Anecdote: I have a medical office customer who had a computer get infected with Malware yesterday. This was a winXP machine, non-admin account locked down via a domain controller, and centrally administered A/V. This computer is locked down so hard they can’t even install a printer without logging in as administrator. The entire network is [...]
Mediacom being blacklisted?
Anyone trying to blacklist Comcast? See article below. I have mediacom at home but don’t use their mail accounts. Don’t even know if I got one when I signed up. My comments: Sounds like a good reason to ditch their mail servers all together and use a 3rd party like gmail or yahoo. The problem [...]
Is Windows 7 Right for Your Business?
http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D246438,00.asp Is Windows 7 Right for Your Business? ARTICLE DATE: 12.01.09 By Eric Griffith There may be a lot to switch to Windows 7 at home, but what about at work? Naturally, businesses big and small have been thinking about whether to upgrade to the new operating system. Some analysts say it’s inevitable for businesses [...]
Why is my internet slow – take 2
click for larger view What you’re seeing here is step 1. I’ve removed vast amounts of unneeded and unused equipment and consolidated the network to one switch. I removed 4 other switches, one of which had many connections yet was not even powered on.
Why is my internet slow?
A local customer called me to come and check things out, the chief complaint being their internet is slow. This electrical room is a potential issue, the other being most workstations having zero anti-virus. Stay tuned for an “after” shot to go along with this “before” shot to see the capabilities of The Restore Store.
IBM Unveils New Virtual Server Security Offering
Product Watch: IBM Unveils New Virtual Server Security Offering – cloud security/Storage – DarkReading Product Watch: IBM Unveils New Virtual Server Security OfferingVMware offering will help users build security into virtualized data centers, Big Blue says Nov 13, 2009 | 04:55 PMBy Tim WilsonDarkReading IBM today introduced IBM Virtual Server Security for VMware vSphere, a [...]
Fully install Windows 7 from the upgrade disc
iGoogle Fully install Windows 7 from the upgrade disc Woody Leonhard By Woody Leonhard Topping the long list of readers’ Windows 7 questions is whether you can use the upgrade disc to perform a full install of the new OS. You may be surprised to discover that in Windows 7 there’s no difference between the [...]
