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Category Archives: Tech Zone

Technical info for IT professional and network administrators.

Using a 32bit COM object in a 64bit environment

Using a 32bit COM object in a 64bit environment

on September 14, 2009

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 …

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CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 2)

CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 2)

on September 9, 2009

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 …

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Twitter Security Flaw

Twitter Security Flaw

on September 4, 2009

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… …

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CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 1)

CSVDE – A Means to Simplify Active Directory Administration (Part 1)

on September 3, 2009

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 …

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Undetected Threats: LogMeIn

Undetected Threats: LogMeIn

on August 26, 2009

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 …

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My PC might have a virus – what do I do?

My PC might have a virus – what do I do?

on August 21, 2009

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 …

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Defining SPAM Categories

Defining SPAM Categories

on August 11, 2009

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 …

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Windows 2008 R2 – When will I get it?

Windows 2008 R2 – When will I get it?

on August 10, 2009

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 …

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DDOS attack on Twitter and Facebook

DDOS attack on Twitter and Facebook

on August 7, 2009

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 …

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Windows 7 in your pocket

Windows 7 in your pocket

on August 6, 2009

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 …

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