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Remote Tech Support
If you’re reading this, chances are friends and family ask you for tech support. Even worse, they usually call you from 100 miles away and want you do talk them through something over the phone (like finding the any key). … Continue reading
Last Day on the Job
As of April 4th, I’m back at Computer Science. With a kid on the way and a declining economy, the stability & benefits at the university are hard to beat.
First day on the job
Started my new job today at PivotPoint Solutions. I’m the first one here, most of the lights are still off, and I don’t have a login to my work computer. That’s par for first day on the job. Most of … Continue reading
March 2005 XP & GP Presentation
I was reminded last night that I”ve had a good idea or 2 in the past. Watch my March 2005 presentation about using Group Policy to secure Windows machines here. Original link to the presentation, and presentations by others can be … Continue reading
Can a bone stock Acura RSX do a decent burnout?
Yes. My second set of tires were going bald in May 2005, so I decided to have some fun with what was left. The car is a stock 2002 Acura RSX, not the Type-S model. Enjoy the pictures.
arrMyData(5,5) <> arrMyData(5)(5)
After wasting lots of time on trial and error, I decided to find out what the low-level difference was between vbscript arrays addressed as (x,y) and (x)(y). Eric Lippert explained it better than I can, so just read his explanation. … Continue reading
Using a non-MS CA to create EFS and File Recovery certificates
Answers to this quandary, and how I found/derived them below. Third-party certification authority support for encrypting file system Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 There are two ways to do this: makecert.exe and using openssl.
Look who finally learned how to use the Internet.
This isn’t so much a blog as it is a lazy way to update my website once a year. Don’t count on seeing anything current here.