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 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 24, 2011 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Windows, Windows 7
There are increasing reports of issues with this service pack. Despite it not supposedly making any major changes to either OS it seems that may not be the case. if you are an ECC client or just a user watching the ECC feeds i advise NOT installing this update right...
by wwarren | Feb 13, 2011 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
An IE problem IS a windows problem due to how ie/windows is architected. You cannot remotely take over a machine with firefox unless you are running as admin. You CAN take a over a machine if you are running IE even in non-admin mode due to IE being directly...
by wwarren | Feb 12, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, SBS 2008, Server 2008, Windows
I tire of the MS lockin. What I’ve done is begun to build another deployment option for my clients( all of which are under 10 users. For now i’ll user server 2008 for authentication and file/print sharing…in a vm. Another vm holds a vmware...
