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Comment on Errata for Microsoft Press MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit Books by JGA Stehmann

JGA Stehmann — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:59:59 +0000

For the errata of

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-529):

Please add following lines to the errata:

“page 437 : CustomSecurityAssertion assertion = new CustomSecurityAssertion(”WindowsUserName”, “password”);
BE SURE TO USE THE WindowsUserName AND password THAT YOU USE TO LOG IN ON YOUR COMPUTER !!!”

It cost me a couple hours to find this out; time I had better spent on study…

Comment on What is the Windows Vista Administrator’s Password? by James D. Murray

James D. Murray — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:46:54 +0000

If your computer is on a domain, you can’t create a password hint. Otherwise, you can change the hint when you change the password.

Comment on Synchronizing the Time on Windows XP and Vista with the Internet by Frostmourne

Frostmourne — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:07:36 +0000

I tried to do it the easy way, but my “TimeServers.Reg” didn’t seem to work for some reason.

I think it’s because of that Backslash thing Al (Above comments) talked about, so what backslashes is the Reg (Above) missing?

Comment on What is the Windows Vista Administrator’s Password? by DW

DW — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:36 +0000

My problem is trivial but I’d like to fix it all the same. I changed my Windows Vista Login password using the option from the CTL-ALT-DEL screen. No problem. Now when I login and get the password wrong it gives me the “hint” from my previous password. I’d like to change the hint too but can’t find any way to do this. Like I said. trivial. I’m just a regular user so once explanations on how to do things get too technical for me to understand I’ll go no further. Lliving with a trivial problem is a lot better than creating a major one because I didn’t know what I was doing.

All the same I’d like to fix it. Any ideas simple enough for a regular user? What does “website” mean in the “Leave a Reply” process?

Comment on Synchronizing the Time on Windows XP and Vista with the Internet by Peder

Peder — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:31:08 +0000

I had the same probem with the XP firewall

Opening the Firewall settings you go to Advanced, then ICMP and Settings. Then you check the appropriate checkbox (2nd from the top, I have a Danish version and prefer not to translate :o).

That worked for me.

Comment on The SSCP Certification Experience by coffeeking

coffeeking — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:45:03 +0000

Thanks J. D. Murray, for sharing your experience of ‘SSCP’ with us. It was very informative. I plan to get this sometime in future, as I have just started my career, and have been in infosec for about 2 months now. So in about another year or so I think I should get on road for ‘SSCP’. Best part of your article was where you mentioned how many people think of SSCP as an unecessary cert when they plan to get their CISSP in future. I have had conflicting thoughts about it as well, but like you said it is better to have something on the resume sooner than later. Thanks again for sharing.

Comment on The SSCP Certification Experience by James D. Murray

James D. Murray — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:07:57 +0000

Also read the TechExams.net discussion thread linked below for more comments about this article and the SSCP certification experience.

http://techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34952

Comment on What is the Windows Vista Administrator’s Password? by Ulrik Ramsing

Ulrik Ramsing — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:03:33 +0000

Thank you for the information above, needed it badly and it worked perfectly! As others may end where I was an hour ago and I got here using Google, I’m adding a few details to help the next…

I ignored normal settle-in rules and started using my new Dell XPS M1330 faster than I should. Opting for simplicity and fast reboots I added my username and omitted the password. So far so good.

However, starting the “Finger Print Reader Suite” suddenly required a password for the current account. As there was none Vista appears to enter a catch-22 situation … effectively I was shut out of the system.

You got me back in, thank you!

Comment on What is the Windows Vista Administrator’s Password? by Tawana

Tawana — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:52:06 +0000

when i did the above is stated that the user information was not found…any advice

Comment on Just say "No" to WEP by Sanjay Mehta

Sanjay Mehta — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:03:49 +0000

A very informative article which gives clear instructions. The router I use is beetel450bxl adsl2 + modem. and a Netgear USB wireless adapter compact G , When I changed the settings after reading your article, I choose the following:

Network authentication: WPA2-PSK.
WPA-PSK: 64 hexadecimal (A-F, 0-9).
WPa Group rekey interval: 3600
WPA encryption - TKIP

The PSK for ascii 63 characters was not accepted. Then WPA encryption had the AES and AES+TKIP choice, I have no idea which is better. Is there an update on your article.

Thanks,

Sanjay Mehta