by wwarren | Nov 1, 2016 | Microsoft, Office, SBS 2008, Security, Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Windows has design issues…I have talked about it many many times. However it IS possible to have a malware free system. It’s really not that hard. You do need to change your behavior on how you operate your windows systems. 1. Have a security audit...
by wwarren | Jun 23, 2012 | Internet, Microsoft, Office, SBS 2008, SBS2011, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Vista, Windows 7
this is inside a component that is on nearly every Microsoft machine worldwide. this includes all versions of xp, vista, 7 and the server versions. There is no Windows Update yet. Please use the fixit for me link for a hotfix. This is a patch for this issue but it...
by wwarren | Mar 13, 2012 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, SBS 2008, SBS2011, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Server 8, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8
Update your machines now. If you are running a server with rdp exposed first firewall it off the internet then use another actual secure vpn to get to that server and update. I would then never allow rdp direct access to the net again. Microsoft has plugged a...
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 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...
by wwarren | Aug 7, 2010 | Microsoft, Office, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Microsoft has released the fix for the LNK issue. this coming Tuesday is going to be a monster patch day with a total of 37 issues fixed in 14 patches.