Detecting and Removing Rootkits
After spending a good deal of time chasing down and removing an infection of the SpyEye Trojan, I thought it might be fitting to write about detecting rootkits, and some of the free tools that are...
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Read-Only Problems with Word Documents
I encountered a problem recently where users were reporting that documents they were working on in Word 2007/2010 were randomly becoming read-only and preventing them from saving changes. Initially, I...
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vmnetcfg missing from VMware Player
I haven’t used the VMware Player in a while, however the need recently arose when I had to deploy some virtual machines at a upcoming trade show. After the installation, I noticed that vmnetcfg was...
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The Windows Equivalent of Touch
Every now and again I find myself wishing that there was a Windows equivalent of the UNIX/Linux touch command to update time stamps on files. Well, it turns out that there is an easy way to do this,...
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Printer Fails to Print Multiple Copies
I just recently discovered that none of my HP Printers would print multiple copies of jobs. Regardless of the number of copies I selected through the print dialog, only one copy would be printed...
View ArticleMS12-020: Critical Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop
On Tuesday, March 13th 2012, Microsoft released fixes for two reported vulnerabilities in the Remote Desktop Protocol described in the link below: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-020 – Critical The...
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How to Disable Autorun
The Autorun feature in Windows allows removable devices like CDs and Flash Disks to auto-execute an application when they are inserted. An example would be inserting an application CD into your optical...
View ArticleIncorrect fonts & garbled characters when printing through Terminal Services
I recently worked on an issue with a Remote Desktop user who claimed that when printing through RDP, the resulting output would contain incorrect fonts and random characters. After trying multiple...
View ArticleIIS 7.0+ Upload Restrictions and Failures
By default, IIS 7.0+ has restrictions on the maximum file size that can be uploaded to the web server. If these restricted attributes are not modified, you will experience failures when attempting to...
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Properly Configuring SSL Certificates for Remote Desktop Services
Properly securing Remote Desktop Services with an SSL certificate is a subject that causes frequent confusion among IT Professionals. For the purposes of this article, we’ll be discussing Remote...
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