FOCA

FOCA is cool tool to "find metadata and hidden information in the documents."

Install/walkthrough

This is usually the article I review for getting up and going with FOCA.

Fixing super annoying SQL error

Sometimes I wrestle with the SQL install portion and this document has been a lifesaver in that regard. TLDR below:

Create registry key to fix SQL install

In the following path (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Protect\Providers\df9d8cd0-1501-11d1-8c7a-00c04fc297eb) create a new key called ProtectionPolicy and set value to 1 (DWORD and Hexadecimal)