Java has released Java 7 Update 7 and Java 6 Update 35 to address vulnerabilities that were known to be exploited "in the wild". The zero-day became widely known on Sunday and has received much publicity since then. Oracle published a Security Alert for CVE-2012-4681, which also received a US-CERT alert. … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
A few Group Policy particulars
Since starting with the Group Policy basics way back when, and learning along the way, I've picked up a few nuances recently in my in-depth work with Group Policy. These little quirks can seem a little counter-intuitive at first but upon understanding them, you can use the knowledge to your advantage. Unlike some previous articles that focused on a specific particular, today's … [Read more...]
Breaking iMacs in public
Dropping an iMac in public gets quite a reaction, apparently. Is it because the public is in love with all things Apple or do they just know how pricey an iMac can be? Either way, it would suck to drop two iMacs when you trip, down an escalator, off a parking garage, or any of the other scenarios these boxes of broken glass get put through in this … [Read more...]
Drawing arrows in Paint.NET the smart way
Here's a confession. I was doing something dumb for quite a while and I didn't even try to improve it for a while, satisfied with the mediocre workaround I had made myself. I was drawing arrows in Paint.NET by connecting 3 lines. It wasn't a horrible thing to do but it was more work and lower quality than I could have gotten by better understanding the software. … [Read more...]
Setting Printing Defaults in Mac OS X through presets and CUPS
New printers around my organization mean different default settings than what people are used to. On the Mac side, I had to look into saving Presets and changing the default behavior to make people happy. Duplexing (printing on both sides) by default seems like a great way to save paper but many people don't care for it or it doesn't work for professional printing. The copiers … [Read more...]