This came to me this week from one of the many email lists I’m on. It’s a free guide that will help you pass the following exams. 70-640 Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuring 70-642 Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuring 70-646 Windows Server 2008 Administrator R2 You can get your free study guide here … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
Password Reveal Tool
One of the cool things that I saw last week at SMBNation in Las Vegas was a session by Dana Epp about Password Security. Dana as always kicks butt in his presentations and this one was no exception. One of the great tools that he talked about was a tool called Cain & Abel which did many things for us including revealing passwords already stored on a … [Read more...]
Steve Jobs is dead.
Sad really – that he has finally lost his battle with the disease that has affected him for so long. Apple announce this on their home page in the last few hours. What will be remembered about him is how he took a company that was really fading badly and with the iPod and subsequent devices, reinvigorated not only his company, but the mindsets of many many … [Read more...]
I have all my passwords on a piece of paper…
I was talking to Jessica Devita aka The Uber Geek Girl over lunch last week at SMBNation about passwords. One of the challenges that we face is teaching users about good passwords. I showed Jessica my passwords that are on a single piece of paper and she initially freaked out. When she took a look at them however, she realised that this is actually a very … [Read more...]
What size pagefile should I have on my Hyper-V host?
I’ve done a fair bit of work now with Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2 and Hyper-V. One of the key things I’ve looked at is how to correctly size the pagefile for these systems for the host machine. I’ve searched high and low for a real recommendation from Microsoft on this topic and sadly have not been able to find anything concrete to use as a guide. In short – I … [Read more...]