{"id":3377,"date":"2022-05-10T18:12:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2022-05-10T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:12:37","slug":"the-windows-setting-that-you-must-check-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/10\/the-windows-setting-that-you-must-check-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Windows Setting that you MUST check TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/10\/the-windows-setting-that-you-must-check-today\/the-windows-setting-you-must-check-today\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Protect Your Data &amp;#8211; Windows\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-1024x576.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/The-Windows-Setting-You-MUST-check-TODAY.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Disabled by default, there is a critical <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a> setting that you must check <strong>TODAY<\/strong>!  4 minutes of your time now will save you hours, weeks and maybe even months in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t notice that it&#8217;s not there until you need it and it&#8217;s honestly surprising that Windows doesn&#8217;t enable it by default.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next major surprise is that you get absolutely <strong>no warning whatsoever<\/strong> that it is disabled.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time you&#8217;ll notice it is when disaster strikes &#8211; the website you&#8217;re visiting does a &#8216;drive-by&#8217;, the app you download is laced with spyware or a nefarious hacker takes over your system and plants some malware on it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is one thing you do today, make sure you check the setting in the video below to ensure that you don&#8217;t become the latest victim of data destruction losing irreplaceable files, precious memories and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ytE5lwmvWS8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know you&#8217;ve checked in the comments below and sleep easier tonight knowing that your files are protected!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disabled by default, there is a critical Windows setting that you must check TODAY! 4 minutes of your time now will save you hours, weeks and maybe even months in the future! 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