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. …
My user account is trying to logon another system and I don’t know why!
A customer reported that while they were using their computer, their user account was trying to logon to another system (CRAGGYISLAND) and they wanted to know why. In technical speak,…
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…
Files to delete when imaging a system.
Such as when you use the GHOST disk imaging product. This is a revision of a post I wrote back in November 2009, and it’s about time to update it.…
“it is advantageous to have the "Write Cache Enable" bit turned ON”
However, in a CTOS (or MS-DOS, Windows/NT, etc.) environment, it is advantageous to have the "Write Cache Enable" bit turned ON, which allows the built-in cache on the disk to…
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? …
What happens if my Windows Domain time clock is fast …
… and I want to change it back? It depends on the operating system. The latest documentation from Microsoft states MaxAllowedPhaseOffset Registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config Version Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows…
How to hide a disabled device from Device Manager.
Under Windows XP at least, you use the Windows Driver Kit utility, Device Console Utility (Devcon.exe) C:\>C:\WDK\devcon remove *SMS_DISPLAY ROOT\*SMS_DISPLAY\0000 : Removed on reboot Not all of 1 device(s) removed,…
I hate grovelling around in Blue Screens of Death.
They’ll tell you why something crashed, eventually. And the data a crash dump gives you isn’t a matter of opinion. It is what is is. So it’s a good piece…
Performance: Windows XP, the now “Classic” OS and Solid State Drives.
With my last post, I mentioned that there are 3 things you should do with SSD drives on Windows XP. I left 4 other things out, because I honestly didn’t…