At work, I have a client that was requesting the ability to monitor/block sites that their users were visiting. This is traditionally quite easy with just a squid proxy server or a Barracuda Web Filter but they really didn’t want an extra server to be installed during this process AND they were using a terminal [...]
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My take on AntiVirus / AntiSpyware applications
Virii suck, I just though I’d throw that out there. They cost the world billions of dollars a year and keep people like you and me up at night. I wish I had the final solution for you but I don’t, however, I do have a list of applications/tools/services that I use to keep my [...]
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Help me with my next PC purchase
Please!! I’ve been using an old P4 1.6Ghz and 512Mb memory at home with Ubuntu loaded on it for some time now. I can’t seem to ever come up with enough cash to purchase this myself so I thought I would give ChipIn at try. It’s a new (I think) service that allows you to [...]
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Dell Laptop offline file syncronization issues
Recently I had a client who purchase a new laptop from Dell. It was a failry straight forward setup, nothing out of the ordinary. After we got the computer joined to the domain and the user’s profile setup, we started the file syncronization process for a number of directories that they needed to take offsite [...]
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Microsoft PowerShell – Searching for a command
I live in command line on Linux, Cisco, HP, and a number of other products but for some reason it feels UnAmerican to do it on Windows. I’m coming around though. With the implementation of the Microsoft Powershell on Windows you now have a great deal of power that you may or may not have [...]
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