Interesting video of Mr. Ferrari trying to cancel his AOL service. And yes, I’ve heard simliar stories such as his. Full (uneditted) audio version – Soli Deo Gloria
Archives for June 2006
A Tale of Active Directory on Campus
An interesting blog made by David Carlin about real life problems he has run into with Active Directory and how he solved them. -Soli Deo Gloria
Support XM Radio
The big record companies are pressuring Congress to pass legislation that would prevent XM listeners from having access to more music choices and new technologies. To learn more about how you can help stop this legislation, follow the link above. Click on this URL to take action now http://capwiz.com/xmradio/utr/2/?a=8852001&i=80549823&c= If your email program does not [...]
The Master of Spyware
Ben Edelman has a PhD in Economics from Harvard. Yet, he likes writing on spyware and how it infects systems. His reports are very detailed and interesting. He even has full videos of how spyware infects a system. Check him out at www.benedelman.org. – Soli Deo Gloria
Microsoft Releases Standard User Analyzer
The Standard User Analyzer helps developers and IT professionals diagnose issues that would prevent a program from running properly without administrator privileges. On Windows Vista, even administrators run most programs with standard user privileges by default, so it is important to ensure that your application does not have administrator access as a dependency. Using the [...]
RunAs Trick for Installing Local Printers
Sometimes it’s the simplest things in life that get us, like not being able to use RunAs on the “Add a Printer” icon in Windows XP. Countless times I have logged off to add a printer as an administrator and today, it really bugged me. I had a user that was trying to print a [...]
Windows Genuine Advantage
Recently, Microsoft quietly released hotfix KB905747 which includes updates for WGA. The update now includes a wonderful “in your face” popup message if you are running a supposed pirated copy of Windows XP. I think this picture is most fitting for this situation: It appears that a file called WGATray.exe that ties in with WGA [...]
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