Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Small Business: how to secure your computers

Monday, January 10th, 2011

To keep your business running effectively, your computers should be running effectively. This means keeping up to date with the following software and security features.

Business Firewall
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Coca Cola machine gets Windows Blue Sceen Of Death

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

I saw this at the mall the other day. The Blue Screen of Death or BSOD is what happens when a Windows computer crashes.

It isn’t that big of a deal on a Coke machine but, imagine if it was controlling something a little more critical like systems in your car or traffic lighting.

Blue Screen of Death on a Coca Cola machine

Catch the FIFA 2010 Fever !! Waka- Waka !!

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

FIFA 2010 South Africa

There are only a few things on our planet that transcend race, color, nationality, sex or age to reach a realm that exists beyond these barriers. One such thing is – ‘Soccer.’ When you hear (more…)

How to setup a public calendar on Exchange 2007

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Exchange 2010 Logo

The only way that I know of to do this is (more…)

Installing an SSL certificate on Exchange 2010

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Exchange 2010 Logo

The syntax for installing an SSL certificate in Exchange 2010 has changed slightly from the 2007 version. Below is the new syntax
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The requested operation requires elevation fix Start ++

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

The requested operation requires elevation UAC

Have you ever tried to run a command and got a message saying “The requested operation requires elevation”?

This is (more…)

hal.dll missing or corrupt after internet explorer 8 installation.

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Internet Explorer 8
It appears that there is an issue with some systems after installing internet explorer 8. Users get an error message stating that hal.dll is missing or corrupt. IE8 is actually deleting the boot.ini file. Here’s what I did to fix it. (more…)

Critical security issue affects all versions of Microsoft Exchange.

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

MicrosoftSecurity

Yesterday Microsoft released a critical security bulletin announcing that a vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Microsoft Exchange has been discovered.

The security hole allows (more…)

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Windows

The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility can help you remove installation files from programs that are currupted or did not completly install. (more…)

Getting your Iphone to work with Exchange Active Sync SSL Certificate

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

This is only required if you are using a self signed certificate.

I recently set up an Iphone to work with Microsoft Exchange 2007. It was a bit complicated so I thought I would post the instructions for others.

The Exchange 2007 server was using a self signed SSL certificate and the Iphone was a first generation with the 2.0 firmware.

Iphone Exchange
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