Google wants to tell you how Gmail works and how using their data centers reduces the impact on the environment through efficient scaling. On the tour, you will see how an email travels from your computer across the Internet to Google's control. A series of videos and photos will show you some security mechanisms Google has in place to secure access to your information, how … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Why does GPResult say Domain Type: Windows 2000 on a Server 2008 R2 domain?
Using Group Policy, you will likely use Resultant Set of Policies and GPResult to see how group policies are being applied to a user or computer. They are great tools for troubleshooting and ensuring your policies are landing correctly for your clients. One field in GPResult might cause you to do a double-take if you look closely. The output of gpresult will list the Group … [Read more...]
[Updated] Buy Photoshop CS6, Illustrator, and Flash to patch critical vulnerabilities in CS5.5 versions
Earlier this week, Adobe pushed out four security bulletins. While each bulletin warned of critical vulnerabilities existing in the software packages of Adobe Shockwave Player, Photoshop CS5.5, Illustrator CS5.5, and Flash Professional CS5.5, only the Adobe Shockwave Player received a patch to resolve the issues. The other programs, however, only recommend taking the path of a … [Read more...]
What does ‘five 9s’ mean?
My ISP has suffered two fiber cuts in the past month, taking out Internet access for all of their customers in a large region for hours at a time with an average repair time of 8 hours according to the company. While twiddling my thumbs waiting for the Internet to return, I began thinking of the five-nines commonly cited in high availability for systems. Is it time for ISPs to … [Read more...]
How to merge and manage categories and tags in WordPress easily
Yesterday, I started doing some long delayed clean up of categories here on 404 Tech Support. I felt like the categories had become too sprawling and too specific. Things could be improved by consolidating similar categories into one. Renaming the categories was the easy part. As I looked at the categories I wanted to merge, there were hundreds of posts in some of the old … [Read more...]