benchmarks  and how they relate. What is XIA Configuration Server? XIA Configuration Server is a software product created by CENTREL Solutions which is designed to audit, document and track changes to server operating systems such as Windows and Linux, enterprise software such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server as well as network devices and cloud platforms. What are CIS Compliance Benchmarks? The Center for Internet Security is a non-profit entity who strive to create security best practices using a consensus based decision-making model. They produce individual benchmark guidelines in PDF format called CIS Benchmarks for a ra...

If you're using the Deliveroo app on the iPhone you may find the app randomly spamming you with unsolicited notifications about their service when you haven't ordered anything for a while. This can be quite annoying and intrusive - these apps are there to serve their customers, not the other way around. To turn this off... Go into the Deliveroo app and tap the account icon Tap Contact preferences Uncheck the Promotional emails option

If you'd like to disable or delete your  Facebook  account on a desktop machine you can simply go to this URL https://www.facebook.com/deactivate_delete_account Or follow these steps. Logon to Facebook Click your image in the top right and select Settings & Privacy Select Settings Select Privacy Select Your Facebook Information Select Deactivation and Deletion You can then decide which action to take NOTE: One of the issues with Facebook is that once you've disabled your account if you use Facebook authentication to login to a third party site like AirBnB or Meetup your account will be re-enabled. If Facebook is going to continue with offering authentication services then they really need to be forced to separate their authentication services from their Facebook profile.