IT Security audits
DaleIt's in the interest of external security auditors to find as many flaws as possible. They have to justify themselves somehow, after all. So this leads to the farcical solution…
Upgrading from Windows XP to Vista.
Is really easy with Windows Easy Transfer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/features/easy-transfer.aspx) I'm a fan of the clean operating system install, rather than an operating system upgrade install. The bad thing about clean installs…
‘I think this is a little game called
'You know what?' Vimes went on. 'I think this is a little game called "Let's see what offendi will swallow.". And I'm not swallowing this, my friend.' - Jingo
Marigolds
Suite 101: The Medicinal Uses of Marigold Flowers
Removing games from a Windows XP install.
Because these are core setup files they have to be removed via Windows Setup. The utility sysocmgr.exe can be used in this case. The following command line can be used…
Corporate Propaganda – FLIC Inc. reaps the benefits of CA UniCentre.
Used to carry this around in my wallet, and whether someone said: ”CA UniCentre is a crap product” I’d point out that we thought it was a fabulous solution, at…
Programming Lotus Notes with Visual Basic – much is wrong.
Much of what is out there is plain wrong, which is not surprising. Of the stuff which does work, it’s poorly documented. That does not surprise either. Here are a…
You know it’s a tech slow news day when …
“Microsoft knew about Xbox 360 disc-scratch problem, employee claims” Here’s a hot flash for you. If you move a PC with a spinning CD/DVD in it, it’s going to scratch. …
How to remember that password on a test system
I have dozens of Virtual PC/VMware images, and can never remember the password for the things. A cleverer guy than me (Tony Cinanni) suggested this solution: Set a “Password Hint”. …
How to determine what OU your PC is in.
dsquery computer -name PCNAME - where PCNAME is the name of your computer. Or, go visit Joeware and grab the AdFind tool.