by wwarren | Mar 18, 2011 | Microsoft, Security, Windows
Rustock is apparently severely crippled if not dead. I noticed at least a 30% drop in spam volumes across the networks I manage. I began looking at feeds, checking other security sites and the rumor was Rustock had been taken down by a concerted effort similar to...
by wwarren | Mar 18, 2011 | Microsoft, Office, Office 15, Server 2008, Server 8, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
As the software landscape changes and so does technology so does my recommendations for clients. The biggest one right now is do you buy windows 7/server 2008 now or wait? ECC is saying to wait unless you absolutely MUST upgrade now. Why? 2012-2013 Windows 8,...
by wwarren | Mar 17, 2011 | Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Unix admins have known this for a long time. There is only one way to reliably clean ANY infected machine…wipe and reload. For a long time, the best-practices approach to malware infections has been to re-format and re-image the infected machine from...
by wwarren | Mar 15, 2011 | Hardware, Microsoft
Microsoft has a loooong history of partnering with companies only to undercut them..IBM and OS/2(which MS morphed into NT, then 2k, XP, Vista, Windows 7, *..etc etc etc) Novell(which they used to develop Active Directory then cut the legs form under Novell).etc etc....
by wwarren | Mar 13, 2011 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Server 2008, Windows
I just figured out SBS2008 does NOT automatically setup roaming profiles. This explains why i’m having issues with the desktops not matching when the users roam because the profiles are all local. Unfortunately one of the users has his hdd die and this spewed...
by wwarren | Feb 28, 2011 | Linux, Microsoft, Open Source
Operating Systems Lifecycle Chart « Benjamin Schweizer..
