Windows Server 2008 R2 introduces a new command-line utility, DISM, the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. One of DISM’s many useful features is the ability to use its edition-servicing commands to upgrade an R2 installation without requiring install media. This is functionally equivalent to Windows Anytime Upgrade in a Windows 7 client install, and…
Recently for work I had to setup a server to access a secure API using a client certificate to grant access. This lead me to having to use WinHttpCertCfg.exe found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823193/. This tool works pretty good here is the basics on using it. To Grant Read permission to the IIS worker process, for…
I was diagnosing a check engine light last night for my niece and the code reader I have just gave a generic auxiliary emission system failure. In thinking about this it could be a few things, bad hoses on the canister purge valve or maybe hoses from the gas tank to the canister maybe even…
A while back I created a site that I used personally as a quick look up of Live gamer tags and display information about me (xbltwitter.com). I shared it with a few friends and before I knew it there was a big following which triggered me to revamp the site and make it look nice…
I stumbled across this site when browsing the web a little while back and found their software to be a great tool. OSSEC is a scalable, multi-platform, open source Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS). It has a powerful correlation and analysis engine, integrating log analysis, file integrity checking, Windows registry monitoring, centralized policy enforcement,…