Windows
Trojan.Rootkit-1835 ClamAV False Positive
This morning I was going over last night’s ClamWin scan results on my Windows XP box and found a few instances of Trojan.Rootkit-1835 infecting the following files:
Relevant Windows 7 facts
This is not meant to be a thorough report, just the highlights I found relevant related to its recent release. Versions Starter is weak (for netbooks) 32-bit only, OEM pre-install only Home Basic is for emerging markets (we probably won’t see it in the US much) Home Premium is what most consumers will end up [...]
Sometimes Ghost is truly the best tool
Lately I’ve been loving Clonezilla for rolling out refurbed Dell workstations. It’s been really cool, boot from USB “liveCD”, clone disk to disk directly over gigabit ethernet, reboot, repeat. But after doing 10 of them, I ran into the true limitation of Clonezilla. Clonezilla relies on ntfsclone and partimage (great tools) but they share a [...]
Fix Slow Scrolling in jEdit
So far jEdit is proving to be a great editor (FTP/SFTP support is great) but after tweaking it to my liking (BufferTabs plugin, fonts, etc.) I noticed that scrolling the main text area had become very slow. I didn’t want to just blame Java so I looked it up and found the cause.
Hide Administrator from Welcome Screen in Vista
By default the Administrator account in Vista is Disabled – everything is run in a sudo fashion without actually logging in to the Administrator account. Some times due to external password recovery systems or other various reasons the built-in Administrator account is enabled, causing it to show up on the Welcome Screen. In order to [...]
Fix Vista Update Loop
Symptoms include this message on boot: “configuring updates stage 3 of 3. 0% complete” and then an automatic reboot and the same message over and over again in an endless loop.
Missing User Accounts in Windows XP
So this time they weren’t hidden ’cause they weren’t in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList But they didn’t show up in the Accounts Control Panel or in Run > control userpasswords2. But they do show up when you run the command: net user aaand each account is active.. BUT they had no groups assigned to [...]
Using SIW to Find Hardware in Windows
I’ve often resorted to loading up a Linux livecd and running “lspci” just to get an idea of what hardware is in a box. Let’s face it, even if box manufacturers do provide the drivers you need, that model may have shipped with one of 4 different NICs, video cards, etc. So it used to [...]
Warning: FileZilla FTP Passwords now Stored in Plaintext
I feel that this should be brought to the attention of FileZilla users out there even though it may be a huge concern. (Lots of apps do this but potentially giving up FTP access info to a bunch of servers you are responsible for is something to be avoided). Jump to the Important Stuff
My Apps List: Windows XP
I’ve been doing a few reinstalls on my workstation boxes lately so I put together this list to save myself some time. This will change as I remember/find stuff.
