By Ian Matthews – September 13, 2010 BRIEF HISTORY: Under XP there was limited security on print driver installation by restricted users. Under Vista there were serious limitations put on Restricted Users which you could resolve easily via Group Policy. Under Windows 7, the same restriction applied but the security was […]
By Ian Matthews November 25, 2008 Last Updated *** DRAFT *** This article will brief the key area’s of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) under Windows Server 2008. Note that the majority of these instructions will function equally as well under Server 2003 R1 or R2 but are not specifically intended for […]
& Things to Know in General About Server 2008 Prepared by Ian Matthews September 21, 2008, last updated October 6, 2008 Unlike the Server 2003 upgrade process, I have attended no Windows 2003 to 2008 Microsoft presentations (live or on-line). This is very unusual for Microsoft but the process is […]
By Ian Matthews December 10, 2007 If you have noticed that your Windows 2000, XP or Vista PC is running slowly and that SVCHOST.EXE is taking 100% of your single core CPU system (or 50% of your dual core CPU system), this is the article for you! SVCHOST.EXE is a […]
by Ian Matthews Written May 23, 2007 Last Updated May 23, 2007 The purpose of this article is to provide a 20 minute guide to Windows Vista’s new features and functions. There is a lot to learn so we also have three other articles you may want to read: Windows […]
by Ian Matthews Written April 10, 2007 Last Update Feb 22, 2008 The purpose of this article is to provide a 15 minute guide to Windows Vista’s advanced features and functions. There is a lot to learn so we also have three other articles you may want to read: Vista […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews April 23 2007 – Updated July 1 2007 There are many ways to make external devices bootable. USB/Flash/Pen/Thumb/Memory Sticks and even real external hard drives are now commonly used as boot devices. The process detailed below can be understood and successfully completed by anyone with basic […]
By Ian Matthews, Up & Running Technologies Inc, April 19, 2008 Last Updated October 1, 2009 You should know four things before you start: I am a definite newbie to Exchange, which is why this I thought I could do a good job creating this documentation for newbies. I am […]
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http://prosecure.netgear.com/community/security-blog/2009/11/web-browser-vulnerability-report—firefox-leads-the-pack-at-44.php A recent report by Web application security vendor Cenzic pointed out that in the first half of 2009 Firefox totaled for 44% of all vulnerabilities amongst popular Web browsers. Also somewhat surprising is Safari coming in at 35% due to iPhone Safari vulnerabilities (that’s another story in itself). IE […]
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?id=24319&catid=3 Microsoft announced on its Engineering Windows 7 blog today that the next version of Windows 7 would not be a beta, but a near-final version of the OS, a release candidate (RC). In the blog post Microsoft points out that it considers the rolling out of new operating systems […]
Even though Toshiba sold over 90,000 $99 HD DVD players over the weekend, and that figure only represents a portion of the retailers that participated in the frenzy, I don’t think it is enough. The answer: you shouldn’t. My prediction is that neither format will win. If consumers actually adopt […]
Commodore just bought its distribution channel, Support Plus. It brings about 150 new employees and a solid distribution model for about 20 countries. Support Plus is moving into the North and South American markets this year and they will be distributing C= product. Click HERE to read the press release.
Pro-Networks.org With the release of Beta 1 this past July 27th, this would have placed the Beta 2 release date towards late January – early February 2006. This has been reported numerous times in various media outlets. In my last conversations with Microsoft staffers, I was told that we could […]
betanews.com As expected, AMD has announced the immediate availability of its dual-core processors for desktop PCs. The Athlon 64 X2 was unveiled at the Computex conference in Taiwan and pits AMD against rival Intel’s Pentium D, which launched late last week. Swapping their usual positions, however, Intel is taking the […]
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