The basic situation on a Macintosh running OS X is not unlike Windows Vista with User Account Control (UAC) still enabled: you are stripped of your admin rights, the root or admin account is disabled, and you are prompted to elevate your rights when you do something that requires admin privileges. In Windows Vista, you [...]
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Managing the Root Password on Your Mac
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Keep Secure, Q & A, Technology, Tips & Techniques
Tags: MAC Password·Managing Password·Managing Root Password·Password·Root Password·sudo command·UAC·User Account Control
Improve Your Web Security With Encryption And Firewall Technologies
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, How To, How To Keep Secure, Internet, Q & A, Technology, Tips & Techniques
If you’re like most IT professionals, your work life is an ongoing balancing act in which you aim to adopt the latest technological innovations while keeping your enterprise secure. So you welcome any software that makes the whole process easier. Fortunately, security features in IIS, ISA Server, and secure sockets layer (SSL) can all be [...]
Tags: encryption·firewall·Firewall Technologies·IIS·IIS Certificates·Improve Web Security·Internet Security and Acceleration·ISA Server·SSL·Web Security·Web traffic
Creating an External Storage Solution for SharePoint
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology
Microsoft estimates that as much as 80 percent of the data stored in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services ( WSS ) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 content databases is non-relational binary large object ( BLOB) data, such as Microsoft Office Word documents, Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations. Only 20 percent is relational [...]
Tags: EBS Provider·External Binary Storage·External Storage Solution·Internal Binary Storage·SharePoint
Interacting with Windows from a Mac Environment
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology
Organizations today are likely to include both Macs and Windows PCs in their environments, and getting them to work together has become much easier. That wasn’t always the case. In 1995, I started working at a small ISP and service bureau in Raleigh, North Carolina, where most employees used Macs though a few of us [...]
Tags: Active Directory·Directory Utility·MAC·Mac Environment·Messenger·Network Access Protection·OCS·OCS and Messenger·Virtualization
Requirements when Joining a Domain
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Q & A, Technology
What are the network setting required for a computer to join a domain? In order to be able to join a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domain you must properly configure your XP/W2K computer. Note: XP Home Edition is not designed to join domains; only workgroups. To join domains, use XP Professional version or [...]
Tags: DNS·DNS server·domain network setting·IP·IP address·LAN·local area network·network·network Interface Card·network setting·networking·NIC
What’s APIPA?
April 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, Internet, Networking, Q & A, Technology
A Windows-based computer that is configured to use DHCP can automatically assign itself an Internet Protocol (IP) address if a DHCP server is not available. For example, this could occur on a network without a DHCP server, or on a network if a DHCP server is temporarily down for maintenance. With this feature, a Windows [...]
Tags: APIPA·DHCP·DHCP server·IANA·Internet Assigned Numbers Authority·Internet Protocol·IP·IP address·Using APIPA
OLED vs Laser TV
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Digital TVs, Electronics Products, Introductions, LCD HD TVs, Q & A, Technology
Exactly what are these new technologies? OLED TVs and Laser TVs offer two versions of television technology. These two types of televisions have multiple similarities to consider. They also have individual benefits to consider before you make your final purchase. First, there are concerns over both technologies and they are: * Laser: Some techies have [...]
Tags: Laser·Laser TVs·OLED TVs·OLED vs Laser·Television·Television Technology·TV·TV Technology