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Dimension 4700 thermal events prevention.

Karl Gechlik — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:11:51 +0000

We
have about 20 Dell Dimension 4700’s that occasionally get Thermal issues
and shut down. Sometimes it can take up to 10 tries to get it to turn back
on. The machines are not hot and the problems show up intermittently of
about 20% of the computers. How can I fix or prevent this from happening?
It does not shut down in the middle of work but makes it difficult to turn
on causing workers grumbling.

How to determine if desktop has been hacked?

Oldlady55 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:02:20 +0000

How can I find out for sure that my computer is being hacked into? I have very good reason to believe that is what is happening. Some people who have no axcess to my e-mail know things that only the person I sent it to should know. I suspect someone who might have a motive?

How to recover deleted history

Bflofan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:54:04 +0000

Question Edited by Michael Tidmarsh

Local Security for Vista Home Premium – Network Access

Gratch — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:51:59 +0000

Hi there
Vista Home Premium – I’ve been trying to configure the local security option for Network Access – sharing and security model for local accounts, to ‘Classic – local users authenticate as themselves’.
This PC communicates with another where an account has been created ( user and password (windows authenticate)) and is needed to communicate with SQL.

If not manually in Windows environment; can it be configured in C#?

PLS?

windows xp security tips

Redbird — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:52:31 +0000

i am going to be storing a windows xp sp3 based tower for a period of months while travelling. while the tower will be relatively secure, i’m unfamiliar with newer password cracking techniques, as i’ve never had to implement them. all sensative data on the machine is encrypted using fips algorithms on ntfs drive. i am hoping some of you can give me some tips to guard against a brute force attack against this machine. although it might sound a bit odd, this machine was the first i ever built from the ground up, per se. it’s kind of serves as a time capsule. although i’m aware of the fact that brute force attacks are not 100% preventable, i’d like to make it as difficult as possible. i have no experience with hacking myself, although i should, to prevent it from happening. any advise would be helpful.

IT Security

Davemd — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:47:43 +0000

With all the talk about security certifications and working in IT security being hot right now and in the future, I was wondering if it would make more sense to try and get the Security + certification before trying to get another IT certification such as the MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)? I’ve heard that most certifications (other than security) don’t mean that much anymore to employers, and that skills now beat having certifications. Also, I noticed for many other security certifications such as the CISSP, the requirements to take the test are very strict, in that you need to have 5 years of experience working in security. How does one get that experience if they’ve never specifically worked in security? What if someone was more of an IT Generalist, or IT jack-of-all-trades where they worked? I think I want to head in the security direction, but how do I do it? For the past couple of years, I’ve worked for a small firm where I am the only one that does all the IT stuff, and security was really never an everyday issue. My job title probably ties more closely to an IT Administrator or Systems Administrator. I appreciate any help and feedback. Thanks very much.

OWA using SelfSSL and Certificate Services removal

TheVyrys — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:41:07 +0000

Hey there…

I am curretly running Exchange 2003 on W2k3 member server.

I installed Certificate Services and produced my own certificate and all works well with OWA.

I recently found out that SelfSSL is available but not quite as robust, which would probably be good.

I removed Cert services and was getting ready to install selfssl when one of my domain controllers started getting an error message about the cert being invalid. It happened last time I tried to uninstall cert services and I ended up rebuilding the domain controller to get rid of it.
I don’t want to do that again. So do any of you know how to remove certifcate services from the domain cleanly?
Also, is SelfSSL a good route to take for securing OWA?

thanks a mil…

connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building

Senomango — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 02:25:17 +0000

Question Edited by Serena3

Hiding System Tray ICons

MithunMCSE — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:24:30 +0000

Hi Guys..
I want to know how do we remove/hide system tray icon without stopping the service. I have a monitoring software which appears in the system tray which i want to hide. I m using win xp prof . I dont want to hide it i want to remove the icon from the system without stopping the service. I know bout the option to “Always Hide” icon in system tray but it appears if the user clicks on the arrows.. the sofware does not have any option were in i can select “Dont show on desktop” Please help
Best reagrds
Mithun Kanji

Active Dir. Web Based Password Reset Tool?

GregNottage — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 05:23:35 +0000

Question Edited by Michael Tidmarsh