There have been many times while working on a problem that I have found files that look suspicious, or are not part of the standard windows install. Microsoft has provided an excellent resource for researching executable files within windows. It is called the DLL Help Database Search So for example…you are working on your server, […]
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VMWare has announced the release of Beta 2 of their server product. It is supposed to have improved performance, and include these new key features: – Update VMWare Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface – Independent virtual machine console – Support for USB 2.0 devices – Multi-Tiered permissions – New Hardware editors – Automatically start […]
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We have a support contract with one of our software vendors. From time to time they need to login via Remote Desktop and make changes or updates for us. I setup a special account that will notify me when they login to our server – that way I always know when they are on our […]
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Service Pack 1 for Vista was released a few weeks ago. For now, it is an optional update. Beginning mid April, SP1 will start automatically downloading to PCs – Only on machines that have automatic updates turned on. Not to fear, it will download but not install automatically. If you are not familiar with the […]
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I had a reader write me a few days ago: …I’m in a school environment and a student has deleted some files and I would like to know how I can do this in Win2k server to catch this sucker. Please advice and more power to you. This can be accomplished through auditing. Lets start […]
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We have been working on the new version of Remote Control LAN edition for quite some time. Over a year in fact. For those who have been waiting…it will be worth it. Before talking about some of the cool features I want to let you know that all customers who purchase now will get a […]
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It seems like it was just yesterday that IE 7 was released. Well, the IE 8 beta is now available to the public, and anyone can download and try it out. I had a chance to download and give it a try. It does have some ground breaking features. I am not sure if they […]
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From time to time you will find that there are employees that receive time sensitive emails. This means if they are gone for a few days, and no one is around to answer…customers start to get testy. I know the easy answer to this problem is to setup a distribution group. Have this group send […]
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I got a chance to try out GFI Mail archiver this week. The name does not do it justice. At first glance you would think it is a tool for backing up your email, but it does much more. A quick rundown of its features: 1. Keep a copy of every email on your Microsoft […]
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Earlier I had written that Vista SP1 was available on MSDN and Technet – I was wrong. I assumed this because Microsoft had released it to manufacturing. In the past this always meant that it was on MSDN right away. I didn’t notice this because the MSDN site was getting slammed by people downloading Windows […]
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