July 2007 - Posts

19 July 2007
Slow boots and chkdsk errors, bad hard drives that the hardware raid thinks is ok

I had a call a month ago on a Tuesday night about a server that would not reboot. It kept popping up errors and wanted to run chkdsk. It appeared to finally come up and the person who called went home. I tried to remote in to the server and it would not answer. I knew I would have a morning visit. I... Read More...

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19 July 2007
Lowest user permissions, folder redirection and applications that do not run because of a weird profile

I have a goal sometimes of lowest user privileges. Not often enough though. End users have a much harder time installing junk programs if they are not a local administrator. Drive by malware may have a harder time getting installed. My newsgroup buddies JeffM and SusanB have given me clues and tools... Read More...

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