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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; windows</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/category/sysadmin/windows/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>[SOLVED] Windows 7 fails after patch installation, hangs, cannot boot in safe mode</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:53:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hangs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[patch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[safe mode]]></category> <category><![CDATA[startup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1078</guid> <description><![CDATA[Windows 7 won&#8217;t boot up, Safe Mode hangs (typically at CLASSPNP.SYS), the System Recovery can&#8217;t fix (Bad Patch and AutoFailover errors) and there are no recovery points to revert back to. Sound familiar? There&#8217;s a working solution!Don&#8217;t reformat right away and reinstall &#8212; try this first: From either the Windows 7 DVD or using the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Microsoft drives to kill off IE6 and get you to upgrade</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[countdown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ie6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1060</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hurray!! Even Microsoft wants users to upgrade from IE6 to something modern &#8211; with the IE9 beta, Firefox 4 beta and thrilling upgrades to Opera aboundng, the 8.4% of users in South Africa still using IE6 (and more than 34% in China!!) are urged to upgrade to the most recent stable version of their browser. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[SOLVED] qlikView installation on Windows 7 &#8211; installation error</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:23:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[installation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prematurely]]></category> <category><![CDATA[qlikview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wise installer]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=939</guid> <description><![CDATA[You may encounter the following error on installation: Installation ended prematurely because of an error when trying to install 32-bit or 64-bit qlikView on Windows 7. With or without UAC (User Access Control), installation fails. Suggestions to (re-)install vbscript.dll using regsvr32 vbscript.dll in the c:\windows\system32 (64-bit equivalent) directory didn&#8217;t help. On execution of the installer, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>VMWare console and Firefox 3.6.6 &#8211; Workaround</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/06/vmware-console-and-firefox-3-6-6-workaround/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/06/vmware-console-and-firefox-3-6-6-workaround/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:17:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[console]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox 3.6.6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[plugin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vista]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xp]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=879</guid> <description><![CDATA[As the VMWare plugin does not work with Mozilla&#8216;s Firefox 3.6.6 &#8211; and as it cannot launch a virtual machine console &#8211; you&#8217;ll have to use a workaround. This post results from the error I kept receiving: Cannot access virtual machine console. The request timed out. The paths are applicable to your OS and version [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/06/vmware-console-and-firefox-3-6-6-workaround/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Symbolic links in Windows</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/symbolic-links-in-windows/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/symbolic-links-in-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:16:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[symbolic link]]></category> <category><![CDATA[symlink]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows vista]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=858</guid> <description><![CDATA[Windows Vista and 7, if not before, allow symbolic links &#8212; mklink is your command-line friend! Creates a symbolic link. MKLINK [[/D] &#124; [/H] &#124; [/J]] Link Target /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file symbolic link. /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J      Creates a Directory Junction. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/28/symbolic-links-in-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Secure SSH Tunneling &#8211; at no extra cost</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:20:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[port forwarding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[putty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tunnel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=824</guid> <description><![CDATA[Assuming you have a Windows machine and you interact with Linux boxen at any stage, chances are high that you have used and interacted with PuTTY at one stage or another. That beautiful, less than 2 sec, 444K download of a tool (currently at version 0.60 beta) allows you to SSH, COM-direct, RSH, Telnet etc [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Samba cheat sheet &#8211; Ubuntu</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:03:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cheat sheet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fileserver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[howto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[migration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[user management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows server]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=764</guid> <description><![CDATA[Samba. Whopping goodness. Here are a few notes that help in the setup &#8211; from user creation, to directory settings etc This blog post contains a few lessons learnt and thus by extension a migration plan from a Windows file server to a Samba-based one running on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I look at users, system [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/02/samba-cheat-sheet-ubuntu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Security Summit 2010 Wrap-Up</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synch.cc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security summit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=716</guid> <description><![CDATA[So the Security Summit 2010 has come to an end. Featuring speakers such as Moxie Marlinspike, Joe Grand and Jeremiah Grossman (again), it&#8217;s a pity to say that there wasn&#8217;t much new that was presented. With repeated concerns about input- and output-validation, as the OWASP Top 10 for 2010 highlight and were used as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Testing POP3 and IMAP servers from the command line in CMD or bash</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[command line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exchange]]></category> <category><![CDATA[imap]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pop3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[telnet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=680</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s quite simple, really: POP3 (Exchange, dovecot etc) you know, IMAP (Exchange, dovecot, courier etc) you know &#8212; so this is just a recap, right? You know how to telnet into the machine &#8212; in Vista or Windows 7, you may need to install it separately using &#8220;Add/Remove Programs&#8221;, or just use Putty in Telnet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/testing-pop3-and-imap-servers-from-the-command-line-in-cmd-or-bash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Windows cannot find FILENAME from Outlook or Thunderbird &#8211; Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/21/windows-cannot-find-filename-from-outlook-or-thunderbird-make-sure-you-typed-the-name-correctly-and-then-try-again/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/21/windows-cannot-find-filename-from-outlook-or-thunderbird-make-sure-you-typed-the-name-correctly-and-then-try-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:46:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cannot find]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DDE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[errors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[excel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[office]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=673</guid> <description><![CDATA[You double-click an attachment in Outlook &#8211; or Thunderbird &#8211; or any mail client or third-party client, for that matter &#8211; and you can&#8217;t open the file in Office (in my case Excel 2007, but this works for Excel 2003 as well). But instead of the file, you get a notification telling you that Windows [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/21/windows-cannot-find-filename-from-outlook-or-thunderbird-make-sure-you-typed-the-name-correctly-and-then-try-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Activate Windows XP by phone in South Africa toll-free &#8211; what number to use?</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/20/activate-windows-xp-by-phone-in-south-africa-toll-free-what-number-to-use/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/20/activate-windows-xp-by-phone-in-south-africa-toll-free-what-number-to-use/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:08:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[activation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[phone number]]></category> <category><![CDATA[toll-free]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xp]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=670</guid> <description><![CDATA[Windows XP &#8211; got to love it. We have all reached the spot where we need to activate XP over the phone for some reason or another. On the activation screen, there&#8217;s a phone number &#8211; which does not work. It&#8217;s a matter of finding the right one, though &#8211; an a simple Google. Yahoo! [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/20/activate-windows-xp-by-phone-in-south-africa-toll-free-what-number-to-use/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Remote Desktop vs Local Desktop</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/15/remote-desktop-vs-local-deskto/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/15/remote-desktop-vs-local-deskto/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:49:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ctrl+alt+del]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remote desktop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restart]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=647</guid> <description><![CDATA[CTRL+ALT+DEL Local: CTRL+ALT+DEL Remote: CTRL+ALT+END RESTART Local: Start -&#62; Shutdown -&#62; Restart Remote: Start-&#62; Run -&#62; shutdown -t 0 -r I just keep forgetting it&#8230;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/15/remote-desktop-vs-local-deskto/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>If you&#8217;re itching for those GNU apps from Linux on Windows&#8230;</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dual-boot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[groff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mingw32]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wubi]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=632</guid> <description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re stuck on a Windows box. But you don&#8217;t want to install MinGW32? Can&#8217;t dual-boot to run Ubuntu or Debian on your Windows machine for some for that GNU happiness that sed, groff, wget, whois and all those happy apps bring with it?First of all &#8212; why haven&#8217;t you tried Wubi (pointing to Ubuntu 10.4 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/09/if-youre-itching-for-those-gnu-apps-from-linux-on-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>synch.cc has just launched systemsaudit.co.za</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/synch-cc-launches-www-systemsaudit-co-za/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/synch-cc-launches-www-systemsaudit-co-za/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:39:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synch.cc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysaudit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[system audits]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=602</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s up &#8211; the full network and business system audit and asset tracking service by synch.cc, tracking hardware, software and assets using a background scheduler &#8211; more at systemsaudit.co.za! A systems auditing service with clean reporting and charts like this has never been easier! Had to just add a plug for it here, too And [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/synch-cc-launches-www-systemsaudit-co-za/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Windows 2008 RC1 Service Pack, Windows 7 SP comes early</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/19/windows-2008-rc1-service-pack-windows-7-sp-comes-early/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/19/windows-2008-rc1-service-pack-windows-7-sp-comes-early/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:48:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[service pack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 2008]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=532</guid> <description><![CDATA[Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users&#8217; hands. There&#8217;s no concrete roadmap (or tar one, for that matter) yet, but it&#8217;s good to see that, if Redmond sticks to it, the 22 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/19/windows-2008-rc1-service-pack-windows-7-sp-comes-early/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Internet Explorer 9 will not support XP</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/17/internet-explorer-9-will-not-support-xp/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/17/internet-explorer-9-will-not-support-xp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:40:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ie9]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet explorer]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=523</guid> <description><![CDATA[While so many corporates are still locked into a Windows XP / IE6 platform, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) looms on the  horizon, &#8220;now even more compliant&#8221; (don&#8217;t you just love that: &#8220;not quite, but getting there&#8230;&#8221;) In an effort to make Windows XP finally disappear from the landscape through a &#8216;force migration&#8217; to Windows 7, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/17/internet-explorer-9-will-not-support-xp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cracking passwords fast with rainbow tables on SSD</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/15/cracking-passwords-fast-with-rainbow-tables-on-ssd/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/15/cracking-passwords-fast-with-rainbow-tables-on-ssd/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:25:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ophcrack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[passwords]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rainbow tables]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssd]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=511</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Swiss firm, Objectif Sécurité, makers of Ophcrack_Office (for Word and Excel files) and Ophcrack Open Source (over at sourceforge.net), has tweaked their application to crack XP passwords with up to 14 characters on a Steady State Drive interface (think of large, light, laptop drive using Flashdrive technology) through rainbow tables (pre-calculated hashes) in an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/03/15/cracking-passwords-fast-with-rainbow-tables-on-ssd/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An update on Operation Aurora</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/19/an-update-on-operation-aurora/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/19/an-update-on-operation-aurora/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:06:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet explorer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[operation aurora]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=418</guid> <description><![CDATA[The attack (Operation Aurora) on around 20 companies in the US, including Google, Adobe, Juniper Networks and others using the zero-day exploit of Internet Explorer is partly linked to social engineering &#8212; as the carefully crafted emails were plausibly created and structured, users bought into it. Once the machine was owned after the payload was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/19/an-update-on-operation-aurora/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>nginx on Windows Vista / Windows 7 with php</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/22/nginx-on-windows-vista-windows-7-with-php/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/22/nginx-on-windows-vista-windows-7-with-php/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:51:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[codesnippet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nginx]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[setup]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=277</guid> <description><![CDATA[You can get the latest stable version of a Windows compile of nginx (0.7.64) here. Setup is quite straight forward; you&#8217;ll need the php-cgi.exe downloaded (copy the libmysql*.dll to the Windows system directory &#8211; quickest but dirtiest solution) and tied in; I assume that you can download and run the mysql application yourself? You may [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/22/nginx-on-windows-vista-windows-7-with-php/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Virus Scanner Comparison</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/08/virus-scanner-comparison/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/08/virus-scanner-comparison/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[common sense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virus scanners]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=251</guid> <description><![CDATA[They ran a comparison of virus removal software in Oct &#8217;09. Full results are here. Question is, why not compare latest versions throughout? Their methodology (a &#8220;work in progress&#8221;) suggests that the vendos provide their software, which is updated &#8220;as per the manual&#8221;&#8230;Symantec 2010 vs AVG 8.5? Full list of scanners compared? Avast Professional Edition [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/08/virus-scanner-comparison/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
