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HTA Runas Administrator Context Menu

Posted on September 4, 2009February 13, 2016 by Alan

I use a lot of HTA files, including Microsoft’s terrific Scriptomatic.hta, which writes vbscripts for you.  On a Windows 2008 server you need to copy the HTA file down to the local machine before running.  This REG file,  HTA_RunAS.reg, gives you a context menu to RunAs Administrator. Rename to .REG to and merge.  This is a subset of the…

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How to run an IE shortcut with alternate credentials

Posted on August 26, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

If you are running XP as an ordinary user (a good security practice), you may be annoyed that you cannot run Windows Update.  You can be prompted for alternate credentials with and IE shortcut.  Here is how: 1)Create a new shortcut with the target “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”  http://update.microsoft.com 2) Click on the Advanced button and choose…

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Jackie Chan sell Anti-virus

Posted on August 17, 2009August 17, 2009 by Alan

http://gizmodo.com/5324651/what-the-hell-did-jackie-chan-just-make-me-watch.  Pretty funny.  

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Vista: Epic Fail

Posted on August 13, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

Just so you know.  I am not a shill for MS products.  My next shirt:  http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/geek/epic_fail.html Tags: Vista

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Can Windows 7 Resurrect Ancient PCs

Posted on August 11, 2009September 25, 2022 by Alan

Well, sort of…. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/07/27/gcn-lab-windows-7-performance-tests.aspx?s=green_110809    

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Apple Keyboards Hacked

Posted on August 11, 2009June 16, 2019 by Alan

Apple purists continue to insist how the Mac is superior to Windows because they have not been infected by malware.  In my view, this is not because of any superiority in OS X (or Unix) but rather a function of market share. Malware is has been a for profit business since 2003, and the worldwide market…

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Jesper on Microsoft

Posted on August 10, 2009May 10, 2023 by Alan

“If we [Microsoft] had actually met and interacted at length with real people at any point over the past 15 years, we probably would have realized already that designing a “program” that consists of 3,829 files, spread over 60 folders, is not how people expect it to work. That, by the way, is not a random…

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Unlock Reset User Account

Posted on August 10, 2009September 7, 2015 by Alan

Unlocking user accounts and resetting passwords is an utter waste of time for system administrators.  This is how I manage it: 1) Create a security group for users who will get the unlock/reset right. 2) Delegate the ability to unlock user accounts and to reset the password to that group using procedure here. 3) Give…

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Carnival Cruises: Fun?

Posted on August 2, 2009May 8, 2020 by Alan

We have just returned from a 6 day cruise aboard the Carnival Freedom, and overall we had a very nice time.  Our ports of call were Key West, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios, Jamaica.  The cruise director was John Heald, the senior cruise director for Carnival, and a very funny guy.  The food was very…

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Hacker Says iPhone 3GS Encryption Is ‘Useless’ for Businesses

Posted on July 24, 2009March 9, 2015 by Alan

“.. the iPhone 3GS is so weak it can be cracked in two minutes with a few pieces of readily available freeware. ‘It is kind of like storing all your secret messages right next to the secret decoder ring,’ said Jonathan Zdziarski, an iPhone developer and a hacker who teaches forensic courses on recovering data…

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