Anthony Zuiker's next project Cyberggedon just released its first trailer, embedded after the jump. The series is a collaboration between Zuiker and Symantec's Norton. The video will roll out in a series of installments through Yahoo! Media. It debuts September 25th. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Windows 7: “The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded.”
I was working in a lab yesterday that uses mandatory profiles. The computers autologon so they were coming up right away with this error: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded." After that it would return to the "Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys to login message." Manually logging into the computer with that same account got the same error … [Read more...]
Trello for project management or just organizing tasks
Staying organized when you have a lot going on can be a task to itself. I have tried things from ticketing systems to calendars and it seems my tasks are just too varied to fit everything. I usually end up falling back to the simple To-Do list in Notepad++ after things get too complicated. While Workflowy worked pretty well for a while, at some point it dropped off. The latest … [Read more...]
Disclosing software vulnerabilities isn’t against the EULA?
Software is just a compiled bunch of code but it represents ingenuity, innovation, effort and time. It is also a very interesting product. When you purchase software, the software is licensed to you, not sold. The Terms of Service and End User License Agreement can do some pretty interesting things such as disallowing participation in a class action lawsuit and requiring … [Read more...]
Book Review: Operation Desolation by Mark Russinovich
Operation Desolation is a short story by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich. It follows a year after the events told in Russinovich's first work of fiction, Zero Day. As you may recall, I enjoyed Zero Day quite a bit. As far as accurate, compelling technical thrillers go it was right on target. Operation Desolation continues that great precedent with a follow-up short … [Read more...]