We are setting up an UltraVNC server on Windows 7. This box is to be controlled by a viewer from a device we have. The issue is that whenever we make a change, check something, change a password, check to use a new display driver, nothing sticks. We have tested this on Xp and all is fine. We are using the latest stable release and have the server loaded as a service. Has anyone run across this?
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We purchased 15 machines, all the same model, OS and configuration. Each one has an OEM version of Office Basic 2007. Is the OEM licensing going to have an issue with us rolling out an image? I have never done this before and don't know if we can use a third party tool to change the license key manually or what?
I have a drive in a laptop that was working fine, then all of a sudden stopped. Chkdsk is reporting "unrecoverable errors" and not even linux can manage to mount or see any filesystem structure. Is there a way to repair the filesystem so we can slave the drive and pull information off?
Edit: Drive is a Seagate and using their diagnostic utilities reports that SMART has not been tripped and the drive is physically fine.
We have a new Windows 2008 server and want to transfer over our old files. Tried using Robocopy with /E /SEC /COPYALL, but did not do anything, RichCopy copies the files between the computers but does not maintain the permissions. Any ideas?
One of our Windows 2003 servers that has WSUS is full on hdd space. Doing a search for files I find this SQLDump10000.txt file that is over 25gigs. I have done some googling and it says it's read write errors plus the query or what was in memory. Can someone give me a straight explaination of what is going on here?
I have seen some sites offering 'Malware University', training classes on getting rid of malware. Do you think that updating your malware removal skills (or arsenal) is necessary from time to time? How do you become more effective at dealing with this growing, very complicated, threat?
What packet sniffer would you recommend using, especially in a 50+ workstation environment? I am a fan of Wireshark but it's got quite a bit of security history. Is there something better?
We are trying to use DynDNS with ISA 2000 but of course we have no idea what ports it rests on. We are not married to DynDns and our DSL modem does not support Dynamic DNS.
Online there are books related to the pairing but no other such information. All we want is an easy way to get the IP address since it changes constantly.
NOTE: According to TCP/View, DynDNS opens a random number of ports numbered 47xx
Stuff like SpiceWorks promises so much, but we have had mixed experience.
- Who has had experience, good or bad, with these types of solutions?
- What are the best products for using WMI to capture inventory of your entire network?
- Is it better to use PowerShell, WMIC and Access to develop your own?
Currently we use Offline NT Password & Registry Editor for machines we do not have admin passwords for. It is a really nice tool but has some flaws. Is there something better/more modern?
A huge debate raged when we were setting up a new phone system. The guys doing the install did not believe in paying high prices for Cisco gear when they could do the same things with lower priced alternatives. From what I have seen Cisco is rock solid and lower priced gear generally seems to burn out sooner.
How do you know when it's better to spend the money on Cisco equipment?
At my place of employment we have been thinking about upgrading from SQL Server 2000 to the latest (2008). We know that the DTS packages will have to be dealt with since the newer server software no longer supports them. Has anyone done this transition before and how easy is it? Are there any snags you ran into that we should be aware of?
In quite a few environments I see Cisco hardware treated as 'set it and forget it'. Many admins just don't even think about updating IOS. If you look in places like Packstorm or Bugtraq, some months you will see tons of attacks all centered at IOS. What are the real risks being taken if someone does not have an interest in keeping their routers/switches up to date especially when a new zero day gets launched?
Update: We are all smart and know what theoretical problems can be caused, but it has been my experience that these networks are left standing for quite sometime, even though an internal employee could leverage this if they so wished.
Has anyone experienced an attack on Cisco gear that would like to chime in?