Category Archives: Small Business
Q&A Monday: Increase Simultaneous Downloads
Question: Because of my job I spent a lot of time downloading files from the internet, my productivity is killed by the simultaneous download limit in Windows. Is there anyway to work around this limit or a nifty program that will let me easily download more? Joseph James Dallas, TX Answer: Now I have tried…
Enable RDP via Registry
There may be times where a server is in a co-location and you forget to turn on Remote desktop on, there is a way to get RDP on a server just by making a change to the registry. Either remotely connect to the server’s registry or make a batch script then will run when the…
Q&A Monday: FaceTime Chat Ports
Question: I am a Mobile Administrator of my company, and recently some of the users have preordered the iPhone 4 and they started to receive these phone’s last week. There is a new feature called FaceTime, which lets users do a face to face chat on their phone, like Skype. The users are able to…
Security Update: Google Releases new Chrome
Google has released Chrome 5.0.375.86 for Linux, Mac, and Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. As always I highly recommend that you update to the current version of the Google Chrome browser, for security reasons. If you are looking for more information on what was updated in this version you can check out, Google Chrome Releases…
Top 5: Most overlooked configuration items
No matter how prepared and how well documented the network is, sometimes techs forget some basic configurations sometimes. It’s never intentional, but sometimes there are small configurations that we just need to double check. Below is a list of some things that I’ve seen (and have) forgotten to double check when doing a project. Subnets…
Q&A Monday: Network Design
Question: Hello Jim, I have only been a network administrator for only a short period of time, and recently I’ve been asked by a friend to design a network for his new business. I’ve only managed a network that was already in place when I accepted the job, and haven’t had much experience designing a…
Best Practices for Password Policy
I’ve seen a lot of different companies send out a secure password when a user starts out, but when the user changes their password, they may make it something less secure. That’s why I thought I’d go over some of the configurable Group Policy Settings with some of the best practices for password settings. I…
Windows 7 FTP Server
There are many reasons you might want to set up your own FTP server, you want access to files when you are not in the office or home. But what many people don’t know is that winthin Windows 7 has a built in FTP server to it, and to activate and confgure it is easier…
Apple Launches iTunes 9.2
I’ve been waiting since last week for iTunes to be updated to support the new iPhone, but along with making the software ready for the iPhone, there are some security issues that this new version of iTunes fixes. Apple has released iTunes 9.2 for Windows systems to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the ColorSync, ImageIO, and…
Adobe Flash Update
Adobe has finally dealt with part of the security issues that it addressed earlier in the week. Adobe has finally updated their Flash Player with the release of version 10.1 (download here). It is recommended that as soon as possible you update all your computer and servers. Note that this update does not fix the…