Hyper-V Core Configurator Does Not Show Paused VMs
I’ve been running PBX in a Flash under the free version of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 for several months (blogged earlier). This week, I’ve added a couple test machines …
Linux Daily Delete Job with Logwatch
I have PBX in a Flash set up to create a daily backup and FTP the file to a Windows server. But how do I get rid of the old …
Facebook: Scam Central
In the last 24 hours I received two invitations from different Facebook friends to sign up for “events.” Both emails actually came from Facebook, and both included the first and …
Phony Facebook Email
Recently I received a very legitimate-looking email supposedly from Facebook. It wanted me to click on a link to read a message. Even though the visible link text shows the …
Using Gzip in a Cron Job at Go Daddy
I wanted to copy my web site and subwebs from Go Daddy to my local machine. My trusty old WS_FTP32 client kept disconnecting partway through the (large) download. I installed …
Moving from BlogEngine.NET to WordPress
I’ve been hosting this blog on my own Windows server since 2007 using BlogEngine.NET. Although I’ve been fairly happy with BlogEngine, I wanted to move my web sites to a …
Welcome to the New MCB Systems Web Site!
MCB Systems is proud to welcome you to its new web site at www.mcbsys.com. The site features new information about our premier I.T. services, MCB Proactive Watch and MCB Proactive …
Check Windows Time Settings
In a small Windows 2003 R2 domain environment, I had the following error in the System event log on a Windows XP Pro client: W32Time, Warning, Event ID 36: The …
Careful with Image-Based Backup of Exchange and Active Directory
Any image-based snapshot tool requires extra setup if Exchange or Active Directory is involved.
Use Group Policy to Enhance Adobe Security
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat have become two of the biggest security holes on Windows computers. It’s important to keep them patched. There are also a couple of registry changes …