I haven’t tested mounting just the vmdk image, wasn’t sure if that would work, so I just ran the conversion first to raw img file. I don’t really need to regularly, but I wanted to convert an old vmdk virtual disk to a ZFS file system with NTFS on it […]
Today I ran into a problem while repairing a computer that had a partially cleaned up virus. I completed the cleanup that my client attempted, ran all my antivirus tools, and thought I had everything working. That is, until I noticed the little red shield for Windows Security Center. It […]
Quick note about using chntpw command to reset Windows passwords. Mostly, I just couldn’t remember what the command line program was or the switches. Boot to System Rescue CD. mount the Windows drive RW (mine was RO) cd to the config dir: cd /mnt/sda1/Windows/System32/config Backup your sam,security,system,software (just copy them […]
MsMpEng.exe – Antimalware service executable I generally do not have any issues with Microsoft Security Essentials. It just works, and does its job quite well. Â From time to time I notice some weird issues on my client computers, where MsMpEng.exe (Antimalware service executable) is using way too many and high […]
Had a fun time today cleaning off some trojans and rootkits.  On this one client system, while trying to go online, the Internet  turned into the Inertnet! (Hahahha! I love that one!)  As usual, I have lots of ideas why, but no real evidence and clients saying “I don’t know […]
I had a client recently that had their browsers hijacked. Everything they typed in the browser ended up redirecting them to some test_s.php file at “www.fes.skâ€. (Don’t open that, or you might end up with a virus! I just wanted people to find this in case it might help clean […]
So I never took the time to look these up, but I just heard about them recently. I always wanted to know how to create a new folder in Windows Explorer without having to use menu’s, by just using a keyboard shortcut. In the right side of the Explorer window, […]
Go to C:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries. helpsvc.exe /regserver /svchost netsvcs /rainstall Run that. Now we have Help and Support available again.
Man, I haven’t posted in ages! Well, here’s something I want to remember for later. Force a computer to logoff at a particular time, but still allow logons later. Using Active Directory, I think, will force a logon schedule and dissallow users from logon if not within scheduled times. On […]
Well for the larger businesses out there, this may not be a useful tip. But for those of us that support small networks, like less than 50 or even 10 systems, utilizing shares on workstations is sometimes needed. For example, I have servers in most all of my networks, and […]
Some RAID controllers are not what I call *true RAID* drive controllers. They may have a hardware controller, but they run kind of a fake RAID on the host OS. It’s not really software raid, but the RAID is dependant on the OS. This, as you might guess, causes some […]
MSTSC V6, both in XP and Vista, now asks for credentials EVERYTIME you connect! I want the server to ask, not the client! Add this line to the Default.rdp file located in your My Documents folder. enablecredsspsupport:i:0 Also: authentication level:i:0 You may need to save as another name, then rename […]
When opening files on the network over mapped drive OR UNC, you receive a “publisher” or “security” warning before running the file. Very annoying. In IE, you add the server or domain to your “local intranet” security zone. In my case, my server was: main.domain.localIt was mapped on O: drive. […]
I am not expert on these things (encryption), but I have done some reading and found some issues with Encrypted File System I don’t like. I may not describe the issues correctly, so this is just my opinion more than anything. 1. In Windows 2000, don’t even bother. It can […]
All the logical fixes didn’t work. Reinstall, removed ide drivers, reinstalled again, no worky. I was getting an Error code 39 (and 37 on another machine), and the DVD/CD drives would not show up in Windows. “Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)” The problem seems […]
Event ID 40960 and 40961 “The Security System detected an attempted downgrade attack for server…” In my case, when we logged the user in and opened Windows Explorer to a network share, we received an error. “The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security.” Then in the event logs, […]
I was using a Jetdirect print server (parallel) to an HP 960c printer. I got Event ID 6161 when printing with a non-admin user and the spooled docuements said Error. The fix was to set the Jetdirect TCP/IP port on the server as the IP address of the Jetdirect, NOT […]
This used to drive me nuts. Go to Group Policy, set the Last Username display setting to enabled, and you still see the username at logon. What? Most sites you find when searching for this will tell you to adjust the policy (group or local). OR, they will tell you […]
You know, I just want it to work! I am not sure what the details are regarding the WebDAV functionality in Windows XP and why it doesn’t work properly. I just know that I want to connect to my Zope server and transfer/edit files. There is something in the OPTIONS […]