A rootkit is a term used to describe mechanisms that allow malware such as viruses and spyware to hide their existence from tools that are designed to eradicate them. Rootkits commonly open back doors to systems so that malicious intruders can access the system with administrative credentials or intruders use them on the machine to […]
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How do I disable Internet Explorer password caching?
When you are prompted to type your security credentials into the Enter Network Password dialog and you check Save this password in your password list, you have cached your password. To disable password caching: 1. Open a CMD.EXE window. 2. Type the following command and press Enter: REG ADD “HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings” /V DisablePasswordCaching /T REG_DWORD […]
My Microsoft Exchange Server database has reached its 16GB limit, and I can’t perform any actions to clear space. What can I do?
Microsoft added functionality in the Exchange 2000 Server post-Service Pack 3 (SP3) rollup to enable an extra 1GB of database growth for a standard edition database. You can use this extra space to perform maintenance in emergency situations when you run out of database space. This capability is standard with Exchange Server 2003. To access […]
How do I log on to Windows Vista using a domain account?
The domain drop-down dialog box doesn’t appear on the Vista logon screen. Instead, you need to include the domain name as part of the username. For example, user Ali in domain alibutt.com would log on with a username of ali@alibutt.com.
How do I disable the Windows XP balloon tips?
To disable the Windows XP Notification Area balloon tips: 1. Use the registry editor to navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced. 2. on the Edit menu, press New and DWORD value. 3. Type a Value Name of EnableBalloonTips. 4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips and type 0. Alternately, open a CMD.EXE window and type: REG ADD “HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced” /V EnableBalloonTips /T REG_DWORD […]
How can I determine which groups I’m a member of for my current logon session?
You can use the whoami command with the /groups switch to display all the groups in the currently logged on user token as the following command and output show: whoami /groups C:Documents and Settingsali>whoami /groups [Group 1] = “UKDomain Users” [Group 2] = “Everyone” [Group 3] = “MERCURYDebugger Users” [Group 4] = “BUILTINAdministrators” [Group 5] […]
What will a World Of Warcraft player look like in the year 2030?
All credit to Pyxelated from Deviantart for the pic
Why do 10 million people play World Of Warcraft ?
A friend of mine recently sent me this email and I believe it answers the title of this post perfectly:
I guess it’s a combination of things. Work was taking up more of my time and WOW felt like a second job when just one job was already enough for me. But ultimately it came down to this. If I put in 10 hours pumping out presentations for my boss, reading about mutual funds online, etc. I came out the better for it. However, if I spent the same 10 hours playing, maybe I’d get a level up out of it but when I log off the game, what do I have to show for the last 10 hours of my life. Not much.
Propagate Public Folder Permissions On Exchange 2003
You can use Exchange System Manager to propagate permissions for public folders using the following steps: Exchange System Manager Goto the public folder you want to adjust permissions on Properties Permissions Hold Ctrl while clicking Client Permissions You should now be able to set permissions to public folders and propagate to child objects
Import / Export IP Settings Using Netsh
To quickly export your IP (inc dns / wins) settings to a text file, use the following command: netsh -c interface dump > c:\work-net.txt When you connect to another LAN netsh -c interface dump > c:\home.txt Once you have everything in a text file, you can use this command to import the settings depending on […]