McAfee Offers to Fix Hosed Systems
You’ve probably heard about McAfee’s faux pas detection of the w32/wecorl.a virus in WinXP. Here’s what they intend to do to fix the problem… “INSECURITY OUTFIT McAfee has offered to fix the one per cent of PCs running Windows XP that were hosed by its software stuff-up. The antivirus company apparently thinks that “a small percentage” of Windows […]
InterWorks is a Veeam Gold ProPartner
One of the most common questions I hear when talking about implementing a VMware environment is related to backups. How do you back up a virtual machine? It is possible to use existing methods involving remote agents for backup software, but they are often complicated and expensive, as well as reliant upon tapes. A […]
Outpost vs. Chieftent: A brief review of two iPhone apps for Basecamp
Yesterday, a co-worker mentioned that there are several popular iPhone applications that interact with the 37 Signals Basecamp Project Management web application. Since we’ve recently started using Basecamp, I realized that I was missing the boat by not having some functionality available from my iPhone. Several apps are recommended by Basecamp HQ (http://basecamphq.com/extras). I wouldn’t […]
Network Level Access errors with Windows XP SP3
Server 2008, Vista and Windows 7 have some additional security features for Remote Desktop connection called Network Level Authentication. Unfortunately if you’re still running Windows XP SP3 these additional features are not enabled by default and you might get the following error: “The remote computer requires Network Level Authentication, which your computer does not support. […]
iTunes: 1 Million Artists and Growing or How to Handle Various Artists Albums
Are you using iTunes for one reason or another? Perhaps you have an iPod or iPhone? Have you ever imported an album that has various artists? For example a movie or game soundtrack. Then notice how your artist list becomes polluted with names that you have never heard of and only contain a single song […]
Wireless 802.11n router comparison
Here’s a good 802.11n routers roundup for the SOHO and Home market from William Van Winkle of Tom’s Hardware. Spoiler: Linksys WRT610N is the winner. Wireless Networking: Nine 802.11n Routers Rounded Up
Photo’s showing the reassembly of a ShoreTel 230.
Overview Unfortunately, my co-wokrer spilled part of their soda pop on their numpad for their ShoreTel 230. When the soda dried up, it make a good portion of the keys sticky. To get to the keys, I had to dissassemble the entire phone to be able to clean the keys properly. If you’re anything like […]
Install Google Chrome Web Browser on a Windows 2008 Terminal Server for All Users
Overview In case you didn’t know, if you install Google Chrome by downloading and installing from http://www.google.com/chrome, Chrome will install itself to the AppData folder for ONLY the user that installed the folder. The install directory is located at: For Windows Vista/Windows 7 – C:Users%username%AppDataLocalGoogleChrome For Windows XP – C:Documents and Settings%username%Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChrome For […]
Symantec Links – Backup Exec 2010 B2D Training and Gumblar Botnet Statistics
While scanning the Symantec website today, I ran across these 2 links that are worth sharing. This is a nice free training guide for Backup Exec 2010 Backup-To-Disk folders including best practices and general setup guidelines. http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/betc-be2010-free-modules This is a Symantec Blog that indicates the Gumblar Botnet activity and describes how it infiltrates sites and […]
Quick Reminder on Digital Copiers and Security
Just a reminder that all digital copiers since 2002 have hard drives and they keep a copy on them of anything copied, scanned or printed until it is full, then it starts writing over them again. Some models can store thousands of the most recent items that went through them. So just a reminder before a […]