Recent content by Sieravor

It's been my experience that IE7 is, at best, highly unreliable. I've had similar problems (not being able to clear the cache) with IE 7 (as well as a ton of other problems). I never found a solution that didn't involve verifying everything manually so I stopped using it. I say if you...

Same here. I can't think of any reason to recommend Vista other than in the case of someone having too much money available to them. I've been using Vista since way back in the initial beta trials. It's come a REALLY long way since then but I honestly don't see anything special about it over...

Also, you may want to check the temperature of the CPU. It's possible the CPU or chipset fan is stuck or not working well enough to cool the system and it's failing due to overheating.

For the most part you can use any management console snapin remotely, assuming your have rights to do so. Here's a quick list of some things that are handy for remote viewing: Shared Folders Services Removeable storage management Performance Logs and Alerts Group Policy Object Editor...

Actually, there is a much easier way to prevent this from happening. Turn your computer off. The memory only holds a charge in an unpowered system for a matter of seconds during normal operating conditions. The only real method of preventing this attack from working is to use RAM that...

Yeah, it's like I tell everyone. No matter how random the key, no matter how strong and perfect the algorithm, encryption and security go up in smoke with nothing more than a little creativity. Side-channel attacks for the win. But yes, this particular attack is easy and effective, just...

Dumbest thing I've ever heard? "Fixing a computer is an exact science, why is this taking so long?"

I'm starting to see a trend (not just here, but in the real world as well) that Vista makes a decent/good desktop system, but a less than average workstation. I'm wondering if the problem isn't really responsiveness so much as reliable usability. I never had a problem with it being too slow...

I was in favor of the 2000 -> XP switch. The only thing I require is that the system perform at least as well as what I'm currently using. If I buy a Ferrari, it had better perform better than my BMW. XP did that, although it took several updates and two service packs to get where it is...

I used Vista for about 3 months or so. The only real complaint I have about the OS (which means I'm not including 'lack of driver support' because that is a failure of the software makers, not MS) is that the new 'security' features are too intrusive. I do alot of contract work and giving...

Eh, that's where the retardedly complex part comes in. I'm not going to go into details about how to do this (I think there are rules about disclosing such things) but it is rediculously complex, requires multiple steps, and by the time you got it to work you would have already built the...

Just so you know, there are actually ways to get a virus to write to the CMOS. I'm not really sure why you would do this as there are much easier ways to screw with computers. For instance, a friend of mine a couple years ago developed a way to actually have the RAM destroy itself. The...

Technically you'll only see the sending server with a packet sniffer. Most IM clients (AOL, Yahoo, MSN) relay the IM's through a series of proxy servers, not a direct connection. Short answer to your question: No, not really. Their IP is obfuscated by the messaging networks servers...

I find that the MCSA/E course books by Microsoft Press are actually pretty nice (~$200 for 9 books, all topics required for MCSE). One of the key features of the MS certs that alot of people forget is that they want the microsoft answer, not the correct answer, so learning from the source is...

I use a combination of services. The primary is Solarwinds, which just happens to be one of the best monitoring suites I've used (expensive though, wow). On top of that I use Zenoss which is pretty nice. It has some pretty features and is nice for "at a glance" network status reports...