Steve Walcher

How to locate Email Headers

Steve Walcher — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:55:00 GMT

See:
How to Get Email Headers http://community.mxtoolbox.com/blog/2009/05/18/how-to-get-email-headers-a-guide-from-mxtoolbox/

Email Header Analyzer
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/EmailHeaders.aspx

Steve

Why you should disable AutoPlay to help stop Malware

Steve Walcher — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:06:00 GMT

Security Watch Island Hopping: The Infectious Allure of Vendor Swag

Jesper M. Johansson

The technique of island hopping-penetrating a network through a weak link and then hopping around systems within that network-has been around for years. But it continues to take on new dimensions. In today's security-conscious IT environments, people are often the weakest link, and malicious users are

finding ways to use this to their advantage (think phishing and other forms of social engineering). This combination of carbon and silicon can prove fatal to your network.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.01.securitywatch.aspx

This is scary ....

Missing Safely Remove Hardware Icon

Steve Walcher — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:35:00 GMT

Here is how to start it manually.

Start -> Run

C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

SBS 2000 Migration Articles

Steve Walcher — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:41:00 GMT

Here are some SBS Migration Articles:

How to install Small Business Server 2003 in an existing Active Directory domain
Migrating SBS 2000 Server to New SBS 2000 Server
What do I need to do to prepare my Windows 2000 forest for the installation of the first Windows Server 2003 DC?
What do I need to do to make sure Exchange 2000 runs fine on my Windows Server 2003 forest?
Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller.
How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion.
Domain controllers do not demote gracefully when you use the Active Directory Installation Wizard to force demotion in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 Server.

Outlook DST Update Issues

Steve Walcher — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:32:00 GMT

With the time zone change completed, I am seeing several odd behaviors in my Outlook calendar.

We have a Exchange 2003 Server at the office, It was patched automatically for the DST updates using Windows Update with KB931836, and KB926666. I have two computers one running Windows XP / Office 2003 and a laptop running Vista Business / Office 2007.

A Technique for Determining the I/O Hog in your Database

Steve Walcher — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:10:00 GMT

A great article on Performance Tuning SQL Server

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/mmorin/2573.asp

Summary:
Performance Tuning can be as much an art as a science when working with SQL Server, but there are many fine techniques that can help you get started. New author Michael Morin brings a great new technique helping you get started on determining where the heavy I/O users are in your database.

Remote Desktops MMC Snap-In

Steve Walcher — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:50:00 GMT

Windows Server 2003 provides the ability to connect to the console (session 0) of a computer by using a Remote Desktop connection.

There are two ways to accomplish this.

1. Using the following command "mstsc /console".

2. Using the Remote Desktops MMC Snap-in, "tsmmc.msc". This is include with a 2003 Server install or can be added to XP with "Adminpak.msi" (Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack for XP)

Ref:
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Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack Download for XP
'http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&displaylang=en'

Remote Desktops MMC Snap-In from Windows Server 2003 Administrative Tools
'http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309375/'

How to Connect to and Shadow the Console Session with Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278845'

Fix for "a program is trying to access e-mail addresses" warning pop up

Steve Walcher — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:03:00 GMT

Fix for "a program is trying to access e-mail addresses" warning pop up when using MS Word as email editor in Outlook 2002.

How to Change the Local Administrator Password on Several Workstations

Steve Walcher — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:41:00 GMT

Attached are some batch files and the exe that will set the local Administrator password on a group of computers.

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@ECHO OFF
REM *** RunSetAdminPass.BAT
REM ***
REM *** Set Administrator Password of all workstations
REM ***
REM *** Syntax: RunSetAdminPass <password>
REM ***
REM *** Required:
REM ***           SetAdminPass.BAT
REM ***
REM ***
REM ***           NETVIEW.TXT
REM ***             KARENB1,
REM ***             KELLYH,
REM ***             LATHE_01,
REM ***             LIZW,
REM ***             MEGAN,
REM ***             NEW,
REM ***             NEW-01,
REM ***
REM *** Netview.txt is a comma delimited list of PC names.
REM *** (can be created w/ "NET VIEW > NETVIEW.TXT" then edit slightly)
REM ***
REM ***

if '%1' == '' goto NULL

FOR /F "eol=; tokens=1* delims=," %%i in (netview.txt) do call SetAdminPass.bat %%i %1

GOTO END

:NULL
echo.
echo **ERROR** The proper format is:
echo.
echo RunSetAdminPass <password>
echo.
goto END

:END

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REM *** SetAdminPass.bat - Set PCs local Administrator password
echo Processing \\%1
cusrmgr.exe -u Administrator -m \\%1 -P %2
ECHO.

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References:
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How to Change the Local Administrator Password on Several Workstations
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;272530'

Is System Lockdown the Secret Weapon?
'http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1891447,00.asp'

How to enable and use the "Run As" command when running programs in Windows
'http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294676&sd=tech'

"RunAs" basic (and intermediate) topics
'http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/06/23/163229.aspx'

Running as Limited User - the Easy Way
'http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/03/running-as-limited-user-easy-way.html'

Help protect your personal information with strong passwords
'http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password.mspx'

President Bush Addresses the Nation - The night of the invasion 3/19/03

Steve Walcher — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:49:00 GMT

In a disscussion this evening a friend stated that President Bush said we would be in and out of Iraq in a few months.... <sigh> Nothing could be further from the truth. From the begining he has always stated that this would be long and difficult struggle.

President Bush Addresses the Nation - The night of the invasion 3/19/03
"A campaign on the harsh terrain of a nation as large as California could be longer and more difficult than some predict. And helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html

I guess I don't quite see how this can be translated into "We will be out in a couple of months"...