Category Archives: Tech Zone
Using a 32bit COM object in a 64bit environment
A while ago I ran into a problem while working on a 64bit application. I needed to use a 32bit COM object in my 64bit application but alas that didn’t work. It seems that by default 32bit COM objects are …
CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 2)
In the first article of this series we discussed what CSVDE is and why you should use it. I will now discuss how to export data from Active Directory and how to import it in Microsoft Excel using CSVDE as well …
Twitter Security Flaw
The Vulnerability Threat Social networking sites, such as Twitter, are nowadays a leading target for hackers. The reason is simple… such sites have large user-bases; by infecting a social networking site, attackers can get to a whole lot of users… …
CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 1)
One of the most thoroughly used functions on Windows Servers is Active Directory. This can literally hold all information about your users, your corporate organization and corporate contact information. This data is invaluable, and is constantly changing, so keeping it …
Undetected Threats: LogMeIn
LogMeIn is a graphical desktop sharing system. After installing LogMeIn on a Windows machine (the host), users can control the desktop of that machine from virtually anywhere via: Any web browser (ActiveX add-on, Java plugin client, Firefox plugin) Windows or …
My PC might have a virus – what do I do?
One of the most common posts that you see in various forums is from people who suspect that their computer might be virus infected. Posts such as, “My computer is crashing, do I have a virus?” or “I just got …
Defining SPAM Categories
Continuing on from Andrei Zammit’s latest articles on how SPAM emails can easily entice users and get them entangled into an invisible spider-web, I will be providing you with some background information on the different kind of SPAM forms and …
Windows 2008 R2 – When will I get it?
Windows 7 RTM build distribution plan is in execution to partners and public; however, we were missing the dates when Windows 2008 Server R2 RTM would be made available. Thanks to the Windows 2008 R2 team blog, these dates are …
DDOS attack on Twitter and Facebook
Two of the largest social media sites, Twitter and Facebook, fell to their knees early Thursday morning, with both being severely disrupted by a coordinated attack. Whenever any of the 45 million users belonging to the Twitter community tried to …
Windows 7 in your pocket
Windows 7 has, since its first demonstration, been shown to work pretty well on netbooks, but loading it onto a netbook is not as simple as we’d like it to be. According to sources at CNET News, Microsoft are considering …
