Problem: Even on a fairly modern PC running Core i7, Internet Explorer 8 seems to take significant time to load if anti-malware softwares that relies on Internet Explorer’s Zones to block sites (> 100,000+ records). Since Windows Explorer is tightly integrated with Internet Explorer, it slows down significantly as well. Solution: There are no permanent [...]
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability without authentication to run arbitrary code. It is possible [...]
Today, particle physicist at CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider) will smash two streams of protons, accelerated at near the speed of light, together to form what hopefully, would be a microscopic blackhole or some sort. People around the world have voiced their concerns regarding the experiment, citing the danger of that microscopic blackhole gobbling up [...]
Say you want to sort the output of “ls” (Get-ChildItem) according to file size, date modified or alphabetically, try: 1. Sort according to file size: ls | sort -property Length 2. Sort according to data modified: ls | sort -property LastWriteTime 3. Sort according to Name: ls | sort -property Name To return a descending [...]
In UNIX-like operating systems, we usually employ iptables to block a certain range of IPs. Unbeknown to most Windows server admins, there is too, a wizard-based iptables-like solution on Windows Server operating systems.