July 2008
38 posts
As an IIS MVP with Microsoft, I thought I would begin to share some of the new features of IIS 7.0. First of all the entire code base for IIS 7.0 has been rewritten for this version and it promises to be the fastest and most secure version the IIS team has ever released. Here are some highlights IIS 7 has to offer: With IIS 7, ASP.net is now integrated directly in IIS 7 and its performance has...
Schedule a restart operation with Windows XP’s... →
To help you automate this type of restart operation, Microsoft Windows XP comes with a command-line utility called Shutdown.exe, which can restart your system. To make this happen automatically,…
IIS 7.0 delivers →
As an IIS MVP with Microsoft, I thought I would begin to share some of the new features of IIS 7.0. First of all the entire code base for IIS 7.0 has been rewritten for this version and it…
To help you automate this type of restart operation, Microsoft Windows XP comes with a command-line utility called Shutdown.exe, which can restart your system. To make this happen automatically, you can configure it to run at a specified time with the Scheduled Tasks tool. Here’s how: Go to Control Panel | Scheduled Tasks.
Double-click Add Scheduled Task to launch the Scheduled Task Wizard.
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How to shut down / restart the computer with a... →
Reasoning: It may be necessary after a batch file is completed its copying or installing process to restart the computer to complete that installation. Below are steps that can be used to restart a…
Reasoning: It may be necessary after a batch file is completed its copying or installing process to restart the computer to complete that installation. Below are steps that can be used to restart a computer through a batch file. Solution: MS-DOS Users If the computer needs to be restarted from MS-DOS please see our debug page for additional information on how to do this. Windows 95, Windows 98 and...
What is an Asterisks Decrypter? →
If you use Microsoft Windows or other applications that require passwords to gain access to specific functions, you may have noticed that these passwords are never shown, but represented by an…
How do I reset a MySQL password? →
How to Reset a MySQL Password in 5 Easy Steps Stop the mysqld daemon process.
Start the mysqld daemon process with the —skip-grant-tables option.
Start the mysql client with the -u…
default passwords? →
The following are default usernames and passwords for many systems.
AS/400 qsecofr qsecofr /* master security officer */
qsysopr qsysopr /* system operator */
qpgmr also
What are Activation Codes? →
Every time you sign up for a new service, change a password, or do anything that has to do with personal information online, there are activation codes. These codes are sent to your email address,…
Stored Passwords on My Computer →
How Do I Find Stored Passwords on My Computer? We all rely upon passwords to access our computer, and also to access different services on the Internet. Whether it is a password to one of our…
Resetting the BIOS Password using Software ( Part... →
Every system must store the BIOS password information somewhere. If you are able to access the machine after it has been booted successfully, you may be able to view the BIOS password. You must know…
Hacking Programs →
How do Password Hacking Programs Work? Password hacking programs work by using a number of different approaches to either decrypt or guess a working password. Three of the most common approaches…
The following are default usernames and passwords for many systems.
AS/400 qsecofr qsecofr /* master security officer */
qsysopr qsysopr /* system operator */
qpgmr also qpgmr /* default programmer */
ibm password
ibm 2222
ibm service
qsecofr 1111111
qsecofr 2222222
qserv qserv
qsvr qsvr
secofr secofr
qsrv ibmce1
DECserver ACCESS SYSTEM
Dynix (The library software, not the UnixOS) setup
…
If you use Microsoft Windows or other applications that require passwords to gain access to specific functions, you may have noticed that these passwords are never shown, but represented by an asterisk (*). Asterisks are used quite commonly not only with Window’s passwords, but almost any passwords that you come across online or in applications. For instance, when you sign into a web email...
Every time you sign up for a new service, change a password, or do anything that has to do with personal information online, there are activation codes. These codes are sent to your email address, and you have to click on them to activate the account or confirm the change. Most websites out there use these in some form.
Usage These codes are usually http addresses that need to be clicked on - then...
How to Reset a MySQL Password in 5 Easy Steps Stop the mysqld daemon process.
Start the mysqld daemon process with the —skip-grant-tables option.
Start the mysql client with the -u root option.
Execute the UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘password’) WHERE User=’root’;
Execute the FLUSH PRIVILEGES; command.
These steps reset the password for the...
How Do I Find Stored Passwords on My Computer? We all rely upon passwords to access our computer, and also to access different services on the Internet. Whether it is a password to one of our e-mail accounts or more importantly, one that gives us access to our financial information, if you lose or forget your password, it can be a significant inconvenience. Here are some ways to find stored...
How do Password Hacking Programs Work? Password hacking programs work by using a number of different approaches to either decrypt or guess a working password. Three of the most common approaches used by password hacking programs are: Known Ciphertext Attacks Dictionary Attacks Brute Force Attacks The specific algorithm used by the password hacking program will depend upon the design of the...
The best method to reset a BIOS password depends on what BIOS the computer has. Common BIOS’s include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS’s do exist, but these are the most common. Some BIOS’s allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS’s allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed....
Every system must store the BIOS password information somewhere. If you are able to access the machine after it has been booted successfully, you may be able to view the BIOS password. You must know the memory address where the BIOS password is stored, and the format in which the BIOS password is stored. Or, you must have a program that knows these things. You can write your own program to read...
Resetting the BIOS Password using Software →
Every system must store the BIOS password information somewhere. If you are able to access the machine after it has been booted successfully, you may be able to view the BIOS password. You must know…
A team of researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University studied the statistical relationship between rates of identity fraud and laws that require customers to be notified when there has been an information security breach. The team’s findings are reported in the paper, “Do Data Breach Disclosure Laws Reduce Identity Theft?”, available as a PDF download. If you think anything like a security...
Linux-based systems get a lot of press in IT trade publications. A lot of that press relates to its security characteristics. In fact, some claim “Linux is the most secure operating system (OS) of them all.” Such statements are, of course, unsupportable hyperbole; while many Linux distributions may outshine both MS Windows and Apple MacOS X by a significant margin, there’s evidence to suggest...
The CIA Triad →
In “Knowing the superficial side of security is important, too,” I mentioned the CIA Triad as an example of the sort of “industry standard” terms that the user should know. You…
How should we handle security notifications? →
A team of researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University studied the statistical relationship between rates of identity fraud and laws that require customers to be notified when there has been an…
Is Linux the most secure OS? →
Linux-based systems get a lot of press in IT trade publications. A lot of that press relates to its security characteristics. In fact, some claim “Linux is the most secure operating system (OS)…
In “Knowing the superficial side of security is important, too,” I mentioned the CIA Triad as an example of the sort of “industry standard” terms that the user should know. You could go look it up elsewhere yourself, of course, but I’ll help you get started. Central Intelligence Agency? The meaning of CIA that is probably most familiar to my readers is the Central Intelligence Agency — “an...
Whether or not you are a fan of Bill Gates, it is impossible to deny the impact he has made on the spread of computer technology across the planet during the past three decades. Since Friday was Gates’ last day as a full-time Microsoft employee, this is the perfect time to look back at five of the most important lessons we’ve learned from the meteoric, tumultuous, and lucrative career of the...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers voted Thursday to relax rules for naming Web sites. At its meeting in Paris, ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that oversees the naming scheme for Web sites, voted to accept a proposal that will allow companies to purchase new top-level domain names ending in whatever they like. So, for example, instead of being restricted to sites...
Quick Flags help you categorize your messages, usually by some level of importance or by task. For instance, you might use a red flag to mark messages that need a quick response and a blue flag to mark messages on which you’ve acted and are waiting for a response.The problem with Quick Flags is that there’s no way to customize their descriptions. Outlook identifies them only by color. You can’t...
With Nokia’s acquisition of Symbian, it is going head-to-head with Google Android and Windows Mobile to make a run at building the top software platform for mobile phones. The problem is that all three of them could be making some bad assumptions about the way the mobile phone market — particularly the smartphone market — is going to unfold over the next five to ten years. They all seem to be...
It’s been said that the database administrator (DBA) has three basic tasks. In decreasing order of importance, they are: protect the data, protect the data, and protect the data. Although data integrity is clearly the #1 job (who cares if the database is available or fast if the data isn’t good), the DBA has many other jobs as well. Here’s a list of the actual tasks that a DBA performs. (Some...
June 2008
8 posts
ICANN adopts new Web site naming rules ( in 2009) →
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers voted Thursday to relax rules for naming Web sites. At its meeting in Paris, ICANN, a not-for-profit organization that…
Create a custom Flags toolbar in Outlook 2003 →
Quick Flags help you categorize your messages, usually by some level of importance or by task. For instance, you might use a red flag to mark messages that need a quick response and a blue flag to…
few things we have learned from Bill Gates →
Whether or not you are a fan of Bill Gates, it is impossible to deny the impact he has made on the spread of computer technology across the planet during the past three decades….
Are Google and Nokia betting on the wrong on... →
With Nokia’s acquisition of Symbian, it is going head-to-head with Google Android and Windows Mobile to make a run at building the top software platform for mobile phones. The problem is that all…
What does a DBA do ? →
It’s been said that the database administrator (DBA) has three basic tasks. In decreasing order of importance, they are: protect the data, protect the data, and protect the data. Although data…
Using Google as an application platform ?? →
Collaboration is a hot term these days. Years ago, collaboration was known as groupware with products such as IBM Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise leading the way. While these products are…
Collaboration is a hot term these days. Years ago, collaboration was known as groupware with products such as IBM Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise leading the way. While these products are still around, collaboration is now ubiquitous. You see it in everything from e-mail to sites such as Facebook and Blogger to packaged products such as Microsoft SharePoint and Lotus Notes. SharePoint is a great...
Google Android delayed more.. →
t’s official. Google is now a big time software developer. How can we tell? Its largest software development project ever — the Google Android smartphone platform — will officially be delayed. When…
t’s official. Google is now a big time software developer. How can we tell? Its largest software development project ever — the Google Android smartphone platform — will officially be delayed. When Google announced Android in November 2007, it said that Android-powered phones would be available by the second half of 2008. The second half of 2008 arrives next week and we have yet to see any real...
a lot of database models where the original developer had enforced basic referential integrity (RI) using triggers rather than declaratively via foreign keys. In versions prior to SQL Server 2000, triggers were one way to implement cascading deletes and updates of child tables since SQL Server versions prior to 2000 did not have this feature. However, SQL Server 2000 introduced cascading actions...
When you start talking about IT leadership roles and IT career tracks, the question that almost always comes up is “What’s the difference between the CIO and CTO positions?” Here’s a quick breakdown of the distinguishing characteristics of those two roles. Chief Information Officer Serves as the company’s top technology infrastructure manager
Runs the organization’s internal IT operations
Works...
Foreign Key vs. Trigger Referential Integrity in... →
a lot of database models where the original developer had enforced basic referential integrity (RI) using triggers rather than declaratively via foreign keys. In versions prior to SQL Server 2000,…
CIO and CTO? →
When you start talking about IT leadership roles and IT career tracks, the question that almost always comes up is “What’s the difference between the CIO and CTO positions?” Here’s a quick…
May 2008
60 posts
ThickNet
ThickNet, also known as 10BASE5 or IEEE 802.3-1985, is an Ethernet standard that requires a specialized coaxial cable to transmit Ethernet frames at a rate of 10Mbps. It derives its nickname, which is a portmanteau of “Thick Ethernet,” from the thick coaxial cable it uses, which is 0.375 inches in diameter. The designation 10BASE5, assigned to the ThickNet standard by the...
Common Data Modeling is defining the unifying the structure used in allowing heterogeneous business environments to interoperate. A Common Data Model is very critical to a business organization. Especially with today’s business environment where it is common to have multiple applications, a Common Data Model seamless integrates seemingly unrelated data into useful information to give a...
Business need to define their organizational rules, policies and process in order to realize their projected growth within a specified period. In order to realize these targets, the essentially need to have a basic framework as the guide in their operations. The gathering and use of data is a very substantial aspect in business that can either make or break the company. It is essential that a...
Generally in C program the function definition and calling takes the form as given below: main() { int x,y,z; z=sample(x,y); printf(“%d”,z); }
sample(x1,y1) int x1,y1; { int z1; z1= x1 - y1; return(z1); }
Here what happens is the values x, y gets passed to x1,y1 and the value z1 is calculated in sample function and the value z1 is returned which is got in z. This value namely z is then...