Windows
Thankful For Thanksgiving
I’m thankful for Thanksgiving. So thankful, in fact, that I thought I’d share my list of thanks with folks who also happen to be thankful. That would (or should) be you on this Thanksgiving day, whether or not you’re an American who celebrates this annual holiday. I’m thankful for turkey, although I usually like it [...]
ActivIcons v3.26
Customizing Windows is something we have all done or wanted to do. After time we get tired of looking at the same old icons and the same old screens. We want something new and something different to stimulate our minds. Well I can’t offer you a brain massage, but I can give you a free [...]
The E-Mail Time Capsule
What do you want to be doing in five years? How about twenty years? I know I probably sound like a potential employer, but the truth is that questions like the ones above are important to consider from time to time in order to make sure that you have some very specific goals in mind. [...]
Firefox Extensions – Part 3
Extensions are applets that can be added to the Firefox browser, and often to its kin, the Thunderbird e-mail application and the Mozilla Internet suite. They allow you to add functionality to Fx as you need it, rather than burdening the system with unnecessary junk. In the previous installment, I was discussing the extensions on [...]
Take Ownership Of A Folder Or File In Server 2003
A person who creates a folder or file is the designated owner. As the owner, you can assign other users permissions and change existing permissions. However, in order to take ownership of a resource, you must first have full control permission. Members of the administrators group are the only accounts that have the ability to [...]
How Does Remote Installation Service Work?
Remote Installation Service (RIS) is a service includes with Windows Server 2003 that can be used to deploy an operating system such as Windows XP. When you use RIS, computers connect to the RIS server during the boot phase and begin the installation of the operating system across the network. The operating system can be [...]
How To Remove The Sony DRM Rootkit
Grinler of BleepingComputer.com writes: Table of Contents How this rootkit affects your computer CDs that contain this rootkit How to tell if your CD has the Sony – XPC DRM Rootkit How to tell if your computer is infected with the Sony / XPC DRM Rootkit Rootkit removal and detection Technical Details
Magic Defrag: Vs Diskeeper, Et Al?, Part 2
Over the weekend I received a handful of interesting comments from readers concerning the ‘controversy‘ over Ashampoo and Magic Defrag.
Sony's DRM Profile
Ed Foster of GRIPELOG writes: You’re probably getting tired of hearing about Sony BMG’s rootkit DRM [not me!], but one central mystery about it remains to be solved. What was Sony’s real motive for what many consider behavior that is awfully close to a criminal act? To answer that question I think we’re going to [...]
Message From Maui
We signed up for the “sports massage” at the resort’s spa yesterday, aiming to be there an hour early to enjoy the bath house beforehand. They had whirlpools, hot tubs, saunas, Japanese tubs, jet showers, massage showers, and five special baths. These five baths were interesting, as each one was filled with a different set [...]
