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Rule only works as PCRE... why?
Basically this is a pretty simple rule created to detect when a password goes over HTTP in clear-text. I know there is better ways to write it, but I needed to keep it simple in order to try and figure it out. The rule not using PCRE is not giving me an alert, when I know for a fact that the word "password" is in the…
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Fortinet vs Cisco
Hi all, Not to stir up a fanboy throwdown, just a genuine question. I had a sales guy come in here and pitch me some fortigate firewalls at me. I'm not really a Cisco or WAN guy so I was hoping some of my good friends on TE could clue me in on information. Which is better: Fortigate or ASA? I've had a fortigate firewall…
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Current Savings
I'm curious of what everyone's current savings are? I've seen a few posts of people losing their job and being tight on money. I'm curious at what level you all are at in your savings. I'm talking about liquid assets here... So don't include your car/house/diamond ring. Poll only assets you know you can sell/withdraw get…
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New video card advice
Hi everybody, I have been reading threads on this forum for a few weeks now and it has been very informative! After a long period of not playing PC games I have a itch to play games like Fallout New Vegas and Black Ops, but its been a while since I have bought a graphics card and wonder if anybody could give me some…
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Anyone have a ISO of Lindows?
Just wondering.
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Take a break from reading. Test yourself.
Take a Break from Reading and Test Yourself to Retain More Knowledge
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Old computer ads + Atari !
Oldest computer ads | Top Design Magazine - Web Design and Digital Content Atari memories anybody ?? look at the prices !
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W7 64-bit or 32-bit
Hi I know the main difference is how much memory 64-bit can see but is there any gain in having 64-bit over 32-bit, I have 64-bit on my main PC because I have 8gig of RAM so I need to have it, very rare do I get a compatibility issue when installing programs these days Even if I had 3 gig of memory I would still go with…
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Feeling Overworked...
So, as you guys know I spend most my time working in a help desk and sometimes in the field. It's not fancy, but it pays the bills. I get a mix of admin and help desk tasks I was assigned a few mini-projects all week - 1) Attend training and deploy 3 anti spam solutions for 3 clients, Webroot. 2) Deploy an App-V server. 3)…
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Lol mcp+i
I'm not looking for a new job. I love mine. But every now and again I go out to Dice or one of the other boards and look for SharePoint or SQL Server jobs to see what's going on. Application Systems Admin jobs - Dice.com MCP+I - Did that not get retired in like 2001? Otherwise, looks like a killer position.
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Anyone upgrade Server 2008 Storage Server to R2 yet ?
I received an iso with like 100s of patches (iso is labelled R2) - worth almost a GB but none of them even installing .... Anyone ever done this ? We are OEM partner and supposed to deploy them but no one seems to have a clue lol ... I though WUDSS 2003 is already mission - but that is starting to beat that lol ...
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Help me build a rack!
Right now I'm using an wal-mart entertainment center for my equipment, but I'd like to put it all in this: Dantrak Net - New and Used Networking Equipment and Peripherals. Skeletek Racks and Accessories. I know the skeletek models are very popular...will the rack I linked hold my 4U server? I just measured it and it is 21"…
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Useless ....
Dude: "Sorry, can you help, forgot how PARTED works, need to add that disk and can't manage that" Me: " <Sarcasm> I wish we'd have a Linux certified guru here </Sarcasm>" Dude: "haha, can you help" Me: *logs in* "Dude, this is a LVM" Dude: "Ah ... ok ... so ...." Me: "So sod off and google it yourself" Man ... how annoying…
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Letter for Award
Hello, I have been selected for a Microsoft technology award at my college and was asked by the head of the department to send him a letter of a few paragraphs summarizing experience and accomplishments and my financial needs. I am completely blank as to how to start it off and how to word it. Any ideas? Thanks
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Enterprise Backup Solution
I just wanted to get some ideas/thoughts on a backup solution for a DoD site. Users currently have access to a personal network share (which is backed up). The problem is many users leave .pst and work files on their local HDD. I thought about the implementation of Folder Redirection but wasn't sure of the pro's/con's. Do…
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You Should Work for Symantec
Here's something I found mildly amusing while surfing today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzcLTPy8yDQ
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Jobs takes medical leave from Apple again
Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence - Yahoo! Finance
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Making non-raid into raid 5
So this is a bit of a headache for me and I want to make sure that I'm doing this correctly before I actually do it. Here is the story... My cousin owns a restaurant equipment business and for years I have been telling him that he needs to hire a full time IT guy rather than asking me to come fix things during my lunch…
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New PC Choices
It's that time again to buy a new primary PC for my home, and would like to hear opinions from the forum. I really would like to know what your experience is with different manufacturers. I have used Dells for the past 10 years, and have found them to be reliable, but wonder if I could get the same performance/reliability…
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340 undecillion!
Have you heard the word undecillion before? You should familiarize yourself with this word. I came across it today because of the error in my 70-640 textbook claiming there are 340 billion unique IPv6 addresses. What an unscrupulous and unforgivable error!! There are 2^128 IPv6 addresses. Or you could say 3.4×10^38. But…
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Car Game
Hi Can anyone recommend a good car racing game, one that allows racing with players online also this game has to be free as at present I cannot spend a yarab on non-essential items Not even sure if there is such a game but just wondering what anyone can suggest Cheers
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Email/New domain question
We host our own website and email internally with W2k8 IIS and Exchange 2k7. We just deployed a website a week or so ago, and part of the website is a web application that sends confirmation emails and such. Some people are reporting that emails from our domain go to their spam folder. Is there anything I can do about this…
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Breaking up variables in Powershell
I need a script to query all AD user accounts in OU by the date in the description property. A Disabled user's AD account description looks like this: "Disabled 13/1/2011." If the description contains a date older than the date one week ago, then take action. # Retrieve current date and subtract 7x days $LastWeek =…
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Free Tech Books
Found this link via the Kindle forums. Looks like they have some interesting topics. Everything seems to be in PDF form. Might make for some interesting reading. Free Online Computer Science and Programming Books, Textbooks, and Lecture Notes :: FreeTechBooks.com
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Windows Vista and Windows 7
Hi There are still a lot of people out there still using Vista so I would just like to ask everyone on here what they think of it now Me personally think Vista was a big mistake which MS the redeemed themselves by releasing Windows 7 Does anyone on this forum still use Vista and does anyone still rate it as a worthy OS…
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Iphone Verizon?
I know its not official, but nobody can deny all the chit-chat going on the Internet about the Iphone coming to Verizon sometime in early January. So who wants to get one who has Verizon? Who already has one on AT&T and is going to switch to Verizon? Who has neither but is going to get an Iphone on Verizon when and if it…
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Good stuxnet article...
FoxNews.com - Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran's Nuclear Weapons Ambitions An excellent, in-depth article about Stuxnet... I didn't realize that it is estimated to have been screwing up that plant for over a year before it was noticed. That is some pretty awesome coding. Although, at the end, with the…
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Retirement database cracked, does the company have to buy credit protection?
So word has quietly leaked to me a public sector company I used to work for had their online retirement database attacked and cracked, twice. This happened in late December and the company is now getting around to letting the victims know. I haven't got my letter yet, however a few of my x-co-workers have. In the letter,…
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2k11 Challenge - Are you on track?
Two weeks into the New Year, how is everyone doing?
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Easy question, CLI, batch file, xcopy question
Ugghh...yes another thread by me. Sorry guys. This actually has to do with a simple batch file I have to make for my lab work. I made a simple file to use xcopy to copy an entire directory to a disk. I had no issues with that but there's a question that asks: "If you wanted to modify this batch program so you can specify…
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Help!!! My Blackberry Is Not Working!!
YouTube - My Blackberry Is Not Working! - The One Ronnie, Preview - BBC One
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Looking for LAN tool
Our network cabinets are now at the point where it is getting near impossible to trace lines with my hands, spanning overhead etc. Im looking for a tool that will help me locate cat5/rj-45 lines with a tone generator. Any suggestions for a quality example on the cheap? Or if you know of a better tool to accomplish this,…
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Is the Matrix trilogy any good?
Err...this is sorta technology related? I have a ten day vacation from work coming up, I'll be studying for 8 hours a day during that time but I'm looking for some movies to zone out on. I have to admit I've never seen the Matrix trilogy. Is it any good?
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Retirement
Anyone here know what age you want to retire at? Has anyone thought about it? 55 would be nice, but it could be 65 for me.
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Windows Communication Foundation
Do any of you work with Windows Communication Foundation? Do you feel that it is a worthwhile framework and that it helps increase the security of your web apps?
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question about connecting a dial-up modem to a router
I plan on getting a cheap prepaid dial-up plan for backup. Does anybody know of any dial-up modems out there that have a standard Ethernet jack that can be connected to a router?
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I need a quick answer. And advise if posible. (IT Job related question)
I was browsing and applying for some IT position on some website, and there was this PC technician position. Of course, I sent my resume to them on Wednesday. When I opened my email a few minutes ago, I got a response from them. However, the position is part time, and according to the email they are looking for someone who…
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Win7 64bit friendly USB-Serial adapter?
Anyone have one that doesn't BSOD after a few minutes of use? I've got a couple and the seem to hate 64bit.
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Outlook printing question
One of our users has to print out a number of emails each day. Each email is slightly longer than 1 page, thus information that has to be matched up is on two seperate pages. I looked through the outlook properties, through print preview properties, the google...I cant seem to find a solution to fit printed email to 1…
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Updating GPO templates
Greetings All, Does anyone know a a decent step by step guide to updating a the gpo templates in an AD environment? Apparently our GPO templates are Windows 2000 based templates and they absolutely do not work with Windows 7. I want to get our templates current but I need an angle of attack. Also for those of you who have…
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Revenge of the RoboCall
Layer 8: Maryland man exacts sweet robocall revenge | Network World Too funny!
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Me vs RMOD (Red message of death)
In the epic saga that has started today when my desktop (hpe-230f) started giving me the BIOS message "the CPU fan has failed" in red text (hence the term I have come up with "red message of death") and then shuts down, the thing is though that both CPU and case fans power up like normal. This occurs when: After I shutdown…
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Virgin Media VMDG280 - replacements?
Hi all, I've recently had Virgin Media's (fibre) broadband connected (UK). It's Fibre-to-The-Cabinet and comes from the local terminal to my place through a coaxial cable. To put it bluntly, and excuse my language, the Netgear VMDG280 is shite. For instance, I am regularly cut off when traffic volume gets high. It's naff.…
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Defrag a Mac?
Got an email from the boss, asking to try to find a defrag program for his two Macs at home. I don't deal on this side of the tracks, so if anyone has some recommendations I would appreciate it. I do know that OSX will defrag files smaller than 20mb, but thats about it.
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Lasik - Anyone here have any experience?
So I have a Lasik consultation scheduled at the end of this month that i'm thinking of canceling. One of the most prodominent clinics in my city ran a half off special last month if you donated money to their mission trip in Africa so I scheduled a consultation. The cost will be $2700 in total which is very cheap for this…
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Wireless taking precedence over LAN
Several times I've seen where users are attempting to access the internet from their laptops that are plugged into the LAN but are unsuccessful. I've determinined this to be because the wireless is also turned on and connect to our wireless network. For some reason the wireless connection is taking priority, and the…
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CPU Fan direction
Hi Am I right in asuming that the direction of a CPU fan blows away from the heat sink, thus drawing away the heat from the CPU, it seems odd that putting it in reverse can in some cases make the CPU cooler Has anyone done this?
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Security Option missing on file timedate.cpl
We used to be able to edit this file, and set via the security options who could/could not change the date/time on the system clock. All the new machines we have come in, we do not have the option any longer. Any way to get this back? Only thing I found on Google was that the system needs to be NTFS, which it is.
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Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders - The Atlantic
Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Traders - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
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Eastern Snow Storm!
I'm working from home today! :D I woke up to snow coming down and South Carolinians claiming that there is a blizzard. As of now we probably have about two inches. Biggest issue for us is not snow, but the drivers who are unaccustomed to driving on snow/ice. None of my coworkers wanted to deal with this and chose to work…
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Vnc
Hi Is there a way to have a password saved into VNC I constantly keep re-connecting to my main PC and would rather just have a shortcut on my desktop that took me right to it without having to enter username and password, this would also apply for all my other PC's Thanks
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Asus P7P55D-E LX Intel i3 550 3.2 Ghz
Hello folks, I have built around 100 desktops total over the last 10 years but have encountered an ongoing situation that is baffling to the point it is making me question everything! I have never, EVER had one system fail to post on first build until the last 3 in the last 4 days. I have tried 3 ASUS boards in a row, and…
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Console Port Panel
So what console server did you buy? I would be curious to see this thing :)
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Programmers/Developers: A Question
So next quarter I have a C/C++ class and a Java Class. Taking the advice from a few folks I have decided to prime myself in C/C++ not Java (since Java is apparently a beast to learn completely on your own). Both classes are a part of their own 2 class sequence (C/C++ 1,2 and Java 1,2,). Here is the question, if you were a…
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Remote start-up
Hi The amount of PC's in my house has grown since I installed 4 PC's into my lads bedroom, plus we have PC in living room and bedroom, plus we have 2 laptops I am trying to find a good reliable program to startup and shutdown pc's remotly Can anyone recommend one Oh and if anyone would like to see the pictures of my boys…
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looking for freeware - Deleted File Recovery
When you google "deleted file recovery", you get a slew of things...just wondering if you guys had any freeware recommendations before I just started trying stuff. Thx.
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Please help me learn.
Alright guys, hit me with it. I need help absorbing material. I know pretty much everybody here started with having to learn the stuff I'm learning now, so how did you get your mind productive to take it all in? I seem to have a bi-polar learning thing going. Sometimes I can go balls to the wall and it just clicks, but…
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screen saver a day
Been tasked to find a way to have a different screen saver come up on user's computers each day. Management wants to use a series of inspirational and motivational photos, and have them change daily. Any ever come across something like this?
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CompTIA Advanced Security Certification
This is a very interesting topic. CompTIA is developing a more advanced security certification. Nothing is final yet, but it does seem like it will be something to keep an eye on for 2011. CompTIA Exam Development
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Break from tech
I woke up two days in a row with a "wtf" moments. I had a series of dreams the last two nights about OSPF. I don't remember details other than I was just configuring it over and over again. *shudder* I was planning on rushing Server+ this month as a requirement for my job. But I have decided to take the rest of the month…
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Quest ARS
Anyone here use Quest ActiveRoles Server? I really need some info on getting started with basic Powershell scripting. I can code PoSh easy enough, but just can't figure out how to invoke script policies during the provisioning/deprovisioning process.
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what happens to student software if you're not a student?
I am currently a student in a Microsoft academy, and I installed Windows 7 on a pc.... when I cancel being a student, do I get to keep Windows 7? or am i going to have to pay for it now?
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Network Share Comparison tools
I need to compare the size and contents of files on 2 file servers. Hopefully one that would let me know of differences. The reason for this is that im in the process of migrating data from one file server to another and have a feeling that some files arnt being copied so I need something like this to verify the data is…
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free / cheap disk imaging software?
Can anyone offer any suggestions for a free / cheap disk imaging software that I can use to make backups of my home computers? I'm getting sort of tired of having to restore the OS and then install office / firefox / etc. every month or so due to spyware infestations. Plus it'd come in handy should a HD crash. Thanks!
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A "network engineer" called in to the Dave Ramsey show...
This really piqued my interest last night. On the Dave Ramsey radio show a man called in with 90k in student loan debt. He said he was a laid off network engineer. There wasn't enough info to get the entire picture, but after getting laid off, this man became a trucker and for whatever reason was only making $400 -…
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Suggestions for file sharing
Hi everyone, I've been asked to come up with a technology solution for a small startup company. They are not looking for anything too complicated, just a simple way to share data and ensure data they create on their remote machines is replicated to this central location. There are only four users as of now, but they would…
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Best way to send form email from a template?
im not much of an exchange guy, whats the best way to set up a template (or something like that) that a select group of users can access and have it sent to customers from a generic address like [EMAIL="info@theircompany"]info@theircompany[/EMAIL]? kind of like a recurring billing form thats built into the body of the…
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Free calling in Gmail extended through 2011
Cheers :D Free calling in Gmail extended through 2011 - Official Gmail Blog
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OpenSUSE: Mount CIFS to /mnt/directoryname with fstab
Here is the content of fstab.LABEL=SWAP swap swap defaults 0 0LABEL=M6310-BOOT /boot ext3 data=journal,acl,user_xattr 1 2LABEL=M6310-HOME / ext3 data=journal,acl,user_xattr 1 1proc /proc proc defaults 0 0sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0devpts…
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IPAM (IP Address Management)
Anyone use any such solution in their organisation? What are the better ones out there? Thanks David
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Citrix - Secure Gateway
Hey guys, I was given an ISO and told to setup a Citrix Secure Gateway for a client's XenApp implementation. I have never even seen Secure Gateway before. Heck, or really even heard of it. Can someone point me to a book? CBT? Or maybe a solid blog?
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passed AARP cert
I am now officially over the hill at 50 years of age You kids are no doubt lining up to take my job :) Wish me luck, like the Bangles song I am now Wayyyyy old, wayyyyy old
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Copy sql db to external usb drive
We are upgrading a few of our computers, and I need to pull the sql 2008 db from 12 machines and put them on 12 new ones. I stopped the service, found the files I needed, and attempted to copy them. I am told right away that there is not enough room on the disk. Files are less than 5gb, and the external drive has 250gb…
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Job application question
I was looking for some IT tier I or II position, and some of them are stating that we have to email our resume and salary requirements. My question is how am I going to state my salary requirements? If you were to apply an IT position that asking for salary requirements, what would you say? Thanks
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assessing risk and vulnerabilities
When assessing risk and vulnerabilities with any IT system, what are the 'critical' elements?
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OK, this is definitely technology related
How many of you are in the same boat I'm in? I'm a Network Engineer, been at the same job a little more than 10 years, and am worrying that there could be even more layoffs. There are only 2 of us that do what we do, supporting about 400-500 PC's, but many servers, routers, etc., etc. Supporting the end user, more than…
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IE 8 keeps crashing on Windows 7 Pro
So this is my parent's computer. Running the following: -Windows 7 Pro -IE 8 -Everyone logs in with a std user account Whenever my parents use the built in search in IE 8 for things like "Facebook" and/or "Discover." They are getting the following error: Internet Explorer stopped working, Windows is checking for solution…
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Microsoft Security Essentials v2.0
MSE has been bumped to version 2.0.
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Frustrating first experience w/Linux
So I came to the conclusion that it is absolutely ridiculous I haven't messed with Linux ever and I have a Linux Administration class in the future. I decided to get Ubuntu. How sad is it that I spent 3 hours trying to install a driver for my wireless card with a read me file explaining how to do it, with a laptop next to…
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Linux OS
Hey guys, I am sure some of you use Linux as the main OS. I am just wondering if you guys have recommendation for Linux OS to use. There are so many and hard to choose which one is better. I am looking for something that has really good support for drivers. I am planning to buy a cheap laptop, and install Linux there.…
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Logo Gifts
Hello Guys, I've been asked by the office manager if I can go ahead and look for him for 5 ideas of gifts, to be given to 50 employees, with our company logo. So he wants basically 5 different quotes of different products that we can put our logo on and be around $10 or less... doesn't matter if its 11 or 12 I guess…
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What's a good box to purchases to run Windows 2008 with Hyper-V?
I am going to run a KVM, so all I need is a new box that will strictly host 2008 windows server with other plug ins installed like AKI etc. I would like to also use the Hyper-V tool to host server 2003. I am trying to get to know both of them from a functional standpoint then move forward. I might just install 2003 on the…
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How to move email from hosted to in-house?
i have an interview wed, the company is basically sick of the runaround you get from alot of these outsourced tech companies and they are looking to move their email from hosted, to inhouse? does the hosting company have any responsibility to backup a company's email and send it if they are being phased out? this is a…
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Looking toolbar in XP
We are replacing a dozen computers this week, and besides locking the background so only our company logo shows, we want to lock the toolbar in place. Tired of users hiding the toolbar, moving the start button to the top corner or right corner of the screen. I have the registry edit for the background, but am having…
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Funny Microsoft Video on the Values of Certification...
Microsoft Showcase: IT Interview Gone Wrong Apparently, if I'm not certified in Microsoft, I can't intelligently explain DNS and how it relates to Active Directory among other things....
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bad router/switch
Alright so I ended up burning out the socket and had to get it replaced. One of my routers or switches were plugged in that socket. Does anyone know how to find out if something is up with the power for the router or switch? Or would I just end up getting a new replacement??
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Network flow monitoring
HELLO TECHEXAMS!!!! I have been away for a while, just to darn busy. Anyway I need a good netflow monitoring tool. I have all my traffic getting spanned/mirrored to a sniffing port on a linux box. TCPDUMP works fine, but I am looking for something like NTOP. However NTOP is segfaulting constantly. Suggestions my fellow…
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How's your New Year's start going?
Besides being awakened to numerous txt messages by the bosses for the first 90 minutes or so of the day, its going well. GF brought me breakfast in bed early. Knocked out quite a bit of reading and studying on the Kindle, took a nap. Woke up and read one of my Christmas presents, Eagles - An American Band, from cover to…
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Happy New Year TE
A bit early for those in the US/Canada, but Australia and New Zealand have already rung in the New Year. Start your 2k11 reading totals!
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Simply Bull****
What is it about people that feel its necessary to bull**** everyone around them. I'm sure everyone here knows someone like this. They made a song awhile back called "Mr.Me too" by Clipse that pretty much defined this person. Any conversation with this person only ends in two ways. You are so tickled by there blatant crap…
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Odd bitlocker error
Ever since I reformatted a drive my boot time is longer and I get this message: error 24620 Encrypted volume check: Volume information on \\?\Volume{1ba4f229-2b46-11df-85cd-806e6f6e6963} cannot be read. The thing is I don't even use Bitlocker, running Windows 7 pro.
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where do i stand?
Just asking out of curiosty as I will be sending payment. However I recently purchases a tablet. The company debited my card and sent the device. Then a few days later they refunded me???? Today I recived an email asking for me to send the money again. Where in law do I stand? I mean if I said no! What could they do? I am…
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Advice requested
So I was contacted about a month ago by an individual who wanted me to join their organization. I did some research and determined that it was not an organization I was interested in joining, and caused me considerable distress. In any case it has not been on my radar until now when I see that they are now attempting to…
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UM thoughts?
Hey guys, Google fail here. Plus I wouldn't mind some input on this from anyone with experience. We have a client who is running Exchange 2007. They are currently a Cisco phone shop also. They were using some weird VM system. I imagine it's some sort of re-branded Asterisk solution. The device blew out and cost them a…
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Online school forums
Is it normal for online school forums to be kinda, well lame? The participation part of my grades are based on forum postings related to questions that are asked. I guess it is supposed to engage the group in a discussion about our current topics. The problem is everybody just answers the questions like robots. It isn't…
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default view
On table my tablet this site always apears in the mobile format. Is there any way Street get it display the sandard view? Thanks Aaron
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Books vs E-Readers
To those of you who have Ipads, Kindles, etc have you made the jump to all digital or do you still buy bulky books as well. Im just trying to see what the consensus is.
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Might turn my 4U into a console server
Is this a dumb idea? Here's how I'm thinking I can do it: 2 of these Newegg.com - Koutech PCI to USB2.0 Card Model IO-PU520 And (3 to start) Newegg.com - SABRENT 1 ft. USB to Serial db9 Male RS-232 (9-pin) Converter Model SBT-USC1M The usb-> serial adapters are a little pricey, I'll probably shop around and try to get them…
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Need help with an Audio problem :/
Alright so i have my Compaq Presario Sr5130nx, with processor AMD 64 x2 3800+, 4 gigs of RAM, running windows Vista 32 bit and i used to have a GeFroce 8600 GT but since got new games for x-mas i decided to upgrade the card. I got a ATI MSI Radeon HD 5670 1 Gig. I took out the old one, snapped it the brand new one, loaded…
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New Certification
Got the email today, I am a newly certified NJ EMT-B! Three months of hard work has paid off, I can now administer O2 lol