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PHPBB3 – backup & restore tutorial

admin @ August 23, 2008 # One Comment

TUTORIAL POSTED BY OMEN FOR THETAZZONE/TAZFORUM HERE
Do not use, republish, in whole or in part, without the consent of the Author. TheTAZZone policy is that Authors retain the rights to the work they submit and/or post…we do not sell, publish, transmit, or have the right to give permission for such…TheTAZZone merely retains the right to […]

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Missile false alarm goes off

admin @ August 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A missile attack warning went off in local government offices in central Japan Wednesday, but officials realized it was a false alarm before disaster teams were mobilized.“This is information about a ballistic missile attack,” a broadcast from the central government’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency had said, with a red light blinking.
The warning turned out […]

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Check the storage limits on all mailboxes *not* using the default storage limits on an Exchange server

admin @ August 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY TALEN FOR THETAZZONE/TAZFORUM HERE
This is a script I found that will check the storage limits on all mailboxes *not* using the default storage limits on an Exchange server. It outputs to a CSV file and is very handy for keeping track of users who’ve had their limits modified. If you’re an Exchange […]

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Use VBScript to control NTBackup

admin @ August 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY TALEN FOR THETAZZONE/TAZFORUM HERE
Speaking of backups, how many of you backup your workstations at home regularly? Most of us probably should, but the scheduler provided for NTBackup doesn’t work very well, and who can afford a high-end solution like Backup Exec? Microsoft has added a regular backup feature to OneCare Live, but […]

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Black Hat a sure bet to be big, bold in Vegas

admin @ August 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet

This year marks my ninth year of attending Black Hat in Las Vegas. From a small gathering of security professionals in 2000 to an uberconference in 2008, Black Hat has scaled well. And the transition from private company to corporate-owned also appears smooth. But hardly anyone’s here yet.On Tuesday, there are only a thousand or […]

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Prevent BSOD 0×000007b on Motherboard Change

admin @ August 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Situation:  You want to replace your motherboard because you are going to upgrade your whole system.  Maybe from an older Athlon to a new quadcore ;)  But your new motherboard uses a different chipset for the hard drive controller.  At the same time you want to keep all your files and programs and want the […]

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Microsoft Access and Dates US Vs UK Style

admin @ August 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet

This really wont apply to anyone in the US unless they write databases for people in other countries.
So, your happily coding along in Access writing your VBA and your SQL and you need to write something that is reliant on dates… no problems you think so you type out:

Code:

SQL = “SELECT * FROM Apples” & […]

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Triple Booting Windows XP, Backtrack and Ubuntu

admin @ August 5, 2008 # One Comment

Triple Booting Windows XP, Backtrack and Ubuntu
• Boot from Backtrack CD in text mode
• Log in as root with password toor
• Type fdisk /dev/sda (or/dev/hda as appropriate for your type of hard drive)
• Type p to view current partitions
• Type d and ENTER followed by partition number to delete it and ENTER
• Repeat for all partitions
• Type p again to view partitions
• I […]

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Tutorial For Beginners - Windows XP Security

admin @ August 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet

This Windows XP tutorial is for those who are first time computer users or users who have had NO training. This is not a blind HOW TO. The first thing you need to know about computer security is that no matter how secure a system, if the system connects to another system it is vulnerable […]

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33,000 Clear Travelers Information Compromised

admin @ August 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A TSA Laptop containing names, social security numbers, passport numbers, and a host of other personal information has been stolen out of a locked cabinet at the San Francisco Airport, and no the hard drive was not encrypted.
There is no notification of the breach at the flyclear.com site, nor has anything been reported on the […]

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