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Along with the basic options described in the previous installment of this article, you can also configure advanced synchronization options on the WSUS server. These options are used to control things such as bandwidth usage and where the updates are stored. Advanced options include:

Storage options

Deferred downloads options

Filtering Updates options

Express installation options

ArmCode today announces the release of the second major version of Alien IP, a trace routing tool. The program can locate any remote domain on the map and display its IP address and geographic coordinates. Alien IP v2.0 can also ping the address to see if the target host is up or not. It handles [...]

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Since multicast data packets could end up going in circles, RPF [Reverse Path Forwarding] enables routers to forward multicast data down the distribution tree.
RPF uses existing multicasting routing protocols to determine up/downstream sources.
RPF only forwards multicasting packets only if on the upstream port interface.
MSDP [Multicast Source Discovery Protocol] [...]

Well, it’s official. I seem to have misplaced my weekend! To bring my coming story into focus, most of you may remember me making mention of a new hard drive purchase and the need for a good disk cloning application? At any rate, it took two men and a boy to make the move happen, [...]

You can obtain updates from the Microsoft Update Web site through synchronization. However, if the WSUS server is behind a proxy server, you must first configure the network connection so it can access the Internet.

Most Internet users surf the Web and send email with scarcely a thought of DNS, the Domain Name System. Yet DNS and BIND are the fundamental building blocks of the Internet as we use it. DNS handles mapping between hostnames, which we humans find convenient to remember, and Internet addresses, which computers deal with. DNS [...]

According to Ontrack Data Recovery, the industry’s leading data recovery provider, extreme summer weather and the hurricane season cause a significant increase in data loss incidents during the summer months meaning computers users need to pay special attention to protecting their valuable data starting immediately. From intense heat to electrical storms to major disasters like [...]

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This is an introduction to the planning for QoS [Quality of Service]. QoS is not a single element or single approach. This approach was developed after many months of research but does not include all the issues required. This is more of a framework to begin [...]

John Dvorak is the sort of guy that you either really like or really dislike. Over the years, I have watched his actions with utter amazement. He’s always out there on the edge, stating ideas that others might consider to be insane. You know, like when he stated that Apple will one day drop OS [...]

Once your server meets the requirements outlined in the previous section, you should be ready to install WSUS. The process is straightforward and the steps are outlined below. Keep in mind that you must log on with a user account that is a member of the local Administrators group on the server in order to [...]

Everyone knows that Microsoft owns the desktop - it’s a proven fact - but the last three years have been quite an eye opener to the community of the slope the desktop kings are slowly sliding down. The merging of Apple’s OS with Pentium hardware puts it smack in Microsoft’s territory, and the emergence of [...]

It doesn’t matter if you’re looking after a highly secure banking network or if you’re an ordinary user concerned with malware and identity theft - security concerns and affects us all.
According to Rick Lehtinen, author of the new edition of Computer Security Basics, computer security has taken on some new meanings in the wake of [...]

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Integrated multiprotocol routing adds features (separate route lists/tables and procedures) for different routing protocols. For example, EIGRP [Enhanced Gateway Routing Protocol] and interior or internal routing protocol can support routing tables for TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and others. That is, a separate routing list is created for each protocol [...]

Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft. OK, he may still be around in some figurehead kind of capacity. But in reality, things are being handed down to the new guard within Redmond’s walls. I guess Bill will be in good company. Robert Scoble, has also moved onto new projects and from I hear, is totally excited [...]

In general, it has been my experience that locking things down for the home user can be a lot more challenging that it is for the enterprise user. Unfortunately, it is often times the home based PC user that needs the iron fist of common sense.

Before you attempt to install WSUS on a server, there are some pre-installation tasks that you need to be completed. This will ensure that the server meets all the configuration requirements needed to install WSUS.

EPV is a simple, yet powerful application designed to automate the tasks of monitoring and terminating running processes on remote computers. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is used to obtain performance information about the running processes, which is formatted into an easily understandable layout.

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RF [Radio Frequency] signal waves travel or move at the speed of light. The length in meters of an antenna is determined by wavelength (lambda) is speed of light divided by the frequency of the radio. That is, a frequency of 100,000,000 Hertz (cycles), the wavelength in [...]

I have said it many times before - I have no blind loyalty to any one operating system. So when I first heard that SuSE was being put face to face against Vista Beta 2, naturally I was interested.

Some time ago I wrote about a strategy of choosing the sultan’s correct daughter to avoid getting one’s head cut off. The essence of the puzzle is that a sultan promises a young man that he can marry one of the sultan’s 100 daughters. The catch is that they will be brought in one at [...]