Tag Archives: windows
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
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
Configuring CentOS 6 and Windows VMs for virsh console on KVM
Accessing the console of a KVM VM directly rather than via SSH (Linux) or RDP (Windows) can occasionally be useful. For example, if a Linux VM suffers a disk issue and is stuck at a single-user mode prompt, SSH won’t … Continue reading
Securing Wi-Fi with PEAP and FreeRADIUS on CentOS
I recently read Low-cost RADIUS servers for Wi-Fi security, a review of four RADIUS servers with an emphasis on Wi-Fi network security use cases. The main complaint about FreeRADIUS, the only no-cost option mentioned, is the difficulty of configuration. To see … Continue reading
Study resources for the MCSA on Windows Server 2012
Many HR departments still do not know about Microsoft’s MCITP certifications. Microsoft must have realized this as they recently discontinued this program in favor of the “old” MCSA and MCSE, though the acronyms now stand for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate and … Continue reading