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So here we go…

Posted on February 12, 2009February 13, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on So here we go…

I can’t express how important it is to make sure you not only document your network, but what a pain it is when you don’t. 6 weeks of planning and having to map out Active Directory comes to a head for myself this week as I take care of the last parts of the redesign….

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Well Well Well, Look what they figured out…

Posted on February 5, 2009February 5, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Well Well Well, Look what they figured out…

So it seems that a company called Beyond Trust did a little research into Microsoft’s disclosed vulnerabilities, and found that 92% of them could have been avoided if people didn’t have Admin rights.  You can read the full article at Computer World. Honestly, I would have thought it was quite obvious that this was a…

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First Advice

Posted on February 4, 2009February 4, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on First Advice

So, as I was at work today, I got a call to go out on my 7th virus removal in the last 6 weeks. Yeah 1 a week at different clients does seem a bit much, but considering how skittish people are at running Windows Updates, things like this happens. To those who want to…

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