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Hello I work at a IT company and I have been tasked with creating a policy for how we do password changes for clients. We have clients in all fields at different companies and we need to establish a secure way for our helpdesk to verify the person before we perform a password reset. The...

Hello all. I was thinking of upgrading my primary desktop (Main in my sig, used for gaming, programming, and testing) to a 4970s and a new Motherboard. I wanted to install Xen server and then pci passthrough my 780gtx and some usb ports to a Win 8.1 VM so that I can use it like a normal local...

I need to change the admin password on my dad's PC, unfortunately he lives in Costa Rica, so I can not just drive over quick to do it, He also is REALLY bad with PC's. I wanted to know if there is a windows PE based app that can change the admin password and also one that will allow me to...

Hey all. I need to buy/put together a secondary NAS asap on the cheap ( HDD's not included ) My main goal is good longevity/reliability, my current build has had no problems cept for a freak PSU failure one time and it has been running almost non stop for 4 years. I would like it to do basic...

I got a SeaSonic SS-750KM3, its a few years old but still does not fluctuate at all on power, this should handle a 780 gtx fine right? I also have a 2nd gen i5, an Intel server NIC, one SSD installed, and maybe like 4-5 Fans. Thanks for any info! fyi right now it is running a 6950.

Morning all. So we always remove Bloat ware and stuff from the PC on arrival and then update and install our software packages. What I was looking for was some suggestions on a way to stream line this process. Thoughts I had where to do everything on each brand of PC then...

Hello all, had a quick question. I have a server running FTP and my Desktop. While I am not using my desktop I want my FTP to be allowed 100% speed if needed, but if I am on my desktop I want the FTP to be limited to 25% minimum based on my desktop usage. I want to allow my desktop to...

Hello all Going to get a gaming/school work desktop for my nephews and I need to be under 700$ with monitor, but I would prefer under 500$ can you all help we with what would be a decent setup, my only concerns is that it can run minecraft, world of tanks, basic games fine, have good...

Hello I have a server 2012 box with 2 nic's. if I was to connect one of those nics to my modem and run pfsense as a Shared vm in Vmware Workstation (shared so it will run as a service) how would I need to configure the nics/network so that I do not need a vlan capable switch? layout would be...

hey all, just noticed this on a search http://www.worlds-forum.com/forum.php if you scroll down you will notice that after the search engine section it duplicates HF even copying posts over... http://www.worlds-forum.com/forumdisplay.php/73-Hardware...

what can I do with it, how would it compare to a Pfsense on a IBM x41t (1.6gig, 2 gig mem) with a PCMCIA 100mb NIC on the WAN side, gigabyte internal NIC on LAN side? ( I have Comcast 50/5 ) I want to use it to learn Cisco stuff but I am worried that it is to old to even work well on my...

so when entering a "new" password it lets you enter a 50 digit pass, but when logging on it only allows a number smaller the 50 (not sure what the total is). just gave me a hell of a headache changing my password.... might want to enter password standards on the change password page and on...

Hello all Just wanted to know how this works, their web site is kinda sparse on info. Has any one used it and if so could you tell me about your experience with it, and in supporting it? My company is looking to support this and I need to give my opinion on it by tomorrow morning...

Hello so I have noticed recently a lot of people not being able to unzip files any more because they are being told/forced to buy winzip to extract files. it seems that winzip disables the windows context menu to unzip the file. does any one else see that as kinda wrong?

so I just bought a Corsair Neutron (non GTX) 256gb looking at all the reviews they are of 240gb drives so I did some basic research and found this my drive + stats CSSD-N256GB3 540MB/s Read 450MB/s Write 83,000 IOPS 4KB Read 95,000 IOPS 4KB Write 128MB Cache typical reviewed...

so I configured my home server to run Server 2012, I had a few questions before I get to far down this road. if I set up my home to use AD and my server takes a dump, how hard will it be to access the files and what not, will it just be a matter of starting up a server trial vm in my copy of...

Is there a way I can have a VM that can emulate Intel vPro? I ask because I want to demonstrate the capability of vPro but my office does not have any pc that is not in production with vPro on it. As a side note I cant use any of the production Workstations because when I was going to show...

so, why are Cisco optical networking devices DC powered? thats all. I searched and saw a lot of white papers about the devices but not a reason that they are DC powered. Thanks.

so, I really want to get my company looking at this stuff, but I don't know anything about it at all except that it allows amazing remote support. can someone show me a good site that can teach me how to understand and configure it with out all they crazy complex wording that the Intel...

hey all, can any one recommend a good secure (as in confirmed secure, not assumed secure) was to erase hdd's of various type, scsi, sas, sata, pata ect... ? Thanks for any info looking to stay $500 or less.

why are they so high still? ebay has them starting at around 150 for buy it now's ?

hey all. just got a 2950 mk1 poweredge. has dual 5130 cpu's and 2 gb ram (might be more ram, need to check but its raining hard here and I left it in car for the night) has a perc 5i with battery backup and 4 sas/satau trays with room for 2 more. (no sas drives) I was thinking about...

so I have a few of neoware 3000 these. I heard m0n0wall will work on them, can any one here give me an idea on basic performance with them? or if there might be a better firewall disto to use? right now I use an intel x41t laptop with pfsense on a 40/40 fios connection and have no issues...

so, hypothetical situation... I got a client on a domain setup. if to save on CAL's he wanted to have a few people access shares on the server, could I have a few computers not on the domain that just use user level access to a couple of shares created just for this. what I wanted to know...

hey all. I have been trying to introduce vm tech to my office and finally have a chance, we have a client that has all laptops but require some people to remote in to the office, we are going to use 2-4 win 7 vm's on thier existing server. thier will be brief times of all 4 running, however...

hey all, I am looking to upgrade kinda. I am happy with the horse power of the 280 as far as all the games I play, but. I want to use 3 or more monitors. the game I want that support for I already know will work at 5760x1080 res with most any basic card that supports multi moniters. so...

hey all, would I be able to use a perc5/i with this MB Supermicro atom d510 I have 5x2tb Samsung HD204UI that I want to configure in a hardware raid 5. if the perc is a poor choice, can you all recommend a 100$ or less raid card that can handle raid 5 in an efficient manner...

hey all, looking to upgrade my esxi box to server class hardware. anyways, how would these compare Intel Xeon E3-1240 Kingston 16GB ECC Registered DDR3 I am stupid, wrong ram 2 of these instead SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCI-LN4-O to my current rig. Q9450 16 gb ddr3 ram non ecc gigabyte MB intel nic...

hey all, I have a Supermicro atom D510 MB with 4 gb ram. I am already running WHS on it, but decided to change to a Linux based server os. so I wanted to know if I was to run a Debian based fileserver, would my hardware be good enough to also run a virtualized pfsence? Currently I run...

What the title says, what is a good low profile and low power vide card. I got a Dell 540s (The Dell HTPC in my sig). Dragon age 2 with highest 1080p settings is my base line ( aa does not have to be max). I would prefer to keep my stock 250 watt psu. And also I need it to transfer my...

hey all I have a msi p45 platinum, I have read that is has a JMicron 362 and that this chip does support port multiplying; however, I wanted to see if anyone here can help confirm if it is enabled on the P45 plat. And if that is the case, will it work on the esata Connection? Basic use...

hey all, I have just been given the green light to setup, enhance, and/or replace computers at my job. it is just a repair center where I would say most of the computers are brought in for virus removal. if you all could give me some suggestions on how to setup a inexpensive setup to...

hey all, useing vmware fusion, or for that matter any free or cheap virtualized setup, could I messes with raid setups. I.E. make 8 virtual drives, use the vm to raid them as a fake hardware raid, then further mess with software raids to create a nested raid. I just want to do this so...

hey all, I have 3 ST31500341AS seagate 1.5 TB drives, I was going to raid them all as one boot/game drive for my main computer. using the onboard raid from ich10r on my p45 MB. I am not to worried about total space as I have a decent and under used WHS setup. so I was thinking of a...

hey all. I am planing on seting up my home gaming / school work system on a SSD finally. I have a 10tb WHS that I will use as a mapped user directory for my docs, downloads, ect... I want in the 100-200 gb range and have read a bit about SSD's and raids. here is my question...

hey all what is a good brand HSF to replace the stock one on my 280GTX. I am looking for quieter and cooler. can ya all help me? Thanks Bob

hey all, my main desktop has a C2Q Q9450. I am thinking that I will wait till SB-E from intel which I think will be out 3rd Q 2011. assuming all that, it there any 775 cpu that would show a noticeable difference. or should I just stick with this one till the SB-E is out? I game, but...

hey all, I just put a WHS together. SUPERMICRO MBD-X7SPA-HF-O Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) LIAN LI PC-Q08B SeaSonic X650 Gold 650W - the fan never needs to turn on so entirely silent. 3xSAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 1x120mm low speed fan 1x140 low speed fan so as the title says, I am...

hey all again. so when using IPMI, other then the IPMI view program, what can I use to see and log, temp and voltage info, to make sure my psu and cooling are good?

hey all, I am in the middle of putting a WHS together. on top of that, I have 3 primary zones in the house. Zone 1 would be my main desktop and the WHS and FIOS modem. it is located in the basement, and currently uses the FIOS modem for DHCP for the entire house. then I have a linksys...