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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...

If you want ease of installation and ease of use, give Untangle a try. It requires an extra box with two work cards in it, but you can use any old junker for that. Set it up with some reports and have it email them to you on a schedule you set. then you can check your network activity (as...

I use Backup Exec 10 to do data backups, nothing else. If i need a backup created of an entire system, I use acronis to image the disk to another drive, then promptly remove the drive and drop it off in storage for later use (no restore time needed, less downtime). Just so you know, backup...

$300 per is insanely high. Normal prices in my area (as well as what I charge) are $100/drop with materials cost added in for additional lines. For instance, 3 offices need both voice and data. Base charge is $300 for the drops plus the additional cost of the voice lines (or data lines...

WPA and WPA2 stand for Wifi protected access. Much like it sounds, it's intended to help keep your wireless network 'secure.' If security is a concern for you, don't use wireless as it cannot be secured in any real fashion, no matter which method you use. Every time I audit a network with...

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1226866 This list is pretty comprehensive when it comes to high performance wireless routers.

Well, having tons of traffic flying around (ie. many many other wireless devices) will cause all sorts of trouble. There's not really too much that can be done about that. There are so many wireless signals near me right now that my cordless phone barely works. As for routers, check out...

Check the event logs on both the client station and on the DC. Authentication failures should be logging by default, so this will probably expose the entire primary reason for the issues.

Funny thing about AOL email services. It doesn't seem to matter where you are emailing from, it's a hit or miss thing with them. I am constantly having to get on the phone with their tech staff to tell them to allow emails from my mail servers. It seems about once a month they get a stick up...

VNC is a good remote desktop program. As for file transfer also, I'd hit up www.uvnc.com

Actually I contacted them shortly after I realized what was happening. I made sure that they made some notes on my account that I reported the problem and didn't intend to do anything malicious. As for the ISP, it wouldn't hurt anything to give out that info. Roadrunner, Brighthouse, Time...

Unforunately I'm still capped when it comes to bandwidth since my interface hardware is still working normally. I'm still waiting for a phone call from the ISP security team. Four days and still no fixes. It's times like this that I wish I was willing to explore the network on a more...

I can see their not by the servers' public IP addresses, but by their 10.x.x.x address. This includes, but is not limited to, their customers cable modems and routers. As in, instead of seeing blahblah.router.blahblah.com for their router, I see no FQDN, merely 10.x.x.x, along with the ability...

I'm actually doing the exact same thing this weekend, for sort of the same reasons. My domain has a .com extension because previous "IT guys" believed that in order to host a website, the DC had to share the name. They quickly moved the server offsite after nobody could access it reliably...

Ok, I'm not new to networking or security or anything, but I've encountered something weird. I don't want to really get into details because talking about hacking is against TOS, but can anyone think of a reason why I would be able to see an entire ISP's internal network? Anyway, what I'm...

Ideally you'd have a server or device connected to the Avaya system that was capable of listening for system changes (event monitoring) or that was capable of flat out call control. I'm not familiar with the specific PBX in question, but I work in a call center so I know pretty much what you're...

AVG, hands down. http://free.grisoft.com/

Not a VPN card, but a dedicated piece of hardware to manage your VPN tunnels. Instead of using a software based VPN solution, these devices are designed to work primarily as VPN servers. While software solutions do work, the hardware options are more reliable and more secure...

www.prohosting.com I use them and the service is very good. If you have a problem, you give them a call and they respond within half an hour (more often than not it's about 10 minutes) and the problems are resolved. They offer varying levels of service, depending upon what you need, and how...

Name resolution is really very quick. Once the DNS info has propagated (usually a couple days, I've never seen it take longer than 6 and that was with a poor provider) the actual lookup time only occurs once at the very beginning, before the initial connection is established, and then it...

In Windows server 2003 there are options for remote access (VPN, for example) under RRAS, which stands for Routing and Remote Access Server. Install, enable, and configure via wizards and you should be good. It's similar to configuring the windows VPN client, except you're choosing server...

How is it a violation of the EULA? Having a device connecting to the computer is legal under the EULA, assuming that the purpose for connection is similar to the use of the software that MS provides (remote assistance). 3rd party software is exempt from the session connections rules as long...

I have alot of CLI management utilities installed on my servers that I'd like to be able to run from anywhere. So, essentially I need a recommendation for the actual SSH server software. I'd also like to be able to remotely log into the workstations via SSH. I use linux systems to monitor...

So, I haven't seen anything on the forums for this yet, so I figured now is as good a time as any to ask. I'm looking for recommendations for a good SSH daemon for windows based systems. I'm aware of a couple solutions, one being OpenSSH and the other being FortressSSH. Both look good...

Another interesting thing to mention about the Dell Perc raid adapters...most of them will only support linux and windows server 2003 installations. Kind of unfortunate that the drivers for any other OS are nearly impossible to find.

I highly recommend picking up some simluator software. If you don't have access to the hardware, you can at least pretend and have it simulate the environment. I know from experience that reading about the Cisco IOS is MUCH different that actually working on it. Books are a must as well...