Technical Support Services

2011-12-26T20:12:00.000-08:00

This thing is a game changer for the PC Industry. A single board computer for general purpose applications, due out next month. It is the size of a credit card, has tons of applications, and has unmistakable geek cred. This will run off of AA batteries or 5 volt wall wart. Has HDMI video, audio, USB, SD card slot, and Ethernet. Cost 35 bucks. Boots in about 25 seconds. Read more here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/.

There is a YouTube video of the boot up and some video demos here.

Ultra low power and very compact, the Raspberry Pi is expected to ship next month, and has a wide range of applications, including media server, Linux desktop, applications development, router/firewall, and multi- blade servers. This little guy could change the world. Manufacter web site is here:http://www.raspberrypi.org/

ClearOS

2010-04-11T14:58:00.000-07:00

ClearOS is a powerful network and gateway server designed for small organizations and distributed environments. Though ClearOS comes with an extensive list of features and integrated services (see sidebar), the solution is easy to configure thanks to the intuitive web-based interface.

The open source revolution in the software industry has made it possible to provide ClearOS at no cost. Among other features, antivirus, antispam, VPN and content filtering are built right into the software -- no need for expensive third party add-ons. With ClearOS, you can avoid costly vendor lock-in and proprietary formats; instead, you can embrace open standards and protocols.

Along with online documentation, you will find an active community ready to help find your way. Open source is great, but where do you go for help with installation, support, consulting and professional services? Let me introduce you to ClearCenter. Not only will you find 24x7 ClearCARE support from ClearCenter, but also a growing army of ClearCenter partners to help with installation, onsite support, professional services and that all important ongoing maintenance.

Integrated LDAP for User and Group Management
User Security Certificate Manager

Multi-WAN
VPN - PPTP, IPsec, OpenVPN
DMZ and 1-to-1 NAT
Stateful Firewall
Local DHCP and DNS Servers

Antimalware - Antivirus, Antiphishing, Antispyware
Antispam
Bandwidth Management
Intrusion Protection, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection
Protocol Filtering including Peer-to-Peer Detection
Content Filter
Web Proxy
Access Control

Windows Networking with PDC Support
File and Print Services
Flexshares
Groupware with Outlook Connector
Mail Server - POP, IMAP, SMTP, Webmail, Retrieval
Mail Filtering - Antispam, Antimalware, Greylisting, Quarantine
Mail Archiving
Database with MySQL
Web Server with PHP Support

A new Blog for Tech jobs in the Los Angeles Area.

2010-01-22T00:51:00.000-08:00

I created a new Blog for Tech jobs in the Los Angeles Area.

I know that Craig's List is a tremendous resource, but it is a pain to look at all of the different ads when looking for a tech job. This is designed to put it all on one page. Enjoy..

http://losangelestechjobs.blogspot.com

My Favorite Linux Distro so far is PCLinuxOS - effective, and drop-dead simple.

2010-01-19T08:15:00.000-08:00

My Favorite Linux Distro so far is PCLinuxOS - effective, and drop-dead simple.

Main page is here: http://pclinuxos.com

The online magazine is here: http://pclosmag.com

Back issues of the online magazine can be found here:

http://pclosmag.com/html/enter.html

I use this on a 4 Gb USB stick for a varity of data rescue jobs on Mac and PC platforms. I hope it helps out some other support people out there. Post any comments or questions here if you like.

Data Recovery Links

2010-01-14T21:09:00.001-08:00

Through the following links, you may find something that better fits your needs, gives better results or help going :

Tutorials / testimonials / advices :
- Data Recovery Myths might be a good start
- ReiserFS undelete/data recovery HOWTO .
- How a Corrupted USB Drive Was Saved by GNU/Linux
- Why Recovering a Deleted Ext3 File Is Difficult... by Brian Carrier
- How a Linux Distro Saved Hard Disk Data
- Hackaday Hard drive resurrection
- Some Data Recovery Tips
- EaseUs Data Recovery eBook: online and PDF
- Google Study: Failure Trends in a Large Disk Population (or a local copy).
- A review report of, mostly, Windows data recovery software.
Disk imager (for Linux):
- recoverdm : again, a ‘dd‘ like tool. Seems that it had a special mode for CDROM.
- myrescue : a sort of ‘dd‘ like tool, but specialized in harddisk data copy (better handle of damaged areas).
- dcfldd : dcfldd is an enhanced version of GNU dd with features useful for forensics and security, and AIR the GUI front-end to dd/dcfldd.
- safecopy : safecopy is a data recovery tool which tries to extract as much data as possible from a seekable, but problematic (i.e. damaged sectors) source - like floppy drives, harddisk partitions, CDs, ..., where other tools like dd would fail doe to I/O errors.
- badblock-guess : badblock-guess will recover all readable sectors of the disk in minimal time while trying to prevent disk read retrying head recalibrations.
- dd_rescue and ddrescue
- dd_rhelp : dd_rhelp is a bash script that uses dd_rescue.
Disk imager (for Windows):
- WinImage
- Rawrite and related (floppy) disk imaging programs.
Partition tools :
- gpart : primary partition table "guesser" tool.
- TestDisk : check and undelete partition (a lot of partition types are recognized).
Filesystem tools :
- e2salvage
- e2extract
- e2undel
- fatback : FAT recovering tool (available from the Biatchux bootable CD project for forensic/analysis/data recovery/virus scanning/...
- FScat : FSCat is a utility for dumping filesystems offline.
- Ext2 Installable File System For Windows provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access).
- ReiserDriver is an installable File System Driver that allows ReiserFS partitions to be accessed under Windows
- FFS File System Driver for Windows 2000/XP/2003, allows you to get a read access to FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD FFS(UFS) partitions.
- ElcomSoft's Advanced EFS Data Recovery and its online documentation.
File tools (identification, recovery, degraded mode read, consistency check, ...) :
- file : the famous file Unix command
- foremost : recover files based on their headers and footers (work on raw data files from dd for example).
- gzip recovery tookit : self explanatory...
- photorec : PhotoRec is a little tool to recover pictures from digital camera memory (you could also check my gepj-fat utility to recover JPEG files from FAT12/FAT16 filesystems).
Various tools :
- Hex editors and viewers : hexdump from util-linux, KDE's khexedit, hexedit
- Hachoir is a library written in Python which allows to see and edit a binary files (or any binary stream) field per field. It can be used to extract some informations (eg. metadatas), edit some fields...
Forensic suites :
- The Sleuth Kit & Autopsy : Forensic tools for Linux and other Unixes (check the excellent Links part).
- TCT (The Coroner's Toolkit), and don't miss from Wietse Venema and Dan Farmer Forensic Discovery" online version book.
Linux distributions / Live CD / NAS :
- NASLite : single floppy disk based Network Attached Storage (NAS) Server Operating Systems designed to transform a basic computer into a dedicated file server.
- SMART : SMART data forensic suite and CDROM from ASR Data.
- System Rescue CD : is a linux system on a bootable cdrom for repairing your system and your data after a crash.
- Helix : Knoppix based forensic Live CD.
- RIP : Recovery Is Possible Linux rescue system.
- PLD RescueCD
- Ultimate Boot CD : a bootable CD containing many floppy based utilities for hard drives, partitions, filesystems, antivirus, mainboard...
- KNOPPIX, Ubuntu Live, SLAX,...
Free Microsoft Windows software :
- Handy Recovery 1.0 at the bottom of the page.
- PC INSPECTOR.
- Linux Recovery and Linux Reader for ext2/ext3 filesystems, from DiskInternals.
Commercial Microsoft Windows software :
- R-Studio Data Recovery is a family of powerful and cost-effective undelete and data recovery software..
- GetDataBack : do-it-yourself data recovery software.
- Easy Recovery : data recovering tool for Microsoft Windows filesystems.
- Active@ Partition Recovery : MBR and partition recovery tool.
Hardware :
- PC-3000 : from ACE Data Recovery Engineering, developp software and hardware solutions for harddrive data recovery.
- A BIG forum forum about Data Recovery and Hard Drive Repair.
- Anatomy of a Hard Disk Drive
- HDD Firmware Center.
- Actionfront Recovering Unrecoverable Data whitepaper that focus on their SignalTrace technologie. Hardware oriented but very interesting.
- Head Stack Replacement: Questions and Answers
- Seagate RS-232 adapter schematic (don't know what it could really be used for)
Hardrive password unlocker:
- HDD Unlock Wizard is a user-friendly application which allows you to easily unlock IDE and SATA Hard disk drives.
- HDD password removal
- AFF Repair Station is data recovery software which allows you to diagnose and repair system area problems of hard disk drives, and to remove passwords from drives locked with an ATA-password.
Wipe and Erase data :
- Can Intelligence Agencies Read Overwritten Data? an answer to the famous Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory Gutmann's paper.
  There's also Dan Kamiski Thoughs on Secure Deletion part 1 and part 2
- DBAN : Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.
- CMRR Protocols for Disk Drive Secure Erase (and the paper).
- Protecting Sensitive Data : Researchers Develop Fail-Safe Techniques for Erasing Magnetic Storage Media.
Prevention :
- dvdisaster : dvdisaster provides a margin of safety against data loss on CD and DVD media caused by aging or scratches.
- Clonezilla is a sort of Norton Ghost (much more like Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition), that is able to massively clone many computers simutaneously.
- parchive : a great archive tool with special file format that allows easy recovery by adding self protection in case of corruption in missing parts.
- And naturally... backups !
Documentation on filesystems internals and file formats :
- The structure of the Reiser file system
Various :
- Bad Sector Blues : The Dreaded "error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }"
- FileDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP that uses one or more files to emulate physical disks ().
- Mount Image Pro Computer Forensics software to mount EnCase, DD and SMART evidence files as virtual drives on your file system.
- DFTT : Digital Forensics Tool Testing Images
- Recovery Tools section at Freshmeat.
- Data Recovery : a lot of links related to data recovery at dmoz directory.
- Wikipedia Data recovery article.
- An interesting paper that "clear up misconception prominent in the storage community" about SCSI and ATA.
- A compilation of filesystem documentation
- Something you shouldn't have to care about.
- Hard Drive Recovery blog (doesn't seem active since june 2005).
- National Software Reference Library (NSRL) provide a collection of file hashes from numerous commercial softwares.

xen cd

2009-12-28T13:55:00.001-08:00

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD

--
James P. Dillon
(424) 204-6586
Email:mrlinuxhead@gmail.com
http://www.spintheweb.net
I.T. Consultant / Web Commerce Specialist
Microsoft Certified Professional / Linux Guru

XpGnome - Make Linux Look like Windows XP

2009-12-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

XpGnome - Make Linux Look like Windows XP

Make Gnome look like XP by running this simple script:.

Link is here: http://ubuntu.online02.com/files/XpGnome.tar.gz

YouTube video directions are Here:

This is funny as hell. And should make the M$ VP's shit.

I am going to install this on PCLinuxOS and try it out.

Using VirtualBox to install Microsoft Exchange 2003

2009-12-22T02:55:00.000-08:00

Using VirtualBox to install Microsoft Exchange 2003

I install two servers running Windows 2003 R2. I download the .ISO image and will boot from that.
I have installed VirtualBox from Sun and created the first Windows 2003 server here. I call it 2K3srv. Setting here are fine for now .
Update using Windows update. I give it a static IP address of 10.0.2.5.
After that I created a domain controller by adding DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory. Just use the Manage your server wizard.

Installed the second virtual machine (Exch2K3) and ran Windows Update. I gave it a static IP of 10.0.2.6.
I installed a second NIC on each VM so they could see each other. (This is the same with clusters BTW.)
Win2K3 is as follows: IP 10.0.1.1 SN 255.255.255.0 GW 10.0.2.2 DNS 127.0.0.1 2ed DNS 68.94.156.1
Exchange2K3 IP is: IP 10.0.1.2 SN 255.255.255.0 GW 10.0.2.2 DNS 10.0.1.1 2ed DNS 68.94.156.1
So now the VM’s can ping each other and browse via My Network Places.
Join the second machine to the domain. My domain name is stardotcafe.com.
On the second machine which will become your Exchange server install the prerequisites for Exchange.

Open Add/Remove Programs control panel
Click Add/Remove Windows Components
Select Application Server and click Details
Click ASP.NET

Double Click Internet Information Services (IIS)
Scroll down and check the box next to NNTP and SMTP

Click OK twice and then click Next. When prompted insert the CDs as requested
Once the install is complete click Finish and close the Add/Remove programs control panel
Exchange install - Forest and Domain Prep
Next insert (mount) the Exchange 2003 CD ISO image

Click Exit on the first page
Once you have the latest Exdelpoy.exe from MS run it. Enter the location to save the files and click "OK"
Next locate and double click the exdeploy.hta file
You are now at the first page of the Exchange deployment tools

Click "Deploy the first Exchange server"
Click "New Exchange 2003 Installation"

The first three steps are all about ensuring the prerequisites are met. Select the checkboxes by steps 1 and 2 as these have already been covered.
Select the checkboxes by steps 1 and 2 as these have already been covered.
For step three ensure the support tools are installed.
Click the box by step three

To perform step four open a CMD prompt (Start, Run, type "CMD", Press "Enter")
In the CMD prompt window type the command below and press enter:
dcdiag /f:c:\dcdiaglog.txt /s:domaincontrollername.domain.com
(for me is was C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag /f:c:\dcdiaglog.txt /s:Win2K3.stardotcafe.com)
This will output the results to a text file in the C: called dcdiaglog.txt. Open the file and ensure there are no errors.

You should see output like the following:
C:\Program Files\Support Tools>dcdiag /f:c:\dcdiaglog.txt /s:Win2K3.stardotcafe.com

Domain Controller Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site\WIN2K3
      Starting test: Connectivity
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site\WIN2K3
      Starting test: Replications
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test Replications
      Starting test: NCSecDesc
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test NCSecDesc
      Starting test: NetLogons
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test NetLogons
      Starting test: Advertising
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test Advertising
      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
      Starting test: RidManager
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test RidManager
      Starting test: MachineAccount
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test MachineAccount
      Starting test: Services
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test Services
      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test ObjectsReplicated
      Starting test: frssysvol
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test frssysvol
      Starting test: frsevent
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test frsevent
      Starting test: kccevent
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test kccevent
      Starting test: systemlog
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test systemlog
      Starting test: VerifyReferences
         ......................... WIN2K3 passed test VerifyReferences

   Running partition tests on : TAPI3Directory
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... TAPI3Directory passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... TAPI3Directory passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : stardotcafe
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... stardotcafe passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... stardotcafe passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running enterprise tests on : stardotcafe.com
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... stardotcafe.com passed test Intersite
      Starting test: FsmoCheck
         ......................... stardotcafe.com passed test FsmoCheck

So long as you have no errors move back to the deployment tools and check the 4th box.

Next move back to the command prompt and enter the command below and press enter:

Netdiag >c:\netdiaglog.txt

The command will take a short while to execute. Once complete view the log file in the C:

....................................

    Computer Name: EXCH2K3
    DNS Host Name: exch2k3.stardotcafe.com
    System info : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (Build 3790)
    Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
    List of installed hotfixes :
        KB923561
        KB924667-v2
        KB925398_WMP64
        KB925902-v2
        KB926122
        KB927891
        KB929123
        KB930178
        KB932168
        KB933854
        KB936357
        KB938127
        KB941569
        KB942830
        KB942831
        KB943055
        KB943460
        KB944338-v2
        KB944653
        KB945553
        KB946026
        KB948496
        KB950762
        KB950974
        KB951066
        KB951748
        KB952004
        KB952069
        KB952954
        KB953298
        KB954155
        KB955069
        KB955759
        KB956572
        KB956802
        KB956803
        KB956844
        KB957097
        KB958469
        KB958644
        KB958687
        KB958869
        KB959426
        KB960225
        KB960803
        KB960859
        KB961371-v2
        KB961501
        KB967715
        KB967723
        KB968389
        KB968816
        KB969059
        KB969947
        KB970238
        KB970430
        KB970483
        KB971032
        KB971486
        KB971557
        KB971633
        KB971657
        KB971737
        KB971961
        KB971961-IE8
        KB973354
        KB973507
        KB973525
        KB973540
        KB973687
        KB973815
        KB973869
        KB973904
        KB973917
        KB974112
        KB974318
        KB974392
        KB974571
        KB975025
        KB975364-IE8
        KB975467
        KB976098-v2
        KB976325
        KB976325-IE8
        Q147222

Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed

Per interface results:

    Adapter : Local Area Connection 2

        Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

        Host Name. . . . . . . . . : exch2k3
        IP Address . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.2
        Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway. . . . . . : 10.0.2.2
        Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.1
                                     68.94.156.1

        IpConfig results . . . . . : Failed

            [WARNING] Your default gateway is not on the same subnet as your IP address.

        AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

        Default gateway test . . . : Passed

        NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
        [WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.

        WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
            There are no WINS servers configured for this interface.

    Adapter : Local Area Connection

        Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

        Host Name. . . . . . . . . : exch2k3
        IP Address . . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.6
        Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway. . . . . . : 10.0.2.2
        Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 10.0.2.5
                                     68.94.156.1

        AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

        Default gateway test . . . : Passed

        NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
        [WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.
            No remote names have been found.

        WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
            There are no WINS servers configured for this interface.

Global results:

Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed

NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
    List of NetBt transports currently configured:
        NetBT_Tcpip_{B44011CE-955E-4EBF-A3F6-48165D15F773}
        NetBT_Tcpip_{BA88752D-970E-4FF3-9575-B48C4983D17F}
    2 NetBt transports currently configured.

Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed

IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed

NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
    [WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names defined.

Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed

DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed

Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
    List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
        NetBT_Tcpip_{B44011CE-955E-4EBF-A3F6-48165D15F773}
        NetBT_Tcpip_{BA88752D-970E-4FF3-9575-B48C4983D17F}
    The redir is bound to 2 NetBt transports.

    List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
        NetBT_Tcpip_{BA88752D-970E-4FF3-9575-B48C4983D17F}
        NetBT_Tcpip_{B44011CE-955E-4EBF-A3F6-48165D15F773}
    The browser is bound to 2 NetBt transports.

DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed

DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed

Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Passed
    Secure channel for domain 'STARDOTCAFE' is to '\\win2k3.stardotcafe.com'.

Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
    [WARNING] You are logged on as a local user. (EXCH2K3\Administrator)
        Cannot test NTLM Authentication to 'win2k3.stardotcafe.com'.

Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed

WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Skipped
    No active remote access connections.

Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed

IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

    Note: run "netsh ipsec dynamic show /?" for more detailed information

The command completed successfully

The text file should like the above output. You should get no errors. (I have errors for Default gateway because this is an isolated test system)

So long as you have no errors move back to the deployment tools and check the 5th box.

The next step is to run Forest prep. This must be run by a user with Schema administrator permissions. Forest Prep will extend the AD Schema with the new classes and attributes that Exchange 2003 requires to operate.
To proceed enter the path to the install CD in the box provided and click "Run ForestPrep now"
If prompted about an incompatibility then select the checkbox to ignore the warning in the future and click “Continue”
The Warning occurs because Exchange 2003 RTM needs upgrading to SP2 which we will install later.
Once the install opens click “Next”
Agree to the license and click “Next”

Note that only ForestPrep will be performed and that files will go in the default location C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr (this can be changed if required to place files on an Application drive)
Click “Next”

Select the account to be the first Exchange Full Administrator. The default is the account you are logged in as. If you are only logging in as a special schema admin account then you should select an account that will be used to admin Exchange. I will leave the default in place of Administrator.

Click “Next”
ForestPrep is a fairly slow process that could take around 30mins on a slow network. You will see several screens like the one below
Once the process is complete click Finish
Next move back to the deployment tools and check the box on the 6th step
Now move onto the Domain Prep. This will need to be performed in the root domain and any others which will hold Exchange mailboxes. Personally it is simplest to run it in all domains in the forest.
In a simple single domain forest proceed as follows:
Enter the path to the Install files where requested and click “Run DomainPrep now”.
On the welcome page click “Next”
Accept the licence and click “Next”
Again note that only DomainPrep will be carried out and that you can change the file location if you want (Only change it if you changed the location for ForestPrep too)
Click “Next”
Early in the process you will likely be warned that your domain is insecure for mail-enabled groups with hidden DL membership. Anyone in the Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access group can view this membership. So long as you are not using the group for a valid reason remove the default membership of Authenticated users to remove the problem.
Click "OK"
The DomainPrep is quick and shows the screen below whilst running
Once complete click Finish
Move back to the deployment tools and check the box of the 7th step.
You are now finally ready to install Exchange.
Move onto step 8. Again enter the path to the install files and click “Run Setup Now”
On the welcome page click “Next”
Accept the licence and click “Next”
This time check the install options carefully. You can choose which components to install. Generally the defaults are fine and that is what we shall stick with. Note also, that you can change the file location. Again you should do this if you changed the location for forest and domain prep.
Once you are happy with your selections, click “Next"
As there is no Exchange org setup currently select to create one and click “Next”
Name the org and click “Next”
Agree to the licence and click “Next”
Verify your choices and click “Next”
The installation will progress
When complete click Finish
Now return to the deployment tools and check the box next to step 8.
Click “Next” on the deployment tools bottom right hand corner
The next page runs through the steps again for other Exchange servers.
For now we will not install another server so again click “Next” on the deployment tools bottom right hand corner.
Congratulations you have just installed Exchange!

Presentation Summary “High Performance at Massive Scale: Lessons Learned at Facebook” « Idle Process

2009-12-20T20:47:00.000-08:00

Facebook Infrastucture / Site Architecture

Site Statistics:

Facebook is the #2 property on the Internet as measured by the time users spend on the site.
Over 200 billion monthly page views.
>3.9 trillion feed actions proceessed per day.
Over 15,000 websites use Facebook content
In 2004, the shape of the curve plotting user population as a function of time showed exponential growth to 2M users. 5 years later they have stayed on the same exponetial curve with >300M users.
Facebook is a global site, with 70% of users are outside of the US.

Presentation Summary “High Performance at Massive Scale: Lessons Learned at Facebook” « Idle Process

Yahoo Spoof email : do not reply

2009-12-08T11:00:00.001-08:00

I got a couple of spoof email from "Yahoo". These are obvious scams to get yahoo account information. Do NOT reply or take the "survey". They are involved with some identity theft ring.

Message follows:

To:

undisclosed-recipients

Dear Valued Member,

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Simply connecting to the Internet..

2009-11-30T15:41:00.001-08:00

Simply connecting to the Internet — and doing nothing else — exposes your PC to non-stop, automated break-in attempts by intruders looking to take control of your machine surreptitiously.

Shore up your cyberdefenses on these three cyberfronts
If an online intruder has infiltrated your Windows PC, you may notice recurring slowdowns of e-mail and Web browsing, or you may notice nothing at all. PC users must shore up defenses on three fronts:

Operating system vulnerabilities. Always use a personal firewall and keep security patches up to date.
As of early November, all new Windows XP PCs come with Service Pack 2, which includes a firewall and automatic patching.
Owners of Windows XP PCs purchased earlier than that should download Service Pack 2 from www.microsoft.com/athome/ security/protect/default.aspx. Users of older versions of Windows can get security tips at that same Web site.

E-mail viruses. Distrust all attachments. If you doubt it, delete it. Subscribe to anti-virus software, such as Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan or ZoneAlarm Security Suite. Keep the subscription current and set it to automatically check for updates.

Spyware. Consider switching from Internet Explorer, a sieve for spyware, to the Mozilla Firefox browser or the Opera browser. Both are free and can be downloaded, respectively, from mozilla.org or opera.com.
If you continue using Explorer, set security settings to high and use anti-spyware software.

Sources: CERT Coordination Center, Microsoft

While most break-in tries fail, an unprotected PC can get hijacked within minutes of accessing the Internet. Once hijacked, it is likely to get grouped with other compromised PCs to dispense spam, conduct denial-of-service attacks or carry out identity-theft scams.

Those are key findings of a test conducted by USA TODAY and Avantgarde, a San Francisco tech marketing and design firm. The experiment involved monitoring six "honeypot" computers for two weeks — set up to see what kind of malicious traffic they would attract. Once breached, the test computers were shut down before they could be used to attack other PCs.

The test did not measure Web attacks that require user participation, namely spyware, which gets spread by visiting contagious Web sites, or e-mail viruses, which proliferate via e-mail attachments.

However, the results vividly illustrate how automated cyberattacks have come to saturate the Internet with malicious programs designed to take the quickest route to break into your PC: through security weaknesses in the PC operating system.

"It's a hostile environment out there," says tech security consultant Kevin Mitnick, who served five years in prison for breaking into corporate computer systems in the mid-1990s. "Attackers have become extremely indiscriminate."

Mitnick and Ryan Russell, an independent security researcher and author of Hack Proofing Your Network, were contracted by Avantgarde to set up and carry out the experiment.

Test results underscored the value of keeping up to date with security patches and using a firewall. Computer security experts say firewalls, which restrict online access to the guts of the PC operating system, represent a crucial first line of defense against cyberintruders. Yet, an estimated 67% of consumers do not use a firewall, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance.
The machines tested were types popular with home users and small businesses. They included: four Dell desktop PCs running different configurations of the Window XP operating system, an Apple Macintosh and a Microtel Linspire, which uses the Linux operating system.

Each PC was connected to the Internet via a broadband DSL connection and monitored for two weeks in September. Break-in attempts began immediately and continued at a constant and high level: an average of 341 per hour against the Windows XP machine with no firewall or recent security patches, 339 per hour against the Apple Macintosh and 61 per hour against the Windows Small Business Server. Each was sold without an activated firewall.

By contrast, there were fewer than four attacks per hour against the Windows XP updated with a basic firewall and recent patches (Service Pack 2), the Linspire with basic firewall and the Windows XP with ZoneAlarm firewall.

"The firewalls did their job," says Russell. "If you can't get to them, you can't attack them."
Analysis of a break-in

While attempted break-ins never ceased, successful compromises were limited to nine instances on the minimally protected Windows XP computer and a single break-in of the Windows Small Business Server. There were no successful compromises of the Macintosh, the Linspire or the two Windows XPs using firewalls. That pattern was not surprising, as Windows PCs make up 90% of the computers connected to the Internet, and the vast majority of automated attacks are designed to locate and exploit widely known Windows security weaknesses.

Intruders repeatedly compromised the Windows XP computer through the same two security holes used by the authors of the July 2003 MS Blaster worm and May's headline-grabbing Sasser worm, which overloaded computers in banks, hospitals and transportation systems worldwide.

To hijack the Windows Small Business Server, the attacker finagled his way into a function of the Windows operating system that allows file sharing between computers. He then uploaded a program that gave him full control.

On three occasions, intruders got as far as logging on to an Internet Relay Chat channel, signaling an intent to herd the compromised PC with other hijacked PCs to pursue illicit activities.

IRC channels work like a private instant-messaging service. An intruder in control of such a channel can send instructions to some PCs to spread spam, to others to serve up scamming Web sites, and to others to hijack more PCs.

"Downloading and using other exploits, performing denial-of-service attacks, running spam-relay tools, running identity-theft tools are all very common activities of compromised machines," says Martin Roesch, chief technology officer at tech security firm Sourcefire.

The intruder who cracked the Windows Small Business Server even uploaded a tool to prevent rival attackers from following behind him and gaining access to the system, says researcher Jon Orbeton, of anti-virus and firewall supplier ZoneLabs.

That level of sophistication shows how cyberintrusions are fast becoming an ingrained part of the Internet. Compromised PCs fueled a 150% surge in suspicious security activity per machine per day in the third quarter of this year, compared with a year ago, security vendor VeriSign said in a report in November.

The end game: illicit profits. Compromised PCs supply the computing power for cybercrooks to run increasingly diverse scams, including phishing schemes that lure victims into typing account information at counterfeit Web sites.

In the past month, the first phishing scam to plant a bogus Web link on a legitimate banking Web site surfaced. The scam was probably carried out with hijacked PCs to protect the perpetrator from detection. "It's the most sophisticated, and frightening, phishing scam we've seen," says Susan Larson, vice president of global content at SurfControl, an e-mail security firm.

INSIDE THE HONEYPOTS
From Sept. 10 to Sept. 25, online intruders made 305,922 attempts to break into six computers connected to the Internet via broadband DSL. Attackers successfully compromised the Dell Windows XP computer using Service Pack 1 nine times, and the Dell Windows 2003 Small Business server once. No other machines were breached.
Platform Total attacks Attacks / day Attacks / hour
XP SP1 139,024 8,177 341
OS X 138,647 8,155 339
Win SBS 25,222 1,400 61
XP SP2 1,386 82 3.4
XP w/ZoneAlarm 848 50 2.1
Linspire 795 46 1.9

Monitoring software reveals intruders incessantly probing the Internet for vulnerable PCs on Sept. 10.

10:52:08
Less than four minutes from start of the test, an intruder breaks into Windows XP SP1 through the vulnerability most famously exploited by last May's Sasser worm. Ensuing instructions get garbled.

11:03:30
Eleven minutes later another intruder breaks into XP SP1 through the security hole exploited by the July 2003 MS Blaster worm. Ensuing instructions get garbled.

11:04:04
While the previous break-in is still unfolding, another intruder, using a different attacking computer, breaks into XP SP1 through the Sasser hole. Ensuing instructions get garbled.

20:21:44
An intruder breaks into XP SP1 for the fourth time using the MS Blaster hole. Things go smoothly. He begins uploading commands. He confirms XP SP1 is connected to the Internet, then begins making repeated attempts to connect XP SP1 to a server running an Internet Relay Chat channel, the equivalent of a private Instant Messaging line.

20:22:49
The intruder successfully connects XP SP1 to the IRC channel, which is probably also running on a hijacked PC.

20:23:05
The intruder instructs XP SP1 to navigate to a designated Web site, likely running on yet another hijacked PC. XP SP1 downloads a program, called ie.exe, from the Web site.

20:23:11
XP SP1 begins scanning the Internet, poised to similarly hijack other PCs exhibiting the same unpatched security hole.

Android Smartphone from Dell. Look out Apple!

2009-11-14T02:38:00.001-08:00

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/13/dell.android.smartphon

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Five Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 7

2009-10-22T14:17:00.001-07:00

Five Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 7

Windows 7 is finally out. Here are five reasons you might want to make the switch today.

The complete story can be found here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,174179/article.html

We hope you will find this story interesting and informative. PC World, an IDG publication, has been providing independent, unbiased, reviews, news, and information about technology since 1983.

BBC E-mail: Why Microsoft can't afford Windows 7 to fail

2009-10-18T22:38:00.001-07:00

** Why Microsoft can't afford Windows 7 to fail **

The success or failure of Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7 will determine the future of the world's biggest software company.
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Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”

2009-10-18T22:24:00.001-07:00


Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode” Source: techcrunch.com

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2009-10-18T22:20:00.001-07:00

Core Values: The silicon behind Android

10-14-2009

Core Values is our new monthly column from Anand Shimpi, Editor-in-chief of AnandTech. With over a decade of experience poring over the latest in chip developments, he's here to explain how things work and why our tech is the way it is.

Remember this chart? It's interesting for a number of reasons, but I want to highlight that all present day Android phones use virtually the same Qualcomm application processor, all based on a sluggish 528MHz ARM11 core. Blech.

I've got nothing against Qualcomm, but a big reason most Android phones feel slow is because they're running on slow hardware. The ARM11 core was first announced in 2003. It's old and creaky, and it's used so frequently because it's cheap. But the basic rules of chip design mean that things are about to change fast.
The present Qualcommfest is partly due to Android's maturity on the Qualcomm platform. Remember that the chips used in these smartphones are SoCs (system-on-a-chip), meaning that the CPU, GPU, I/O and a bunch of other functions are all integrated onto a single piece of silicon -- so driver support is crucial. Until recently, running Android on o ther SoCs required a bit of legwork, but Android 1.6 adds in native support for non-Qualcomm processors. The Samsung Moment on Sprint uses an undetermined Samsung SoC, while the Motorola Sholes is expected to use a TI OMAP SoC.

But while Android itself is changing, so are the chips themselves. There are two basic rules to know -- first, as chip size goes up, so does cost; and second, as chip performance goes up, so does size. (Both of these items have caveats, of course, but I'm trying to keep it simple.)

Our industry would be doomed if it weren't for a third rule, though: transistors get smaller every 12 - 24 months.

Rule three doesn't happen magically -- it takes a lot of very smart people and a great deal of work. But it does happen, almost like clockwork, and ultimately it's the basis for Moore's Law.

Want to build faster chips? Gotta make 'em bigger. Want to build faster chips without increasing cost? Wait two years and then you can use smaller transistors to build faster chips at the same cost (size) as before. That's really all there is to it. So -- how does this relate to Android?

The 528M Hz figure refers to the clock speed of the general purpose CPU core in these phones. There's much more to the Qualcomm SoC, but that's beyond the scope of this article, and it's really that 528Mhz ARM11 core that makes launching applications or interacting with your phone slow.

I present you with two boxes:

To scale, we have a rough estimate of the size of an ARM11 core (just the die, not the packaging) vs. a much faster ARM Cortex A8 core. Built using the same manufacturing process (same transistor sizes) it looks more like this:

ARM11 is just a lot cheaper. Most PC buyers don't understand microprocessor architecture, they just buy into clock speed. Most smartphone buyers don't even get that far. ARM11 clock speeds are easily as high as Cortex A8 speeds are, so why bother with something faster that's not going to sell more handsets?

(Oh, and just for kicks let's throw a Core i7 into the mix just to give you all an idea of scale here:)

The ARM business model doesn't work like that of AMD or Intel. ARM comes up with the architecture for a processor, but never physically makes the CPU. Instead, it licenses out the design to companies like TI, Samsung and Qualcomm, who in turn make SoCs based on the architecture either at their own fabs or at foundries like TSMC. TI's ARM based SoCs are branded OMAP, while Qualcomm's custom Cortex A8-based SoC sounds slightly more tangible with its Snapdragon name.

Like any other microprocessor company, ARM has to keep innovating, but since it doesn't make the chips, it takes a while for the design to go from ARM to incorporation in some manufacturer's SoC design, then to production, and then finally to actually being used in a smartphone. To make a long story short, while Cortex A8 debuted in 2005, it wasn't until 2009 that Apple used it in the iPhone 3GS and Palm used it in the Pre. The original iPhone and the 3G both used an ARM11 based SoC -- the same as in al l these Android phones. (I've written extensively about the difference between ARM11 and Cortex A8, if you're interested.)

Apple and Palm had more motivation to go the performance route with their handsets. They were sold at a premium and performance had to be as high as possible to enable the sort of usage models Apple / Palm were targeting. But the Cortex A8 is built using 65nm transistors, which makes it roughly twice the size (and thus twice the cost to manufacture) of an ARM11 core. That means expensive phones get to use it, while cheaper phones don't.

Move to 45nm transistors and now the Cortex A8 ends up being around the same (manufacturing) cost as a 65nm ARM11. Of course, ARM is also expecting manufacturers to make 45nm ARM11 cores, which will be even cheaper and thus enable even lower cost handsets (or higher profit margins), so we won't totally escape ARM11 anytim e soon.

In either case, we find ourselves in a ! sea of 5 28MHz ARM11-based Android phones because Android is still in its infancy and keeping costs low forces us into the open arms (pun) of a slower microprocessor.

If the rumors hold up, we'll see support for TI's OMAP SoCs in this next generation of Android phones. Samsung is also going to be making an appearance, obviously -- it'll be interesting to see if the Moment has a Cortex A8-based chip or just uses the higher-clocked ARM11 SoC that Samsung already produces. We're also seeing Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips arrive in Android phones, like Acer's Liquid and the rumored HTC Dragon. At the same time we'll see Cortex A8 SoCs moving to 45nm over the next 12 months and getting cheaper. The combination yields faster Android phones in 2010. It's about time.

Anand Shimpi is CEO and Editor-in- chief of AnandTech. Contact him at anand AT anandtech DOT com. Views expressed here are his own.

Mozilla Disables Microsoft's Insecure Firefox Add-on

2009-10-18T22:13:00.001-07:00

Mozilla Disables Microsoft's Insecure Firefox Add-on

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/10/mozilla_disables_microsofts_in.html?referrer=emaillink

Miracle LT12B LCD Monitor - LT12B - Flat Panel - MIRACLE BUSINESS Flat Panel - TheNerds.net

2009-10-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

Miracle LT12B LCD Monitor - LT12B - Flat Panel - MIRACLE BUSINESS Flat Panel - TheNerds.net

Miracle LT12B LCD Monitor - 12.1" - 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz - 25ms -: Compare Prices, View Price History and Read Reviews at NexTag

2009-10-17T00:03:00.000-07:00

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12 Inch LCD Touch Screen Monitor for Computers, TV + DV - eBay (item 190329332549 end time Oct-17-09 09:29:21 PDT)

2009-10-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

12 Inch LCD Touch Screen Monitor for Computers, TV + DV - eBay (item 190329332549 end time Oct-17-09 09:29:21 PDT)

Fedora Core

2008-02-11T19:58:00.000-08:00

Fedora Core provides a very robust, secure, and feature-packed system.

Not only is Fedora Core ideal for Desktop systems but also makes a great server due to its emphasis on security and stability. Anaconda is the installer Rehat has used for years, and is polished and professional. Users with little to no Linux experience can install Fedora and not have to worry about tweaking the system to work with their hardware. It just works out of the box.

The new kernel is fast and lean! Fedora installs software using RPM pre-built software packages and updates using YUM, one of the best software managment tools around. All of these features make Fedora Core one of the best Linux distributions to date.

Debian

2008-02-11T19:55:00.001-08:00

Debian is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to developing free software and promoting the ideals of the Free Software Foundation. The Debian Project began in 1993, when Ian Murdock issued an open invitation to software developers to contribute to a complete and coherent software distribution based on the relatively new Linux kernel. That relatively small band of dedicated enthusiasts, originally funded by the Free Software Foundation and influenced by the GNU philosophy, has grown over the years into an organization of around 900 Debian Developers.

Debian's attention to detail allows us to produce a high-quality, stable, and scalable distribution. Installations can be easily configured to serve many roles, from stripped-down firewalls to desktop scientific workstations to high-end network servers.

Debian is especially popular among advanced users because of its technical excellence and its deep commitment to the needs and expectations of the Linux community. Debian also introduced many features to Linux that are now commonplace.

Debian was the first Linux distribution to include a package management system for easy installation and removal of software. It was also the first Linux distribution that could be upgraded without requiring reinstallation.

Debian continues to be a leader in Linux development. Its development process is an example of just how well the Open Source development model can work — even for very complex tasks such as building and maintaining a complete operating system.

CentOS is rock-solid

2008-02-11T19:43:00.000-08:00

CentOS stands for Community Enterprise Operating System. CentOS is 100% compatible rebuild of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements. CentOS is for people who need an enterprise class operating system without the cost of enterprise class support. CentOS is built from Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code and offers a viable alternative for small enterprises that don't need enterprise certifications or support.

CentOS is rock-solid, very stable and highly polished.

The main focus is on long term upgradeability, security, low support costs, and freedom from worms and viruses. It makes an excellent File / Print, Email, Database or Web server, as well as a excellent desktop OS!

Features include SELinux, Xorg, MySQL, Cyrus IMAPD, Gnome and KDE. The supported CPU architectures are: x86_64 (AMD64) - i386 (X86) - IA64 (Itanium). We offer this as a single DVD for ease of shipping and portability. If solid and stable is what you want in a server, give CentOS a try.

Monster New multi-core CPU announced

2007-08-20T12:17:00.000-07:00

Tilera announced today a monster CPU that utilizes a "tile" achitecture to enable 64 CPU cores to be placed on a single chip, with all the high speed I/O, eliminating the need for a northbridge and southbridge chips, vastly cutting power consumption and board real estate. The best part is it runs SMP Linux kernel 2.6 and can be optimized with almost all existing C/C++ code.

From the Tilera web site:

The TILE64™ family of multicore processors delivers immense compute performance to drive the latest generation of embedded applications. This revolutionary processor features 64 identical processor cores (tiles) interconnected with Tilera's iMesh™ on-chip network. Each tile is a complete full-featured processor, including integrated L1 & L2 cache and a non-blocking switch that connects the tile into the mesh. This means that each tile can independently run a full operating system, or multiple tiles taken together can run a multi-processing operating system like SMP Linux.

With a standard ANSI C programming environment, developers can leverage their existing software investment as well as utilize the vast body of Open Source code available. Tiles can be grouped into clusters to apply the appropriate amount of horsepower to each application. Since multiple operating system instances can be run on the TILE64™ simultaneously, it can replace multiple CPU subsystems for both the data plane and control plane.
Specs include:
• 8 X 8 grid of identical, general purpose processor cores (tiles)
• 3-way VLIW pipeline for instruction level parallelism
• 5 Mbytes of on-chip Cache
• 192 billion operations per second (32-bit)
• 27 Tbps of on-chip mesh interconnect
• Up to 50 Gbps of I/O bandwidth

I/O Specs are:
• Four DDR2 memory controllers with optional ECC
• Two 10GbE XAUI MAC/PHY interfaces
• Two 4-lane 10Gbps PCI-e MAC/PHY interfaces
• Two GbE MAC interfaces
• Flexible I/O interface

Craigslist Computer Gigs news feed

2007-07-24T11:04:00.000-07:00

Find computer gigs coast to coast

I created a web page that aggregates all of the Craigslist Computer Gigs from every city in the US.

This way a web developer can search for computer gigs across America from a single page.

Here is the link:

http://spintheweb.net/gigs/index.php

New web site templates

2007-07-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

">Art
Blue Freedom, Touching, NightShots, Amoreira, eBullient

">Business
Company, Cash, Green Blue, Didactic, LifeLine

">Shopping
Books, More Templates, Plain...

">More Business
CMS, Cool Blue, Red Tie, bucolic

">Home
Spin the Web, Spin the Web, Web Admin...

">Zencart Projects
Basic, Computers, Music...

Spin the Web launches new web site.

2007-07-16T02:02:00.000-07:00

Spin the Web launches new web site.
New website is http://spintheweb.net/webdev

Please visit it soon.

Gadget Lab - Wired Blogs

2007-05-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

Gadget Lab - Wired Blogs

Sample Web Designs I am working on . .

2007-05-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Sample Web Designs

">Art
Blue Freedom, Touching, NightShots, Amoreira, eBullient

">Business
Company, Cash, Green Blue, Didactic, LifeLine

">Shopping
Books, More Templates, Plain...

">More Business
CMS, Cool Blue, Red Tie, bucolic

">Home
WRI.ORG, WRI, Inc., Web Admin...

">Zencart Projects
Basic, Computers, Music...

New client - Western Research Institute

2007-05-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

Western Research Institute operates a web software company in the Central Coast of California

We create complex to simple solutions, and facilitate hosting packages for individuals, small companies and large scale corporations. You can visit our WebDev Center to learn more about our experience and capabilities. Western Research Institute performs the best work to ease the technical needs while delivering the flexibility and skill required for professional internet communications.

Technical Support Services

2007-05-11T13:29:00.000-07:00

Technical Support Services

We offer businesses a budget-friendly way to maximize the value of their IT networks. We implement state of the art Information Technology to improve productivity for large, small, and medium sized enterprises. Our Computer Support was established to protect small to medium businesses from the assault of computer technology gone mad. Our consultants offer technological guidance to all those who seek it—anytime, anywhere.

Computer and Network support for Business:
We offer computer and network support for businesses of all sizes. We are specialists in most common desktop operating systems and business applications. We come to you, if you have one computer or hundreds.

We help enterprises deploy the latest information technology. Installation and administration of Windows 2003, Linux , Novell Netware, AIX, Solaris, and FreeBSD systems.

We can help you focus on your core business. Let us help you decide on the best systems to meet your business needs. From VoIP systems to software upgrades.

We understand the needs of a small business. Many hats to wear, and not enough hours in the day. With the deadlines looming, fixing computers is not in your business plan.

We are here to help, from small to large orginizations have employed our services over the years. If it's a quick QuickBooks setup, or a robust database server, to fixing the PC that does the payroll, We can do it!

We do Windows! Our technicians can troubleshoot any version of Microsoft Windows from 3.1 to XP Professional and 2003 Server.

As Microsoft Certified Professionals, we support all of Microsoft's products including:

Active Directory

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MS-SQL Server

Microsoft Exchange

Internet Information Server

Content Management Server

Internet Security & Acceleration Server

Microsoft Operations Manager

SharePoint Portal Server

We support all of Microsoft's Windows operating systems:

Microsoft Windows 3.x

Microsoft Windows NT

Microsoft Windows 95

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Microsoft Windows ME

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We also support Microsoft desktop productivity applications

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Publisher

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Linux and UNIX services:
IBM, HP, Intel, Sun, and almost everyone in the industry has became aware of the power and flexibility that Linux provides.

Linux is unique in that its code is open source, meaning anyone can look at it and improve upon it. Large companies like Google, Amazon, and thousands of others around the world have been benefiting from Linux for years. They use it to run large servers and networks. Linux has found a place in many businesses who are tired of endless price hikes, upgrades, bug fixes and managing the many problems that Microsoft's software can bring.

Linux can be a low-cost alternative to proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows. It's emphasis on openness, collaborative development, stability and security have helped it grow in stature to a world-class secure OS.

Network Security support:

The increasing importance of the Internet and networking makes your business IT infrastructure more vunerable than ever before.

Hackers, script kiddies, viruses and worms are everyday facts that need to be taken into account in todays global communications enviroment.

We can help you protect your orginization's most vital asset: information.

We are specialists in network security. We configure firewalls, routers, and DMZ hosts for maximum "hardness" to prevent perimiter attacks.

We configure internal traffic monitors and proxies to mesure the flow of data into and out of your networks, logging who did what to a central log.

We can configure and deploy "honeypots" to trap and expose would-be crackers trying to gain access to your networks, allowing you to take mesures to stop them before they can exploit anything.

We are specialists in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to allow your network to automatically detect and block any malicious activity.

We offer world-class expertise and the tools that comes with it. Some of our services include:

Anti-Virus scanning of networks from a central console.

Backup service, on-site or off, with off-site tape rotation.

Customized application development for large accounts.

Deployment of managed software packages remotely.

Development of large scale Intranet and Internet sites.

Installation of LDAP Directory and Enterprise schemas.

Managed upgrades of critical business applications.

We can help you deploy any of the primary internet services:

DHCP, DNS, FTP, IPSec, Secure Web services via SSL, POP3, SMTP, IMAP, Virtual Private Networks, Proxy servers, Firewalls, and many more, on FreeBSD, Linux, and many flavors of UNIX.We can help you deploy any of the primary internet services:

For questions regarding services and pricing, please review the information below. Or call (831) 706-4642 and a technician

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Operating System Service — Including Virus and Spy ware Removal
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Wireless Networking :
Technicians will install and encrypt your wireless network so you can surf freely and keep the bad guys out.

Network Troubleshooting :
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Peripheral Setup :
A Technician will help you set up your printer, camera or scanner to ensure that it works properly with your PC.

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Optical Drive Install :
An optical drive gives your PC tons more data backup and storage space for your projects.

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Our techs install and configure a new hard drive that will have your PC running at peak performance.

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