How to determine why a user has failed to logon
DaleBy looking at the Security Event Log, and Event ID 529 In the above example, the user tried to logon to the computer while it was disconnected from the network. …
15 Password Managers
You might have seen this cartoon here before, but it’s worth repeating, as it’s that time of month. Some organisations require passwords that are longer than the 12 digit codes…
Bypassing Internet Explorer Group Policy lockdowns.
We lock down Internet Explorer, to prevent our non IT-savvy staff from changing settings which will break their internet access. We apply those same settings to ourselves, which isn’t as…
Broken websites, and Microsoft update KB2661254
Did you know that Microsoft invalided/stopped the use of security certificates with a RSA key length of less than 1024 bits? And they started doing this back in August 2012? …
Computer Associates eTrust ITM definitions not updating
I was researching (another) eTrust issue today, and found this (defunct) blog post by Brad Benner. Thought I’d save it from the memory hole. The virus definitions for one of…
Active Directory User account being locked repeatedly
(I don’t know the answer to this yet, so this is just an dump of what I know.) Customer reports that they’re Active Directory User account is being locked out…
How to recover a “WiFi” password from a Windows PC.
Or, “I’ve forgotten my Wireless password and don’t know how to retrieve it from my Windows 7 PC.” I didn’t either, until today. The background was that a customer was…
Protecting the world’s information–NOT!
Oh the hide of Symantec, saying that they are “Protecting the world’s information” In a PDF outlining the impact of its proprietary source code being stolen, Symantec recommends disabling pcAnywhere…
Virus removal tools
A short list of various virus removal tools I’ve used: Sophos – Virus Removal Tool Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool Windows Defender Offline
Busted laptop–one of those Family/Friends/Neighbour deals.
The friend reported that their Windows 7 Dell laptop was bluescreen-ing. Now this was going to be a post about how simple it was to fix, but as it turns…