Do your PC’s or network contain important confidential data, and are you afraid of data theft by employees? In that case take a look at this article, it describes how to disable USB mass storage devices (USB pens, disks) on machines complete with GPO/ADM templates and all. http://diaryproducts.net/about/operating_systems/windows/disable_usb_sticks Based in part on this article (German); […]
Would you like a FREE certificate so you can send signed and encrypted emails? Well seek no further, here you can get a 100% free certificate so you can start encrypting and signing your mails (note for encrypting your recipients will also need to have a certificate, this is how it is supposed to work)… […]
If you are a sysadmin you have likely experienced that some odd user keep getting his/her Windows Domain Account locked out, there can be numerous reasons for this but while debugging the exact reason the user keep getting locked out and keep calling you every hour or so to be unlocked. Well I came up […]
Last night I took the time to go see the Transformers II movie, my expectations was “so so” as a friend of mine had claimed it to be poor, but as I liked the first movie why would I not like the second one.. Conclusion, well true the story line is a bit odd (as […]
You likely already know about VLC player from VideoLan.org? It is a nifty little player that has several cool features, like; it is free, it has build in codex’es and oh yeah it is free 😉 The really cool thing about VLC is that it come with build in codex’es, this is clever because it […]
If you are using Forefronturing Client Security you know that it is not big in the corporate configuration department, much can however be done using GPO’s and general AD management.. Yes I also prefer having these options in a management console, but atlas it is still possible.. Read this article to get the low down. […]
If you experience problems with Forefront Client Security (or Windows Defender) and likely also the new free Microsoft antivirus, here are some tips for debugging it; Look for the file called; MpCmdRun.exe On Forefront Client Security this is found in; C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront\Client Security\Client\Antimalware If you go to a command prompt and run this command […]
It would appear that I am not the only person capable of misplacing things, NASA apparently ‘misplaced’ the original recordings of the lunar landing for 40 years, and just recently rediscovered them. It would appear that what we have been watching these past 39 years was nothing more than a video camera re-recording of the […]
Every once in a while you tend to come across something really cool, today was such a day.. A while back I added a “Commercials no thank you!” on my mailbox (in Denmark most companies respect these), and what a relief 🙂 earlier I would carry 1-2 plastic bags down to the recycling bin every […]
Yes it is here “Microsoft Security Essentials”, the Beta for Microsoft’s new free anti virus (previously codenamed morro) and the replacement for One Care Live a paid anti virus solution Microsoft attempted earlier which reached eol in June 2009. We use Forefront Client Security (Microsoft’s corporate anti virus solution) at work, and it works quite […]