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 found here. Files have been archived below for future reference:
Meeting Notes
PowerPoint Presentation
Video of the presentation
March 2005 XP & GP Presentation
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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Can a bone stock Acura RSX do a decent burnout?
February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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.
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arrMyData(5,5) <> arrMyData(5)(5)
February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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. If you want some code to demonstrate how things work, download my 2D array test. It has a lot of in-line comments and should give you an idea of when you should use (x)(y) and when you should use (x,y).
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Using a non-MS CA to create EFS and File Recovery certificates
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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.
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Look who finally learned how to use the Internet.
January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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.
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