December - CTF Month!

With the arrival of the final month of the year, Advent-based CTFs have started to flood the internet. This is my journey with a few of them. I will be updating this table as I go, so this post will be in constant flux.

Day	OSEC Christmas	HackTheBox - Cyber Santa	TryHackMe - Advent of Cyber 3	Advent Of Code 2021
1	✔️	✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️	✔️	✔️
2	✔️	✔️✔️ (Web, Forensics) ❌❌❌	✔️	✔️
3	✔️	✔️✔️ (Web, Forensics) ❌❌❌	✔️	❌
4	N/A	✔️ (Forensics) ❌❌❌❌	✔️	❌
5	N/A	N/A	✔️	❌
6	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
7	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
8	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
9	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
10	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
11	N/A	N/A	✔️	❌
12	N/A	N/A	✔️	❌
13	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
14	✔️	N/A	✔️	❌
15	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
16	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
17	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
18	N/A	N/A	❌	❌
19	N/A	N/A	❌	❌
20	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
21	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
22	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
23	✔️	N/A	❌	❌
24	✔️	N/A	❌	❌

Windows 10 - Temporary Activation

Whilst doing new Windows 10 installations, you don't always have your current Windows Licence Key lying around, and would like to customize your taskbar and such a little more than the defaults would allow.

To get around this, you can use this temporary Windows Activation method.

Simply open a new Command Prompt window as Administrator, paste these 3 lines, and confirm any checkboxes that may appear.

slmgr.vbs /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
slmgr.vbs /skms kms.teevee.asia
slmgr.vbs /ato

You will now be able to fully customize your OS to your hearts content.

Remember - Only do this on Personal devices, and switch to a regular Activation method when you are able to do so.