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Vulnerability Watchdog

February 08, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Ever wonder if there’s a single place to view what’s going on the blackhat market? E.g. What’s the top attacks, what sort of vulnerabilities are there in the world and more? Well, i bumped into this site, looks pretty good. Check out http://atlas.arbor.net/ Some of … “Vulnerability Watchdog”

Vista’s ReadyBoost

February 04, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

READYBOOST ACTIVATION You’ve probably not heard of it, or do not know how it works, i didn’t until about 3 months back, read this article from http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/06/02/615199.aspx In human as possible, it makes it possible to put read-info-caches into drives outside the Operating System’s (OS) … “Vista’s ReadyBoost”

IE 7 Turns Green

February 03, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Is Internet Explorer gonna’ throw up? Looks all green… So you were browsing, ump, say https://www.verisign.com and suddenly your browser address bar turned green, should i 1. Panic, close browser and format my computer2. Read the certificate information on that address bar. If you choose … “IE 7 Turns Green”

Documentation Made Easy!

January 30, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Lets face it, documentation is a pain, wish you had a tool to do it all without installing a huge piece of software on every machine you need to inventorize? Well, try SIW. My clients do not mind if i do screen captures and documenting … “Documentation Made Easy!”

“EXPERTS” view on Vista

January 30, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

So, is Vista worth the security investment-upgrade? Apparently NOT. I agree, the answer is not really. Read this CNET article talks more about that. http://news.com.com/Experts+Dont+buy+Vista+for+the+security/2100-1016-6154448.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703. To put things in perspective, if you give fully armoured tank to a monkey, he’ll still walk out naked to … ““EXPERTS” view on Vista”

Virus Incident Management (draft-v-0.1)

January 29, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Hmm, recently, there was an outbreak at our client, interestingly, there wasn’t any procedures brought up by our clients or ourselves, so i took a little time to write this. Hopefully some find it useful. Its a bits and pieces of various guides out there, … “Virus Incident Management (draft-v-0.1)”

Lost your ISA Backup Password?

January 29, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Something interesting i found while playing around with ISA 2004 (might even work with other versions too). If you got a backup and forgotten the password, simple. Install ISA Create a backup of that server in a file and remember the password Open the backup … “Lost your ISA Backup Password?”

Hit a problem? Don’t worry, Google It.

January 28, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Hi IT Admins and Engineers, like you, i face challenges with implementations and configuration, but i must say, most of my solutions i get from Google (or any search engine to that matter). For example, if you hit a Microsoft related issue, go straight to … “Hit a problem? Don’t worry, Google It.”

Three Simple Ways to Protect Your Windows

January 28, 2007December 13, 2018 admin

Lets face it, there’s way way too many opinions out there about computer security, if they do you any good, great, if you are confused, then follow these simple steps i believe in. Update your windows, turn on Automatic Updates (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306525) Install at least an … “Three Simple Ways to Protect Your Windows”