Bulk EFS decryption & encryption
DaleShort story version: use the CIPHER command. I had a 3-2-1 backup fail on me recently." “21,684 files could not be copied”. The original files were EFS encrypted. Here’s a…
Installing VLC Media Player in a corporate environment
Queue the Madness song “Baggy Trousers” – “Oh what fun we had …” (Not a lot of fun WAS had actually). A lot of our customers use VLC Media Player. …
Echo commenting chases the corporate dollar – I’m out
I’ve been dissatisfied with the Echo commenting plug-in for WordPress for a while now. The latest-but-last gripe has been with Echo performance. It adds up to 3 seconds to the…
Disk Wiping Test: What I’d recommend
A single pass wipe, with verify. The product I’d recommend? Personal use Active@KillDisk Free. The free version only does one pass, so there’s not much to configure. It was a…
Disk Wiping Test: Testing and other FAQs
How did you test? Restored a Ghost image of Windows XP to laptop with a 120GB hard drive. Copied 24919 files onto the laptop C: drive. (1955MB in total) Shutdown…
Disk Wiping Test: BCWipe Total WipeOut v2.3
BCWipe was the very first disk wipe program I ever used. So I have some fondness for it. Having said that, the create “Bootable USB disk” wizard had some strange…
Disk Wiping Test: O&O SafeErase 4
FAIL. Presented this screen when I tried to install it on Windows 7 (64-bit) Checking the System Requirements again: So you’ve lied to me then. FAIL.
One way to see if there is an outbound hole in your firewall.
A request from one of our support technicians said "Please exclude www.acompany.com:6969 from the proxy server.". Note that it's the :6969 which is important here. It tells the web browser…
Disk Wiping Test: CBL Data Shredder v1.0 (DOS)
CBL specialises in data recovery. I liked the layout of the wipe screen. Using the default options, CBL Data Shredder took 68 minutes to wipe our 120GB drive. Version tested:…
It only takes one bloody idiot
I don’t think Operation Pin Ball refers to the Police Minister’s accident. By the way, it’s not “his” car. It’s a company car provided to him by the taxpayers of…