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Company wants to purchase new server(s).
Hey TE, My IT Manager has put me in charge of researching, presenting, implementing new server(s) at our company. Might possibly get opportunities to do server implementations for customers also. I have less than a year experience, so I'm in a "Baptism by fire" kind of situation. I'll have to present to the IT Manager,…
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Anybody dabbling in Powershell?
I am new to Powershell and I am trying to get an understanding of it through borrowing script and making it work for my system. I have a script that I thought would take files from a target folder and zip them into a destination folder. It is creating zip folders in my destination folder based on the names of the files in…
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"Free" time?
I'm graduating with my Bachelors of Science in Management Information Systems in less than a month; I have no idea what to do with myself! I'll have a lot more time to play with the baby (not really a baby anymore), but I need suggestions for me time! Here's a list of potential pursuits in my near future: - Read all of…
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Adding Wireless access to Win 7 image
I am creating a new image for some laptops we will be deploying. I would like to be able to add the SSID and key code ahead of time for the offices that these laptops will be traveling to. They do not have a domain that they will be logging in to. Is there a way to do this ahead of time?
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Niall Ferguson - When East Beats West
This is absolute genius - it is very intellectual but seriously force yourself to watch these if that's not your kind of thing. This is the future explained today, and it effects everyone of us in the 'West' and particuarly your children if you have any. Niall Ferguson - The John Bonython Lecture 2010 - YouTube It's a bit…
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Question: How do you edit your signature?
I looked around, and I haven't found a way of doing it, nor have I found an FAQ that could help me do that. Just want to include my cert goals for 2012. Thanks.
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the-10-best-it-certifications-2012
Most of these I can agree with, but is there really that big of a call for Apple certs? The 10 best IT certifications: 2012 | TechRepublic
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Two questions (weird)
I do not know how to explain this thing. But i'll try it. When you are online gaming, at the time "connection lost" appeared on the screen, is this issue related to application level, network layer level or transport layer level? ( i ask this cos connection is a general term which is related to from network layer to…
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Reliable VPN Router with WAP
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a reliable small business VPN router (point to point and remote) with built-in Wireless. Currently have a Cisco RV082 (lacks WAP) and it's been problematic to say the least. Not opposed to sticking with Cisco, just looking for suggestions. For Cisco, I was looking at the RV220W. Thanks!
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Switch Latency cut through vs Store and forward.
Nice little video explaining the difference ways to measure switch latency, and also comparing the store and forward vs cut through latency for different packet sizes. Up to packet sizes of >1024 bytes, there is very little difference in performance, even at 1500bytes (ethernet standard MTU) the latency of both methods is…
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Linux Infinity
Hey guys, I installed Linux Mint 12 x64 on my dad's computer. He doesn't have any problem with it. However, for some reason he managed to removed the top panel. I can put the panel back, but I am unable to restore it to what it was before. Is there a way to restore the original panel back with the Infinity icon, clock etc?…
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Open Source imaging software
Does anyone know of any good open source imaging software besides Ghost for Linux and Clonezilla? Here is the issue I have. Do to a promotion at work, I will eventually have to pass on the managing and deployment of the Ubuntu image I built for our developers to use. Clonezilla is terrific since I have to pass all of this…
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Apache HTTP Server
Hi Do I need server as my OS in order to run this Not even sure if this is my best option but all I need to do is create a folder on my PC that I can put photos and video files in so my relative who lives in London can access them and see my children So far I have installed it to my laptop as a test and configured the…
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Whats a Good home Cisco router
Now I am in the new house I was thinking of getting a half decent home router, so possible one of the 800W series or old 700 series. Does any one have any experience with these and points to look out for? Do any of them run the security IOS with the IOS firewall? Cheers Aaron
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FBI Official on Cyber War: "We're not winning."
U.S. Outgunned in Hacker War - WSJ.com I'm pretty sure this comes as no surprise to any of us.
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html help!
Hello, I run honsougaming.com. On the right we have this 4x 125x125 ad box, which is not in the widgets section of the wordpress cp. The creator said you have to use the html txt widget to use the ad space. The Widget is called "Text" with the description of "Arbitrary text or HTML". I tried putting google adsense into the…
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Hundreds of thousands of Macs infected
It was going to happen sometime... BBC News - Half a million Mac computers 'infected with malware' Mac Flashback Trojan: Find Out If You're One of the 600,000 Infected
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Scanning for confidential data
Do you guys use any specific tools to scan for confidential data on your file servers? I have found some tools that do the job, but wanted to see what everyone else uses.
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Juniper Monitoring Solution?
Hey guys, What would be the relative equivalent Cisco Works for Juniper? I am helping selecting a monitoring solution for a large enterprise juniper build out. They also use F5 load blancers if it matters, be nice to have it all under one system. Currently they use Orion and it's not meeting their needs. They need better…
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end of consoling gaming
Hi guys interesting article about Game consoling. It looks like more companies try to lock up piracy, more it becomes attaractive. Say hello to the brave new world of console gaming | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games
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SCOm rough costs?
All, We're poking at SCOM 2007 for some of our servers. (i know 2012 is nearly out) It has some features that currently Foglight/Nagios can't reproduce. Calling sales people is a nightmare... anyone know the rough cost per host/server? Looking at 100 windows servers. 10 dcs 2 sharepoint 2 Greatplains the rest are file..…
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Storage Learning
All, How do these storage vendors educate? I mean, Microsoft and Cisco have great learning paths and easy/cheap access to similators, trial versions of the software and endless options concerning books. Meanwhile, I don't see any storage simulators/emulators, books, cbts for Hitachi or EMC etc. How do they expect you to…
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Windows 7 Clients unable to traverse dfs folder hierarchy
We are currently experiencing an issue that for some reason has stumped me and I can't determine how to continue troubleshooting it. Our Windows 7 clients (standard users) are no longer able to traverse our dfs folder structure, but Windows XP (same user) do not experience said issue. They are still able to access what…
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Sysprep, Clonezilla and Wins 7
I am so confused on how to use sysprep. Basically, I need to create a customized PC with active directory info image that will be on the server. Then whenever I get a new machine I just load that image and make a few adjustments and hand it over to the user. I read a few articles on sysprep and used the OBOE option with…
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Apple episode of Packet Pushers "Aerohive and the Bonjour Gateway"
This really caught my attention when iTunes downloaded it. I guess this is a reminder of how popular Apple is becoming. Episode 94 Packet Pushers Podcast
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is there any freelancing jobs for networking
I am ccna , ccnp and rhce certified, and attempted CCIE once and passed in lab failed in tshoot. trying to attempt once again. exam fees is a big problem, do any one know any free lancing websites which surely make your payment for your work, if you guys know any of such a websites which suites for me , please share or PM…
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Dell Switches
I have a Dell switch that I consoled in through Putty. I am positive it is running unmanaged. It is a 3500 series POE. There is no password and no hostname. The only thing I need is its IP address. I used the help ? command and it wouldn't recognize show ip. I did get it to show system but the output locked up the prompt…
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Worried about IT?
One sites article: Expect 270,000 New Software Development Jobs by 2020 | Dice Blog Network Feel better?
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Ergonomic equipment for work
Like so many others I experience neck pain and back pain. I go through this regiment everyday from pills to stretching etc. My questions is about ergonomics. Anyone out there with neck and or back pain? What type of set up do you have. I dropped my arm rest down lower and lowered my monitors and have them directly side by…
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Questioning the cloud
A good article about why companies shouldn’t be so eager to move to the cloud. A good article about why companies shouldn’t be so eager to move to the cloud. Questioning the cloud | StarTribune.com From the article.. Cloud computing is a form of corporate outsourcing, and is a modern term for what in the 1970s was called…
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CCNP Security VPN 62_647/8
Does any one know if there is a video series that covers this exam? VPN's are one of my weaker areas and while I dont have time to hit the books/Labs (other study I need to take care of), it would be great to have some videos to start learning in bit size chunks around other work. Cheers
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Cloud
Take it more seriously. Please guys. I just had the unhappy experience of seeing a few people laid off today, so maybe this is written in an emotional state. I don’t take it well. I have to say I feel uneasy about the chip on the shoulder of IT people right now when it comes to the cloud. In their world it’s often a buzz…
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XGA and SXGA screen issue
Hi I have just fitted a replacement LCD screen on my laptop and even though I bought the correct model of screen I am unable to get anything higher than 1024 X 768 which leads me to believe I have just purchased an XGA My original screen is N150P5 -L01 Rev.C1 for my HP NC6320 This is the screen I have just bought and…
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Windows Server Hostname whitelist
Is there a way for a Windows Server 2008 to drop connections from unapproved hostnames? I was thinking somekind of whitelist either through the built-in firewall or through a external application.
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Creating WhiteList of Approved Sites in IE9?
Anyone come up with a good way to create a white list of approved sites for IE9? I have a whole list we use via a custom script, but that script does not work under IE9. Since we are transitioning to Win 7, its no problem to create an image for the laptops that already has the approved sites listed, but I am looking for a…
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Excel locked ONLY by User A
Hello, I have a weird issue with only one user. So user A opens any excel document that she has used in the past from a network share, and it states that its currently in use by her (User A). The same thing happens if she logs in from another computer. Heres the crazy part, if someone else trys to open the same file, User…
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Teacher's aide fired for not giving up FB password
Grade school teacher
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Sharing Files in Win Server 2008
So heres my situation. For reasons that I can't get into at the moment we have a Windows server 2008 R2 server acting as our file server. I have about 10 shared file on it and out of those 10, 7 of them are password protected and the other 3 are so called anonomous shares with the guest account. I can access the 3 open…
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National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) - worth it?
Just wondering if anyone here has joined the National Technical Honor Society. Was it worth it? I think it costs $25 and you supposedly can get scholarships through them. I joined Phi Theta Kappa last year and realized it wasn't really going to do much for me so I'm wondering if maybe I should just keep my $25 and forget…
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VLan question
Hi guys.... I am thinking about segregating our resources with vlans. Do you think it would be wise to put pc's, thin clients and printers on their own vlans? Also, we have 3 sites, one connected via vpn (ASA's) and another by evpl (routers). all different subnets.... can i start "vlanning" at the main site as long as i…
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Prim Router question
Hello all, I have a design question. Lets say you have one site that is part of a larger organization. This one site has a Prim router > Firewall > Switch > users . Wouldn't you want your prim router inside the firewall? The larger organization does have IDS / IPS systems prior to getting outside to the public network but…
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Active Directory Server 2008 Adding Bulk Users.
Hello guys. I have a project and will be needed to add 300 Users. What is the best way to add users ? CSVDE or LDIFDE or there is another tool which is better ? Any good sources to read regarding this ? Thanks.
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On March 31, anonymous will shut the Internet down
Source: 0100111 - Pastebin.com * * 01001111 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 * 01101110 01000111 01101100 01101111 01100010 01100001 01101100 * 01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 01101111 01110101 01110100 * * ___ _ _ ___ _ _ _ * / _ \ _ __ ___ _ _ __ _| |_(_)___ _ _ / __| |___| |__…
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connect to Oracle View and put the data into MySQL
There is a department external to mine that look after a large Oracle database. They have a view setup which I can use although not all the data is going to be useful. Ideally I would have the data going into a MySQL database under my control. Is this possible? What are the options, what do I need to ask the other…
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April 1st issue of the EFFector
April 1st edition of the EFFector RIAA, ISPs Introducing New "Hunger Games" Penalties for Infringers
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RFC: STEP Security
Interweb Re-Engineering Task Force J. OquendoRequest for Comments 4012012 E-Fensive Security StrategiesCategory: InformationalExpires: 2020 STEP by STEP SecurityStatus of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full nonconformance with provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. This document may not be modified, and derivative…
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PDA's and cell phones
I am hoping to join the IT workforce soon and I have a few half-baked thoughts that maybe someone could shed some light on. I have noticed that a number of tech support jobs advertised require knowledge of PDA's, cell phones and other handheld computing and telecommunications devices. I assume that there is some connection…
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Google Maps 8-bit for NES
Man, I laughed so hard! googlemaps - YouTube
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Any people spending some time with Photoshop? ideas pending
Hiyyee guyz, To be honest, i can not dream anything to illustrate on these applications. I try many ways however get no result. Just spoil everything. Actually, i had started this curiosity making use of GIMP. Probably not efficient as much as Photoshop, though, features it offered are not few. Since i lost my all…
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IT Related Community Outreach Ideas
Hi all. I am part of a Community Outreach Committee at work and this coming quarter we are participating in an Adopt-a-School program. Since I am in IT, I was wondering if anyone has done anything like this before and may have some suggestions as to what an IT person can offer for situations like this? The school we are in…
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When Do You Tell An End User They're SOL?
Obviously, you really can't, but boy do I wish I could. Like in the case that someone is over their email limit and instead of concentrating on the act of archiving their email they are playing on Facebook at the same time. Suddenly, all the mail is missing....sorry I guess you learned your lesson...one can dream I guess!
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Trouble upgrading IOS on an 877 router.
Hey TE, I've been having some troubles trying to upgrade the IOS on an 877 router. I can't for the life of me connect to the tftp server on my pc. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can ping from my pc to the router, but can't ping from the router to my pc. I've tried tried to put an IP address on one of the interfaces,…
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Which brands you manage and which is the one you liike the most and why?
For me betweent he brands i manage the one i like the most is Aruba It does many cool things The support its good You even get support through the forum, there are aruba engineers asnwering questions there. The tranings are really good, they also got the instructor led training in which you dont have to travel or anything…
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image quality difference?
Guyz and girlz, Rearranging the topic. Neither the shader language supported by the graphics card nor the performance difference is not my concern. What i am up to is to learn which things belong to the graphics cards makes the image look different from one to another. From the point of of an older graphics card and a…
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Free Wireless Internet for the Masses: Internet a Right?
We discussed this topic a little bit a few months ago in the Is the Internet a Human Right thread. And we all had very similar ideas that it is not a right and in my opinion I think it has more in common with a public utility. Not so much that it is a "natural monopoly" but in the way we think of "the Internet" as we do…
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Cisco fridge
Anyone's fridge as cool as this ?
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Gotta love technical support (as a customer) sometimes ... This time : HP Server
On chat ... Me: Got an HP Microserver N36L, Onboard and 3rd party Raid card fail to see drive on channel #3 (slot 4) Me: <gives personal details, serial, product code> < 10 minute wait > Agent: This is for the HP Microserver, correct ? Me: Yes < 5 minute wait > Agent: The drive in slot 4 fails, correct ? Me: Yes < 5 minute…
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Firefox and Adobe Flash not working out
Hi all! So I've been having this problem recently. When I use Firefox to watch YouTube videos, and I pause the video, the Flash plugin crashes, which is annoying because if it's a longer video and I've paused it at a certain time, then I have to reload the page and let the whole video load again. This doesn't happen…
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Does VMware have a real future?
Does VMware Have a Real Future? - Computerworld_ Thoughts? I don't really have an opinion on this to be honest, but I thought it was worth sharing.
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US DoE offering $100,000 for cool apps
Layer 8: US Dept. of Energy offers $100,000 for cool apps
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Microsoft Raid
Microsoft raid targets cyber Mafia intel - Mar. 26, 2012
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Diagnostic cable internet connection.
Hy!, There are several websites that you check the speed test. I wonder if there is one diagnosed problem between the cable moden, node, and cmts.? Thanks in advanced.
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Know what Google knows about you?
Now you'll know New Google Account Activity lets you know what Google knows about you
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Statistics of Mail-Enabled DL ?
I need to find out how many mails have been sent to a Mail Enabled DL .. Anyone has an idea how that is (if even) possible ?
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Here's How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone's Security Code (Video)
Here's How Law Enforcement Cracks Your iPhone's Security Code (Video) - Forbes
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Anyone get the Ipad3 today?
Just curious if anyone has one yet, and what they think.
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Web Replacement for a excel shared spreadsheet
Guys, My currently currently uses a shared excel spreadsheet to track tips. The fields are Date , Recruiter , Consultant, Company , etc Excel works but works poorly when shared by multiple people. A MS Access DB is currently out of the question so I was wondering if you guys have come across anything that I could use,…
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website for checking fault addresses?
Anyone have a good website that lists fault addresses and the actual problem related to it? Have a machine that has a program that has crashed twice this morning, and gives a fault address of fault address 0x0064d088. I googled it, and nothing comes up.
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Telephone system to join to 4 sites
At the moment we have four sites, each with their own direct telephone number but we would like to receive the telephone calls at one location and then transfer the calls to the sites after determining where they need to go. If we use the current system we have we will be charged for diverting the initial call to our main…
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Getting Certified With Life's Distractions
This post is meant as more of a poll than a request for advice but I know there are plenty of intelligent people on this forum so if you have some advice, feel free to post it. I’ll keep it pretty simple. Who out there has had problems juggling kids, wife, friends, girlfriends, work, all while trying to get some…
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Need assistance from a programmer!
Spent nearly 45 minutes debugging a simple little application that took about 15 minutes to write in GDB and i traced it back to "fopen". I was getting a segfault when running the program. I had noticed that the address of the structure was changing in a completely different function when it should have been the same (it's…
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GPO headache with loopback processing.
I am having a heck of a time with this, but I am trying to apply a locked down computer only to specific PCs that I have listed in the Security Filtering on a test GPO I have created. Default GPO - User can access items on desktop Test GPO - User is locked down and cannot access desktop. Since I can only accomplish this…
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please help me!! :)
hi everyone, I've lost the reset cd to my mac can i just dowload the os again and install? you dont seem to need a licence key.
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AD Powershell Command
Ok, here's what I'm trying to do. I'm attempting to pull a list of all disabled users from AD. I've got the script working but I'm having issues trimming down exactly what I need. Here's my script:Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly | FT Name,SamAccountName -A I'd like to trim this down to just show me the user…
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Quick question re: Firewall arch. concepts (Please dont be scared by the title!)
Can anyone explain to me briefly why it's a good idea to place DMZ inhabiting systems like DNS servers and Webmail on a Basestation Host? I'm studying for the CISSP , and it says in the AIO by Shon Harris that the Basestation Host is frontline to the internet, therefore it has to be hardened, and is subject to all the wild…
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Headphone recommendations
Hello All Anyone have a good recommendation for over the ear headphones, with good bass, that is primarily used for music, that is less than $100 or 200? What does everyone use here and do they love it? Are those Dre Beats headphones worth the crazy prices they are charging?
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Don't allow external RDP to your network!
VPN into a network and then RDP to whatever server you need. Here's a good reason why to block that pesky protocol: From the “Why use a VPN?” Department. Microsoft RDP flaw announced. ? My EtherealMind
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SSL web traffic privacy?
Im curious about how much different the SSL connection than IPSec VPN -in terms of privacy, identification of your location and IP address. For instance, once i type URL with https (assuming supporting secure session) such as facebook. 1) Are my location and IP address still being identified? 2) Is the data leaving my…
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Just found out something interesting about e-books...
I buy a lot of books on my Kindle because let's face it, it's much easier to hold one of these up for a couple hours then a 6 pound hardcover. Anyways, one of my more recent purchases was Lammel's 7th edition CCNA book. There was so much reference to the CD, and tests, and labs in the book that I was feeling a little…
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IP to URI c#
Does any one know the answer to this. a uri is in the format Google or ftp://ftp.google.com for example But I have the IP address 8.8.8.8 (yer google PublicDNS server) now I could do a recursive look up to get the url for this, but is there a uri format for IP address something like http://8.8.8.8/ ? I have a program that…
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forum profile suggestion?
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is allowed to be posted or even were. I'm curious if its possible to also have education in your profile selection? For example, we currently are allowed to list all our certifications (a degree is a certification if you look at it that way). I'm curious if its possible to have a list were you…
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Unable to install windows sbs 2008 in DELL POWEREDGE T100
Hi I fixed a new 500 GB sata hard disk drive and when I try to load windows sbs 2008 , during the finish of the installation ,I receive the error below Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware” Please help me to solve this issue N.B: It is already running with 500 GB SATA HDD with same SBS 2008…
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What router are you using at home?
I'm using a netgear WGR614 - Wireless G. Never had any problems, never needs to be rebooted. It's a beast. Though, I'd like to upgrade to wireless N very soon. I do have a spare Cisco 1841 that I've been thinking of using with a small PoE switch, linking a Wireless N Access point to it. Though, I'm not sure if that's the…
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40% of Government Websites FAILED mandatory security update
40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test
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The future of mobile (Dashboard)
The Future Of Mobile [DECK] This is a pretty nice presentation. Check it out. Obviously it predicts what we are assuming. But it's nice to have a dashboard of quanitative data to back it up.
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Win7 on USB Driive
I have just made a BART PE 3.0 drive bootable and made it run the nifty PStart were I can place shortcuts into it Anyway, I was just wondering is there a Windows 7 GUI style I could boot to Were I could simply have shortcuts on the desktop wo whatever I wanna run, ie Ghost, Acronis..etc etc.. Thanks Lee
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Emt-b?
I know someone here is EMT-B but can't remember who it is. I want to give this a shot and could use some pointers.
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Recommend reading material for IT Consultants
Or anyone else for that matter A recommended reading list for IT consultants | TechRepublic
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Windows Home Server
I'm thinking about getting this. The 2011 version looks pretty good for backing up all my data, and keeping all my data in one place, instead of spanned across various machines. Has anyone else used this? I'd like to hear what people think.
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Udacity - a new era in learning?
I'm sure you guys know the AI, Crypto and other courses Stanford U has been offering online. The professor who did the AI course has resigned and founded Udacity - Educating the 21st Century which is offering some free online learning. Very cool.
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Anybody on this forum use EndNote?
It's a biblography application that auto cites your manuscript, research paper, etc. It plugs into Word and when you get to a point where you need to reference you select the style you want and just hit insert and it drops it in the body. At the end you configure how you want your biblography to appear and then format and…
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Acrobat Pro Help - Batch Encrypting
We do a TON of scanning of files, then encrypt them in Acrobat before sending them to our ftp site. Right now, we have to have someone manually kick off the encryption, so that it takes care of the hundreds of files that were scanned each day. I have been looking to see if there is a way to automate this, so that it will…
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Finding the impossible - USB to Serial adapter that works under Win 7/64
I recently ordered half dozen of these from monoprice.com after their website said they work under all versions of Win 7. Well, couldnt be further from the truth. Driver does not install properly. It will install under safe mode, but is not recognizable when rebooting to normal mode. Tried 3 different drivers from their…
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Powershell: Filecount with files larger than .....
Edit: Never mind .. :)
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Microstang
I know we have a bunch of car nuts here too, so they should all like this... Microstang: Microsoft helps build a custom Mustang packed with Windows 8 and Kinect | The Verge Never was a fan of the whole "Pimp My Ride" thing, but this is pretty cool. I like the tablet in the dash on the passenger side.
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Fileless malware spotted in the wild
Researchers find new type of 'fileless' malware Interesting article.
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Home Automation Projects
Has anyone done any home automation projects? I'm thinking of getting this book Amazon.com: Programming Your Home: Automate with Arduino, Android, and Your Computer (9781934356906): Mike Riley: Books and I'm wondering what sort of things could be done with Kinect for Windows and some cheap tablets or something similar...
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Your Washer and Dryer - The next part of the spy trade puzzle
Privacy and Security Fanatic: CIA wants to spy on you through your appliances
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Install Exchange Tools on Win7x64
Hello Everyone, I first want to say thank you in advance for any advice I can get about this situation. I work with a Coorporation and we use Exchange Server 2007 for our email client. I am attempting to get the Exchange Tools installed onto my Active Directory but it claims everything installed correctly but yet there is…
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PayPal Here signs up 1,000 users per hour on launch day - USEFUL FOR PC REPAIR/SB
This service/device looks very useful for those who may run a small business / PC repair business as they can take credit card payments onsite: PayPal Here signs up 1,000 users per hour on launch day - FierceMobileContent PayPal Here--unveiled last week--enables small businesses and other users to process credit and debit…