Update (June 2006): We have created a vulnerability testing tool . It is free, and can be downloaded from here Update 5/12/2006: We contacted the RealVNC team with our findings. They were able to verify the flaw, and release a fix within only a few short hours. I would highly suggest downloading 4.1.2 if you […]
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Setting up a logon script in active directory is not always that simple. Lets walk through it. First, open “Active Directory Users and Computers” on the domain controller Now right click on the user you want to have the logon script and select the properties menu. A properties dialog like the one shown below will […]
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Update (June 2006): We have created a vulnerability testing tool . It is free, and can be downloaded from here Update (05/10/2006) – We have contacted the RealVNC team. Quickly they released a new version that fixed the security issue. If you are running WinVNC 4.1.1 I suggest you get to www.realvnc.com today and update […]
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We just released a new version of our freeware remote reboot utility. It is a replacement for one we have had on our site for quite some time now. We added the ability to manually pick a hostname, and pick alternate credentials No extra dlls, or .net runtimes are required. It just runs without any […]
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I have been asked this a few times now. How can you force Microsoft Internet Explorer to default to a custom home page? It really is a simple group policy setting, but with many group policy options – it is not always easy to find. First, for this to work I am assuming you have […]
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Citrix, and Microsoft Terminal services have had an annoyance for quite some time now. Numlock and Capslock just don’t default to what you want. It seems that if the user is not an administrator – both are cleared at login. No matter what registry hacks you try, the user is still stuck with these settings. […]
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Security features introduced in Windows Vista will make setting up PCs to boot in either Linux or Windows far more difficult, according to security guru Bruce Schneier. Not only that, it seems that it would make it far more difficult to recover data from a corrupted install of windows – or better yet…recover from a […]
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Update 1/18/2007 09:23 PM EST – Some changes in windows have made this article out of date. Check out our new article on the subject to learn how to disable USB flash drives Once in a while I have a friend, or customer that needs to keep people from using the USB ports to copy […]
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A friend of mine sent me this very cool picture of Microsoft from around 1978: If you can guess which one is Bill, you get a prize – just kidding 😉 Check out our Windows Admin Tools
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There is something that has always annoyed me about the way windows shares are displayed to a user – they get to see all of them! Yes I know about putting a $ after the share, such as c$, or admin$, but what about those shares that the president of the company wants to have […]
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