Archive for January, 2006

So the courts decide that people can determine their own fate (with the help of a professional). Wow, must be a huge blow for the Bush administration which apparently wants to force people in agony to endure more…

Rooster?

Ok, can the bush administration and their love for scaring the US citizens combined with their voracious appetite for spying information, be considered a single Anti-Christ?

Feds share the data mining love with the rest of the world.

I will stop with the government conspiracy stuff now as I’m scared that I might be construed as being a black helicopter nut job…

Old security auditors would be proud. Social Engineering is still a significant security risk for wire-line and cell phone users.

You have to love the ACLU.

Check out the movie comparison link on the page. The people at Elite Productions have built a side by side comparison of the two advertisements.

I cannot put in words how offended I am regarding the comments of mayor Nagin.

Can you imagine the public outrage if Jesse “The Body” Ventura said that Minnesota should be a vanilla state, and that we only need to bring to an end the white on white violence. Never mind the white on black violence. Violence that crosses racial boundaries does not seem to be important enough for Nagin to mention.

Shouldn’t a leader of a community speak out against violence in any form and welcome all New Orleans residents back?

And don’t even get me started on the biblical retribution reference…

Excellent list of Windows XP/2000 commands and tools. I’ve been looking for a reference like this for a long time.

Here is the list, just in case they pull down the forum it was posted on…

* bootcfg (XP only)
This utility allows you to set up your boot options, such as your default OS and other loading options.
* cacls (XP, 2000, & NT4.0)
Changes the ACLs (security Settings) of files and folders. Very similar to chmod in Linux.
* comp (XP & 2000)
This utility is very similar to diff in Linux. Use the /? switch to get examples of command usage.
* contig (NT4.0 and newer)
A great defrag utility for NTFS partitions.
* defrag (XP only – NT4.0 and Win2k use contig)
Yes, XP comes with a command line disk defrag utility. If you are running Win2k or NT4.0 there is still hope. Contig is a free defrag program that I describe on the defrag page.
* diskpart (XP only)
Use this command to manage your disk partitions. This is the text version for the GUI Disk Manager.
* driverquery (XP only)
Produces a list of drivers, their properties, and their versions. Great for computer documentation.
* fsutil (XP only)
This is a utility with a lot of capability. Come back soon for great examples.
* getmac (XP & 2000)
This command gets the Media Access Control (MAC) address of your network cards.
* gpresult (XP & 2000)
This generates a summary of the user settings and computer group policy settings.
* ipconfig (XP, 2000 & NT4.0)
This handy tool displays IP settings of the current computer and much more.
* MMC (XP, 2000 & NT4.0) – Microsoft Management Console
Console
This is the master tool for Windows, it is the main interface in which all other tools use starting primarily in Windows 2000 and newer systems.
* msconfig (XP only)
The ultimate tool to change the services and utilities that start when your Windows machine boots up. You can also copy the executable from XP and use it in Win2k.
* netsh (XP & 2000)
A network configuration tool console. At the ‘netsh>’ prompt, use the ‘?’ to list the available commands and type “exit” to get back to a command prompt.
* openfiles (XP Only)
Allows an administrator to display or disconnect open files in XP professional. Type “openfiles /?” for a list of possible parameters.
* Pathping (XP & 2000)
A cross between the ping and traceroute utilities. Who needs Neotrace when you can use this? Type “pathping ” and watch it go.
* recover (XP & 2000)
This command can recover readable information from a damaged disk and is very easy to use.
* reg (XP & 2000)
A console registry tool, great for scripting Registry edits.
* schtasks (XP only)
A newer version of the AT command. This allows an administrator to schedule and manage scheduled tasks on a local and remote machines.
* secedit (XP & 2000)
Use this utility to manually apply computer and user policy from your windows 2000 (or newer) domain. Example to update the machine policy: secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce
To view help on this, just type secedit.
* sfc (XP & 2000)
The system file checker scans important system files and replaces the ones you (or your applications) hacked beyond repair with the real, official Microsoft versions.
* shutdown (XP & 2000)
With this tool, You can shut down or restart your own computer, or an administrator can shut down or restart a remote computer.
* sigverif (XP only)
Microsoft has created a driver signatures. A signed driver is Microsot tested and approved. With the sigverif tool you can have all driver files analysed to verify that they are digitally signed. Just type ‘sigverif’ at the command prompt.
* systeminfo (XP only) <----- very nice one!!!!!!!!!!! Basic system configuration information, such as the system type, the processor type, time zone, virtual memory settings, system uptime, and much more. This program is great for creating an inventory of computers on your network. * tasklist (XP only) Tasklist is the command console equivalent to the task manager in windows. * taskkill (XP only) Taskkill contains the rest of the task manager functionality. It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications.

Fun and games with the human eye>.

Quick Vibrating Lockpick

Only posted so everyone will know how true it is that “Locks keep honest people honest”.

The European Space Agency has launched their own navigation satellite. I wonder if we have to replace/upgrade all those cool GPS toys we currently own.

Sweet!!!
Here is a FREEWARE software driver that will let you mount Linux Ext2 and Ext3 partitions with full read/write in Windows NT/2000/XP.

A very cool open source multiplatform server. SlimServer will stream your audio collection over the net so you can listen to it on most any computer most anywhere (of course it has to be on the net and capable of playing audio).

So Pat Robertson isn’t the only person in the religion industry who has Chavez issues.

Chavez seems to be building a list of groups/nations that are in the great conspiracy against him.

I can remember when 64k was a lot of memory. Now it appears that in many cases people running Windows XP should have 2 Gigabytes of memory.

Hmmmm, currently our boarders leak like a sieve. People cross the desert from Mexico every day, it only takes a drivers license to cross the Canadian border. How exactly is this supposed to keep the terrorists from winning?

It used to be common knowledge in the IT industry that you never upgrade to a new version of windows until the release of the second service patch. Microsoft appears to want this process accelerated by issuing service patches while their product is still in beta testing.

Didn’t they stop business and spend 2 years going over every inch of their code for security flaws before the WMF vulnerability was found?

Read the article then please help me understand why the RIAA thinks that it’s business model should be designed, built, and enforced by Federal Government.

Some of you will notice the blog’s look is changing. I’m working on upgrading the version of the software I’m using.

Hopefully the transition will be painless for me… ;-)

Taken from 7 miles away at 1/1000,000,000 of a second exposure.

Burns great less filling…

CDBurnerXP Pro

Sorry. Forgot to mention that it’s for the PC and it’s free!