If you haven’t updated to Windows XP Service Pack 3, you should really look into that prior to July 13th 2010, if you ever want help from Microsoft. After July 13th 2010, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP Sp2 as well as Windows 2000 Operating Systems. Though Microsoft hasn’t given any indication of […]
Q&A Monday: Remotely Turn on Computer?
Question: I constantly turn off my home office computer when I am not using it to save energy. I don’t think this is possible, but I thought there would be no harm in asking you the question anyway. Is there a way for me to remotely turn on my computer when I am not in […]
Facebook Privacy Scanner
A lot of recent concern over Facebook and their recent privacy changes and people are either talking about deleting their Facebook pages or trying to navigate the privacy settings to keep them safe. The latter is what I though I would do, since when I’m not at work, I’m addicted to Facebook. I thought I […]
Question and Answer: Stop Domain Users from Installing Files
Question: I have Windows 2003 domain and some users have local admin rights. I would like to prevent these users from installing any software on their PCs. Bobby Clem Boulder, CO Answer: In an ideal world we wouldn’t have users who were also local administrators, but we in the IT world often have perfect […]
Linux Newbie Mistakes
Being a Network Administrator I’ve ran my fair share of Linux servers with various Linux OS’s on them doing many things. I’ve decided to give you some tips on using the Linux OS when you are more familiar with another OS. This isn’t meant to give you everything you need, but give you the ground […]
Consultants and deadlines
I’ve spent some time consulting for a small and medium sized companies and I’ve seen many consultants make many errors and one of the worse for you clients is blowing deadlines. Now for me to say that you’ll never run into a situation where your project is incomplete when the deadline comes would just be […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: May 11th 2010
On Tuesday May 11th Microsoft released another round of updates for the Windows Operating System. Here’s what they are and what they do: SECURITY UPDATES: Update: MS10-030/KB978542 Type: Critical Affected Systems: XP, 7, 2003, 3008, 2008 R2, Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 for 2000 What it does: Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail […]
Q&A Monday: Reinstalling Wan MiniPort
Question: My WAN miniport has gone missing. I accidentally deleted it durring some computer troubleshooting. Do you know how to get it back short of a complete Windows re-install? Thanks, Howard S. Jordan Montgomery, AL Answer: It’s been a while since I’ve been in this situation, but this should work: Download devcon.exe from some Microsoft site. Open netrasa.inf […]
Admin Toolkit: 5 Linux tools you need for Windows
I think most System Admins have a USB thumb-drive with a bunch of tools that may be needed to diagnose any problems that might come to their network or their own computer. (Or is it just me?) I plan to go over what tools I use in more detail at a later time, but for […]
SysPrep Windows
Every single time it comes to me setting up a bunch of servers in a cloned environment, I always need to sit down and try to remember how this works or end up searching the web for the answers that I am looking for. So enough it enough and I wanted to take the time […]
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