Welcome To DNS Texas  

DNS Texas has delivered reliable hosting and managed IT support since 1994. We’re a small, locally owned company with all servers and support based in the United States — no overseas call centers, no surprises. Whether you need web hosting, email, VPN, malware protection, offsite backup, or help with a tech problem, we’re the practical one-stop option for businesses and residential customers.

Current Happenings  

10/21/2026 – Critical PHP Vulnerabilities (php2shell) – Immediate Patching Required
CISA has issued an urgent advisory for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHP, collectively known as php2shell. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems and affect all PHP installations that process web requests.  [Read Article]
10/21/2026 – Excel Copy & Paste / Autofill Not Working After September 2026 Update (KB5002914)
Microsoft’s September 2026 Office security update KB5002914 introduced a known issue that can break basic Excel functionality. Copy-and-paste operations may fail silently (the source stays selected, the destination does not change, and Excel shows no error or warning).  DNS Texas will remove bad update from update managed, affected computers via WSUS – but immediate action can be taken  [Read Article]
10/19/2026 – Microsoft Releases Record Number Of Windows Updates
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday has set a new high by fixing 1,413 vulnerabilities — the largest single monthly release on record. Among them is an actively exploited Windows Shell zero-day, plus two other flaws that were publicly disclosed before patches were available. Systems maintained by DNS Texas update services will begin to see patches rolling out today! [Read Article]
10/17/2026 – DNS Texas To Lower Domain Renewal Costs, Starting In 2027
Our current registrar is once again upping the costs of renewals, making them no longer competitive. We are in process of moving to a new registrar, beginning Jan 2027.
10/15/2026 – KB5127648 Breaks Wireless And Wired MS-CHAPv2 Authentication On Windows 11
The October 2026 cumulative security update KB5127648 (released October 13, 2026) changes the default behavior of NTLMv1-derived credential handling on Windows 11. As a result, domain-joined devices can no longer complete single sign-on (SSO) authentication for networks that rely on MS-CHAPv2, most commonly PEAP-MSCHAPv2 used by WPA2-Enterprise Wi-Fi and wired 802.1X. [Read Article]
10/12/2026 – DNS Texas Web Site Updates In Progress
We’re refreshing the website, expect a few cosmetic changes, plus some layout and color changes over the next 30 days.

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