Jul

23

Windows Security Vulnerability you should know about

July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments

Pac IT Pros members: Black Hat and Defcon are a few weeks away, but there’s a Windows vulnerability that I’m just getting news of Windows 0-day vulnerability that should be of interest to all of you. This 0-day exploit has been out there for at least 10 years and may go all the way back [...]

Jul

7

Follow-up to Pac IT Pros July 6th meeting

July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment

To wipe a disk all you need to do is use Microsoft’s Diskpart.  (Included with XP and later.) Select the disk , and use the command clean all.   Works on all HD and USB sticks.  This is all that is needed to wipe the disk. http://support.microsoft.com  /kb/300415 RAM – It appears MS loads the contents [...]

Jul

7

End of support for Windows XP-SP2

July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Pac IT Pros members: Support (including new security updates) July 13, 2010 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000 Server and Professional. Support ended April 13, 2010 for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM). I would suggest migrating to Windows 7 or the XP-SP3. Just trying to keep you employed.