Currently, my knowledge regarding group policy objects is pretty limited, but it's enough to get me by. Part of the current project of learning and taking ownership of Group Policy Objects will lead to a class coming up. This is what I know so far: Under the command prompt, to force the group policy to re-apply: gpupdate /force To write out to a text file what group policy is … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
NMAP – Your open ports
Interested in seeing what ports are open on your machine? Use NMAP to scan your machine or other machines on your network and figure out if there are any holes in your firewall or malicious software setting up camp. Particularly if you are moving a machine from a secure firewall to a less secure (required by a particular application for example), you could run NMAP and try to … [Read more...]
Simple tip: Keyboard shortcuts
A quick way to improve working with your computer is to use keyboard shortcuts. They save clicks and can speed up the process by eliminating switching between keyboard and mouse. There are some that I use on a daily basis: Tab (cycle through fields) Shift+Tab (cycle backwards through fields) Shift + Arrow key = Highlight text/objects in that direction Windows key = Open … [Read more...]
Simple tip: Wildcards *
When searching for files, don't forget about the handiness of the wildcard. To search for all Word Documents on your C:, just go to Windows Search and search for all Files and Folders with: *.doc The search results should list all Word Documents. You can do this with any extension *.xls, *.exe, *.txt. You can also put the wildcard on the other side. Say you were looking for … [Read more...]