People will often ask IT folks for their opinion regarding what brand they should go with when buying a home machine. This is like asking a car dealer what their opinion is of X model. There's a wide variety of cars to drive and opinions are probably equally varied. I think the better question, would be "What are you driving?" or for computers "What are you running at home?". … [Read more...]
DLSG / KIC Scanner re-reviewed
The DLSG team has made massive improvements, in my opinion, since my original dialog was composed. I was contacted regarding an appointment for a time to upgrade. We scheduled a time at our combined convenience and I'm to receive an e-mail with a link so that I can download the setup file ahead of time. Also in this new versions, previous settings are automatically migrated … [Read more...]
Saved passwords in your browser, an interesting angle
Firefox can show your passwords unless you set a master password. Setting a master password then requires you to enter that password anytime any of your remembered passwords would be used. This is a convenience because it allows you to only have to remember one password, but it's still not as convenient as not setting a master password and then not having to enter a password … [Read more...]
Windows Passwords – rounded edges
Windows Password Blanker - Offline NT Password & Registry Editor There are plenty of legitimate reasons to need to be able to get into a machine with a local account that has a password set that you don't know. People either forget these passwords or if you inherit the machine, the login info isn't transferred. With the "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor," you can … [Read more...]
Group Policy Advanced Info
Post-class GPO knowledge: Make a console for your convenience from the Microsoft Management Console. Go to Start, Run... and enter mmc. Go to File, Add/Remove snap-ins. Click the 'Add...' button Browse the list (you might have to install the AdminPack.msi to get these snap-ins) and choose Active Directory Users and Computers, ADSI, Resultant Set of Policy, and anything … [Read more...]