Author Archives: Kirk Kosinski
Configuring Flash Player Settings and Updates with VBScript
Adobe Flash Player on Microsoft Windows is is configured by a file, mms.cfg, rather than registry entries. For a computing environment using Active Directory, a file is more troublesome to handle than registry entries, which can easily be controlled with … Continue reading
USB-compatible Saturn controllers
Do you love the Sega Saturn control pad? If not, you’ve probably never used it (or maybe you only used the analog version, or the 1st-gen US Saturn version). The Japanese Saturn controller (equivalent to the 2nd-gen US Saturn controller) … Continue reading
CompTIA Linux+ and LPI Certifications
I’m currently CompTIA Linux+ certified. I passed the 2004 exam back in 2005, and more recently the 2009 exam while it was in beta. The Linux+ certification has since been updated and essentially merged with the LPIC-1 from the Linux … Continue reading
Two-Factor Authentication on PayPal with Symantec VIP Access Soft Token App
Awareness of two-factor authentication (AKA “2FA”) is growing among the increasingly security-conscious public. Many companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and many others have been implementing 2FA support lately. Interestingly, eBay and PayPal were actually on the forefront of this trend … Continue reading
Common Windows Scripting Languages
Everyone knows that PowerShell is the new hotness for scripting on Windows. Microsoft is promoting it heavily, and many of their GUI-based administrator tools even use PowerShell. This is all well and good, but most Windows systems administrators will have … Continue reading
Retirement of TechNet Subscription program
If you haven’t heard, Microsoft recently announced the end of the TechNet Subscription program. If you are a current subscriber you may have received an email with the following: Microsoft has decided to retire the TechNet Subscriptions service and will … Continue reading