by wwarren | Feb 10, 2010 | Hardware
Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers. Dell in their newest RAID cards are actively blocking “non-Dell Certified” hard disks. This means if you don’t use a “Dell Drive” the controller won’t allow it to operate....
by wwarren | Jan 19, 2010 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Full Disclosure: Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack. If you honestly believed Vista or 7 was a total rewrite because Microsoft said so this issue blows that straight out of the water. This is code from back in the nt.x days. ...
by wwarren | Jan 19, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
Computer Security Research – McAfee Labs Blog. This is an expansion of the most recent IE exploit. Now comes the analysis. Allowing a system level file for windows(in this case a dll) be executable without any kind of security context is a really bad idea. ...
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Security, Security Alerts
Praetorian Prefect | Using Group Policy to Disable JavaScript in Adobe PDF Files. This is also a good idea. Adobe right now is having all kinds of JavaScript issues. Killing JavaScript across the entire network is a good idea.
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Microsoft, SBS 2008, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
This was an exploit form back in ie6. It is present in all version up to 8. mshtml.dll once again has a major issue that allows remote sites to take over your machine. If you are running ie6, ie7, or ie8 you are vulnerable. HOWEVER if you have DEP turned on for ie...
by wwarren | Jan 15, 2010 | Hardware, Input Devices
If this thing ever makes it to market I can see a HUUUUUUGE market for it. YouTube – Puyocon – A ball-shaped controller you can squeeze, throw, and roll : DigInfo.
by wwarren | Jan 11, 2010 | Open Source
NewsFactor Network | MagicJack’s Next Act: Disappearing Cell Phone Fees. If MajicJack doesn’t get sued out of existence this is an excellent value..that means you can drop your plan back since you won’t be using as many minutes. If it only worked...
by wwarren | Jan 7, 2010 | Hardware, Open Source, Storage
ZFS – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I am going to look into this more. This feature alone would allow storage admins to better utilize storage space. Right now it’s only available on FreeBSD 8.0 and Solaris. I may have to fire up a BSD VM on a...
by wwarren | Jan 7, 2010 | Microsoft, Vista, Windows, Windows 7
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by wwarren | Jan 5, 2010 | Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7
Want a good way to access all the control panel options in Windows 7 in one easy location? Simply make a folder on your desktop and rename it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and you are all set. This handy tip was brought to you by [H] reader Edward...
