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 | Jul 30, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, hyper-v, Microsoft, Server 2008
I needed to do this for quite some time. I just recently upgraded from 10 gigs to 24 gigs of ram as my host was running out of ram due to the creeping doom that is modern codebase growth everywhere. I also have quite a bit of data residing on old hard disks that are...
by wwarren | Jan 30, 2014 | General, Hardware, Microsoft, Server 2008, Sophos, Vendors, Windows, Windows 7
ETC Maryland has been working with this client for several years. The network this setup replaced was first installed in 2005 when this clients business first started. Due to ETC Maryland’s forward thinking this system was able to be literally rolled into this...
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 | Nov 23, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security, Server 2008, Sophos, Vendors, Windows
I got Hyper-v working finally here at my office. I now have one box hosting 3 virtual mahcines. VM 1 is my Astaro firewall. VM 2 is my main AD file/print/authentication server. VM 3 is my Astaro Command Center which aggregates status and updates from my astaro and...
