So my gmail turned into Google Buzz this morning .. Google’s instant method for launching into the social media space. The first thing that annoyed me was .. why are buzz updates appearing in my Gmail Inbox? My GMAIL inbox is for EMAIL – not social media status updates .. It’s a bit...

Every network administrator at some stage in their career will come into trouble with the influx of spam during their career because, quite simply, spammers are smart. If you did a Google search for “Linux Anti-Spam”, you’ll be bombarded with tutorials using the infamous, free, SpamAssassin...

A blackberry is one of those phones that once you’ve had one, you’ll never go back. (We’ll keep the iphone vs blackberry banter to a minimal shall we?). I wanted to share with you a few blackberry apps that I find essential and allow my blackberry to become more than just a communication...

Had troubles connecting to SSH servers using my Blackberry Pearl … Until I found the following; While all Rove products are able to connect through the BlackBerry Internet Service, Research in Motion blocks all ports from 1-1024 except for ports 80 and 443 so the default ports for SSH and Telnet...

If you want a fast and easy way to list all the Blackberry users in your farm, with relevant information, run the below SQL query against the BESMgmt database on your Blackberry SQL database. It will return the following information: Users Display name BES Server they are on Exchange server their mailbox...

I noticed that on one of the firewalls I work on, that the Anti-Spam updates were failing. The logs revealed; [03-01-2008 12:25:57 A] File 'upd_terms_recent.trb.bz2' downloaded [03-01-2008 12:25:57 E] Failed to clear reserve dir [03-01-2008 12:25:57 F] Update 'Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0' failed I fixed...

To save you the grief of a long wait, here is how to reset the password on office scan corp To reset this, first go to the servers C:\Program Files\Trend\OfficeScan\PCCSRV and edit the ofscan.ini. - Search “_pwd” and then clear the string of stuff after the = sign. - Change it to the value...

Having trouble deleting a myspace comment? Spammers have found a way to insert a certain snippet of code into your myspace comment box, which removes/hides the “delete comment” link. Damn annoying if you ask me. However, not all is lost. Login to your myspace Click “edit profile” On...

This script will check if a specified windows service is running, and if not, it will email a user. This script uses the Microsoft CDO service. You will need to ensure you have permissions to relay through the SMTP server you have specified in the variables. 'check service.vbs '/*****************************************************************/ '...

No sweat. The security conscious people at Symantec have provided a password reset tool for you. It can be found in C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Center\Tools (On a default install) It is called iforgot.exe Simply double click it, enter the new details you wish to have on the server, and...

Grab a copy of Symantec Ghost Create a bootable floppy disk using a windows computer. (Insert a blank floppy, right click in my computer, format, tick “create an MSDOS startup disk”) Copy ghost.exe to the bootable floppy disk. Grab an IDE hard disk and install it into your server. Boot off the bootable...

Any successful SEO plan should include a solid link exchange tactic. The more websites that link to your sites, the better ranking Google will give you. An important factor is the link text or “anchor text” that other sites use. The text should be relevant to the keyword you are targetting. Here...