If you're trying to script a restart function for users, you'll unfortunately find that shutdown.exe does not work for non-Administrators, nor does psshutdown. Shutdown.exe requires privileges for the shutdown process and psshutdown.exe requires privileges to add and start services. One of many ways around this problem is to create a visual basic script. This also offers the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
Book Review: Rootkits – Subverting the Windows Kernel
Rootkits, authored by Greg Hoglund and James Butler, is a very technical reading for a very technical topic. Rootkits themselves (the technology) gained quite a bit of fame in 2005 when Sony was found to be embedding rootkit technology along with their CDs to prevent copying of music. This book goes well beyond the simple copyright protection and really delves into the … [Read more...]
Modify Internet Explorer Zone Security in the Registry
Internet Explorer, and its interaction with the overall Windows desktop experience, gets even more annoying when it dictates its control over your ability to access files on your local servers. I decided to look into the issue further after getting annoyed with constant prompts when trying to copy a file with the following message: Internet Explorer Do you want to move or … [Read more...]
PDFescape – another Adobe-free PDF tool
PDF Escape is another tool in the ever-growing arsenal of software to view, create, and edit PDFs without ever launching an Adobe product. I've covered a number of these tools before in an earlier article, I'll take the PDF, Hold the Adobe. PDF Escape seems to partially overlap with the other tools in serving its full functionality. It really shines in the aspect of editing … [Read more...]
My IP Neighbors – Find websites on your same server
If you use shared hosting, this reverse DNS look-up site can provide some insight into your server environment. Shared hosting is typically cheaper and can work perfectly fine with the right balance. If one website on your shared server is experiencing the Digg Effect, however, your site might go down as well. It might be time to look for new hosting if it happens too … [Read more...]