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January 02 Just testing the new features of Live writer. Not sure why I even keep this blog. I barely have time to update my core blogs http://www.benway.net http://www.savagenomads.net Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a safe new year eve, I’m ready for 09. Let’s go. August 29 Who wants to challege me to a game of rock,paper, scissors? That's right - now you can show your RPS prowess to your Messenger buddies around the world! To play, just log in to Messenger, open a conversation window with a buddy, and select Rock Paper Scissors from the games dropdown. Rock Paper Scissors can provide you and your friends with a few minutes of fun or the ultimate online decision making tool.  
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If you have a comment/question/concern/discussion topic/rant/rave/other - please head over to the Windows Live Messenger Newsgroup.   Rock, Paper, Scissors has come to Messenger!
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:37:39 GMT June 07 Neoware today announced the release of version 3.5 of its new Neoware Device Manager software Neoware Device Manager is available now for the Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XPe operating system. A subsequent release of Neoware Device Manager scheduled by the end of July 2007 will support the Windows(r) CE and Linux(r) operating systems.
Full press release here. Neoware Releases Neoware Device Manager 3.5
Michel Roth - mrdizzz@thincomputing.net
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:39:00 GMT In this small article my colleague Wilco van Bragt takes a look at a couple of small free tools that can help you inventory Citrix server environments. The tools he takes a look at are Ilja Godau Citrix PS4 documentor and Leonardo Curbelo Jr's Citrix Farm Inventory tool.
"If you have every build a Citrix environment for your company as an external specialist one of the most time consuming tasks is documenting the environment. Especially the Citrix settings configured via the Citrix Management Console. Often just print screens were used or own made tables typing in every session manually. Happily some [more ...] Citrix Presentation Server Farm Inventory Tools
Michel Roth - mrdizzz@thincomputing.net
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:01:00 GMT June 03 Rating: 4 Version tested: 1.2.1 Description: ODIR is an add-on for Outlook that can detect duplicate items and move them to a special folder; these include contacts, appointments, tasks, notes, and emails (sent, received, and unsent). Does not work with Outlook Express. I used this program with Outlook 2007 to scan around 18,000 emails for duplicates. Of these, [...] ODIR
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Thu, 24 May 2007 16:35:37 GMT May 17  Corporate and home users should ensure they are using WPA2 for the best levels of wireless security. Otherwise, a "lightly secured" environment can be defeated easily as noted in this article. 
Gone in 120 seconds: cracking Wi-Fi security
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/wep_crack_interview/
QUOTE: WEP is dead - and here's the proof. Cracking the Wi-Fi security protocol WEP is a probability game. The number of packets required to successfully decrypt the key depends on various factors, luck included.
When WEP was compromised in 2001, the attack needed more than five million packets to succeed. During the summer of 2004, a hacker named KoreK published a new WEP attack (called chopper) that reduced by an order of magnitude the number of packets requested, letting people crack keys with hundreds of thousands of packets, instead of millions.
Last month, three researchers, Erik Tews, Andrei Pychkine and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann developed a faster attack (based on a cryptanalysis of RC4 by Andreas Klein), that works with ARP packets and just needs 85,000 packets to crack the key with a 95 per cent probablity. This means getting the key in less than two minutes.
Source: Gone in 120 seconds: cracking Wi-Fi security
Originally published on Wed, 16 May 2007 16:38:00 GMT by harry May 02 Although it's not so new and fancy as streaming and virtualization applications, a perfectly suitable way to deploy applications can be using (proper) DNS, Group Policy and DFS. In case you've lost track of this "old fashioned way" by all the fancy-smancy new technologies, Aaron Parker refreshes your memory how to deploy applications using Group Polices properly:
"In this article I've outlined what I recommend for best utilising Group Policy to deploy applications. Deploying applications via Group Policy is a fairly straight-forward process, if a little limiting, however if you don't do it right you could be setting yourself up for some [more ...] Source: Deploying Applications Using Proper DNS, Group Policy And DFS
Originally published on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:16:00 GMT by Michel Roth - mrdizzz@thincomputing.net April 07 **This article (Q289241) is no longer available via Microsoft Tech Net. SUMMARY This article describes the most common ports, protocols, and services that are opened on a Windows 2000-based server that is running Active Directory. The purpose of this article is to list the different services and their respective ports, not to explain how to configure the ports for either a firewall or a proxy. MORE INFORMATION 21/TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) -- FTP This File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server is part of Internet Information Services (IIS) and is administered from the IIS administration tool. FTP is a common method to transfer files between two networked computers and to enable the convenient use of remote file storage capabilities. 25/TCP -- SMTP This Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service is administered from the IIS administration tool. SMTP is the protocol that is used to send e-mail messages by means of the Internet. 80/TCP -- HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the set of rules for exchanging files (for example, text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web (WWW). In comparison to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite of protocols (that are the basis for information exchange on the Internet), HTTP is a program protocol. 88/UDP (User Datagram Protocol) -- Kerberos Kerberos protocol is a network authentication method that is based on the key distribution model. This protocol enables entities that are communicating over networks to prove their identity to each other and at the same time this protocol can prevent eavesdropping or replay attacks. The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) listens on this port for ticket requests. Port 88 for the Kerberos protocol can also be TCP/UDP. 119/TCP -- NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is the predominant protocol that is used by computers for managing the notes that are posted on Usenet newsgroups. NNTP servers manage the global network of collected Usenet newsgroups. 135/TCP -- RPC Remote procedure call (RPC) is a facility that enables a program on one Windows-based computer (the client computer) to invoke the services of another program that is running on a separate Windows-based computer (the server) in a distributed network. RPC is a program-level protocol that can use the communications services of any of the Windows networking protocols, which includes TCP/IP. 137/UDP -- NetBIOS Name Server The network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) Name Server (NBNS) protocol, which is part of the NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) family of protocols, provides a means for hostname and address mapping on a NetBIOS-aware network. 139/TCP -- NetBIOS Session Services NetBIOS Session Services are part of the NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) family of protocols and is used for server message block (SMB), file sharing, and printing. 389/UDP -- LDAP LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. LDAP is designed to be a standard way of providing access to directory services. In Windows 2000, LDAP is the primary way that the operating system accesses the Active Directory database. 443/TCP -- HTTPS Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) is a variant of HTTP that is used for handling secure transactions. HTTPS is a unique protocol that is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) underneath HTTP. 445/TCP -- SMB The SMB protocol is used for file sharing in Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000. Windows 2000 enables you to run SMB directly over TCP/IP, without the extra layer of NetBT. 464/TCP -- Kerberos Password V5 The Kerberos change password protocol is used to deny an administrator from setting a password for a new user. This functionality is useful in some environments, and this proposal can be used to enable password setting. This protocol is used when users changes their passwords. 500/TCP -- ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) or IKE (for Windows 2000) is the key exchange mechanism for a virtual private network (VPN). ISAKMP manages the exchange of cryptographic keys and employs a two-phase process for establishing the Internet Protocol security (IPSec) connection between two gateways. 563/TCP -- SNEWS SNEWS is secure NNTP. 593/TCP -- RPC over HTTP RPC over HTTP is used for COM+ Internet Services and requires IIS to operate. 636/TCP -- LDAP over SSL When SSL is enabled, LDAP data that is transmitted and received is encrypted. 1025/TCP -- Listen The first port assigned to be used by any application.. 1067/TCP -- Installation Bootstrap Service The installation bootstrap protocol server. 1068/TCP -- Installation Bootstrap Service The installation bootstrap protocol client. 1645/UDP -- IAS: Internet Authentication Service This service is used for processing Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) authentication messages and is supported by IAS to provide backward compatibility with earlier RADIUS servers. 1646/UDP -- IAS: Internet Authentication Service This service is used for processing RADIUS accounting messages and is supported by IAS to provide backward compatibility with earlier RADIUS servers. 1701/UDP -- L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a method for encapsulating standard Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) by means of a variety of media. The protocol also enables encapsulation of PPP by using UDP packets. 1723/UDP -- PPTP PPTP is an abbreviation for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. It is an Internet protocol that is commonly used in VPN products. Windows NT supports PPTP server, and both Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 95 support PPTP client. 1812/UDP -- IAS Internet Authentication Service This service is used for processing RADIUS authentication messages. 1813/UDP -- IAS Internet Authentication Service This service is used for processing RADIUS authentication messages. 3268/TCP -- Microsoft Global Catalog Active Directory global catalogs listen on this port. 3269/TCP -- Microsoft Global Catalog with LDAP/SSL Microsoft global catalog SSL connections listen on this port. 3389/TCP -- RDP Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is the protocol that enables a thin client to communicate with the Terminal server over the network. This protocol is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) T.120 protocol, an international, standard multiple-channel conferencing protocol that is currently being used in the Microsoft NetMeeting conferencing software product. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it! 
Source: A List of the Windows 2000 Domain Controller Default Ports
Originally published on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:20:00 GMT by Richard March 24 crosspost from http://blogs.msdn.com/rextang This happened while I need to create batch file for batching msbuild bunch of vs2005 projects and output all the dll files to one central share folder place. it's too waste of time to manually do this so just spent some time finding those windows command reference to create window batch file, as follows: for those of you who also interesting in the new powerful Windows PowerShell (formerly MSH, or Monad), Channel 9 PowerShell QuickStart and Wiki is a good start, also do check PowerShell blog for the latest information. Technorati Tags: microsoft , windows, shell, powershell 
Source: Windows command line reference
Originally published on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:44:00 GMT by rextangtw March 10 
The Internet Information Services 6.0 Migration Tool is a command line tool that automates several of the steps needed to move a Web application from IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0 or IIS 6.0 to a clean installation of Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 and Windows Server 2003. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. 
Source: Moving your IIS Web Site ?
Originally published on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:30:03 GMT by JoeStagner March 07 After being in development some time, Login Consultants has released a free new tool simply called the SoftGrid Migration Tool. This tool converts MSI packages to Softgrid sequences with the least possible amount of user intervention. This tool was written by my talented colleagues Dennis Damen and Rodney Medina.
They've published an article at BrianMadden.com explaining this new tool: The SoftGrid Migration Tool was written in Visual Basic 2005 and requires the .NET Framework 2.0 or higher in order to work. It's very easy to use:
• From the zip file, copy the SGMT.exe, defaults.ini, and SettingsChanged.exe to the sequencer machine and [more ...] Source: SoftGrid Migration Tool Express: A Free tool For Converting MSI Packages To SoftGrid sequences
Originally published on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:03:00 GMT by Michel Roth - mrdizzz@thincomputing.net Wilco van Bragt has written an article in which he discusses some of the wonderful tools that CTRL-ALT-DEL IT Consultancy offers. In his article Wilco covers: • QRYPUBAPP • QRYDEPTAPP • QRYCLIENTIP • QRYCLIENTIP • WHEREIS • TSLOGOFF • BOMPROF • TSPassChg Read the article here. Source: Walk-through Of The CTRL-ALT-DEL Tools - Michel Roth
Originally published on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:54:00 GMT Anyone who uses a lot Terminal Server connections a lot (in only in Remote Administration) knows that you need some kind of tool that helps you out in managing all these RDP connections. Since the Microsoft Remote Desktops snapin isn't flexible enough to meet my demands, you'll have to find another one. Next to the somewhat more well-known ones like RoyalTS and vrD, there's another one: Multiple Remote Desktops manager (MuRD) 2. It allow you to:
• Manage and arrange your remote desktop connection settings using folders and shortcuts in a way that works for YOU.
• Combine connections into "groups" to [more ...] Source: Multiple Remote Desktops manager: MuRD 2 Released
Originally published on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:43:00 GMT by Michel Roth - mrdizzz@thincomputing.net March 04 I love MS Live writer. I have it setup for both my wordpress and my Live Site. If I could only get it working with my PostNuke site. Life would be grand! later,jb January 26 Again, I thought we lived in america. (This country need more standards)The bar owner should be able to do whatever he wants. If someone doesn't like it....don't goto that bar. Simple answer, if enough people stop going to that bar it will effect the sales enough that the owner might change his policy. If this case goes to court, I'm going to sue BET (Black entertainment Television) because if WET (white entertainment Television) was ever started,the ACLU and NAACP would be all over it. We read: "The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a bar owner over his policy of barring people who wear their hair in cornrows, dreadlocks or twists. In a federal lawsuit, the Virginia chapter of the ACLU says the Kokoamos Island Bar, Grill and Yacht Club's policy amounts to racial discrimination because ... Source: Bar Owner not Allowed to Set Dress Standards for Entry to his Private Property? September 11 Here's how to setup an English Windows XP install to be able to read/write in Chinese. Now the question is can I set this up as part of a scripted install.....
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September 09 I just got an email from J.J. Allaire pointing me to the blog post on the Windows Live Writer plugins blog entitled Windows Live Writer Blog This for RSS Bandit which states And now comes Blog This for RSS Bandit. RSS Bandit is a popular feed reader (what are feeds?) which by default can Blog This with w.bloggar (a desktop blogging client) and post to del.icio.us. 
Installation is simple albeit manual. Extract the file, highlight the files, then copy and paste them into the RSS Bandit plugins folder: not into the Windows Live Writer plugin folder. Start RSS Bandit. See something you would like to write about? Right-click on the headline and choose BlogThis using Windows Live Writer. Windows Live Writer launches with the Select Destination Weblog window where you select which blog to post to. Once selected it takes a moment or two and then there is your screen with the text from the feed’s post: I just wrote about wanting to write this plugin a few hours ago. I'll probably still write one on my own and replace the w.bloggar plugin in the default install of RSS Bandit with a Windows Live Writer plugin. Perhaps even an installer for existing users who don't want to wait until the next version of RSS Bandit to get this feature?   
Source: Windows Live Writer & RSS Bandit Together at Last
Originally published on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:57:08 GMT
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