smart-x.com has a product called AppLocker, which can be used to restrict what programs that a Windows computer can open. Nice little product if you want an easy solution for application whitelisting that doesn’t require Active Directory.
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Firefox Settings
From Firefox, type about:config in the address bar and hit the enter key. You should then be looking at some settings for Firefox. You can double-click on any of these and provide more granular settings that what is possible from the stock settings preference panel. Have fun assigning the network.proxy.gopher_port for Firefox, I hear it comes in really handy. 😉
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Firefox & Privacy
One aspect of Firefox that for now is superior to that of most browsers is the ability handle data that should be kept private. To enable the privacy features of Firefox on the Mac, click on the Firefox menu while Firefox is open and then click on Preferences. From here, click on the Privacy icon in the Firefox toolbar and then click on Always clear my private data when I close Firefox. This will clear cache, temp files, etc each time that Firefox is closed. You can alternatively clear private data manually by clicking on Clear Private Data… from the Tools menu when you have Firefox open. This will clear…
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Enable Detailed Error Reports
By default, GoDaddy automatically disables detailed error messages. However, when you’re troubleshooting you kinda’ need them. To enable them look for the httpErrors tag in your web.config file. From here, change the errorMode setting to “Detailed” and then try and run your script again and debug away! <httpErrors errorMode=”Detailed” > </httpErrors>
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Mac OS X Tiger: Sherlock
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Just last week, I was in the midst of celebrating my birthday. It was more or less a camping trip and, like any true geek, I brought all my techie goodies with me just in case. I had my Laptop, networking/FireWire cables, digital camera, AC inverter (so that my car could charge all my devices), and rechargeable batteries. You name it, I brought it and they all came in quite handy on the trip too. When I filled my CF card from my new Nikon D70 digital camera, my laptop was there to download the pictures and burn a CD backup just in case.…
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Change Default Application for File Types in OS X
You can quickly and easily change the application that is used to open a specific file. Simply click on the file fro the Finder and then select Get Info from the File menu (or click on the file and then use the Command-I keystroke). Once there, click on the Open with: disclosure triangle to see the application that is currently being used to open the file. You can click on the arrows to select a new application for that file. You can also use this same screen to change the application used to open all files of a type. To do so, click on Change All…
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Article on EMC Disaster Recovery
I was quoted in this article: http://www.crn.com/storage/197007529
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Exchange 2007: Can't Create User with Forwarding Address
How many times do you go to create a user and find that it’s already there, or at least the forwarding address is. Info@, sales@, etc. Well, in Exchange 2007 you can final all the users with a forwarding address in them to quickly isolate who already has your address. To do so, use the following command: Get-Mailbox | Where {$_.ForwardingAddress -ne $null} | Select Name, ForwardingAddress, DeliverToMailboxAndForward
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Article on EMC Channel Manager Retiring
Another article on EMC I was quoted in: http://www.crn.com/storage/197006487?pgno=2