So, here’s the problem. I’m in the UK and I want to send a 15MB file to someone in Australia. My Windows Live SkyDrive and Mesh accounts have 5MB limits (and there is no Mac client for Mesh for a point to point connection). I have an FTP server I can use but I need to create a new user account and I’m many miles away from the server. Of course, being Internet-facing, the FTP server is in a DMZ, so I’m careful about which services it is running but I can use a Remote Desktop Connection to connect to another computer and then use a second remote desktop session to access the FTP server from inside the firewall. At least, I should have been able to, if I’d enabled remote desktop… and I hadn’t.
I tried to connect to the registry remotely and enable remote windows 98 support Australia top using the method that Daniel Petri describes but that failed:
Error connecting network registry
Unable to connect to ipaddress. Make sure you have permission to administer this computer.
I wasn’t sure what was preventing access to the remote registry (the target is a fully patched Windows Server 2003 R2 computer) but I needed another method of access. That method was a Microsoft SysInternals tool called psexec which allowed me to bypass whatever security I was having trouble with and run commands on the remote server. First I edited the registry to allow Remote Desktop:
psexec \\ipaddress -u username -p password reg add “hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal server” /f /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0
and was pleased to see that:
reg exited on ipaddress with error code 0.
Next I checked the value I’d just set:
psexec \\ipaddress -u username -p password reg query “hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal server”
Before I restarted the server:
psexec \\ipaddress -u username -p password shutdown -f -r -t 0
After this, I could RDP onto the console and make the changes that I needed.
If all the command line exercise is a little daunting, then it looks as though Phil Morgan’s RD Enable XP will also optionally call psexec to do the same thing…
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Making Sense of Online Backup Options
When you're a small business and you can't afford to lose those accounting statements, graphic design illustrations or medical records, keeping all your files in one location isn't the best option. Storage industry insiders say backing up your information on external hard drives and CDs is important, but if your office or home is hit by a disaster, your data can be lost.
With extra backup becoming critical for businesses, it's no wonder that online backup services have emerged as a major industry. Today, a slew of vendors compete for the attention of small to mid-sized businesses looking to the Internet to safeguard their data.
But with everyone getting into the action — from Internet startups to major banks like Wells Fargo, which announced its VSafe storage service earlier this year — how should a small business select its backup service?
One place to start is by considering vendors that store backups in an offsite location and to make sure that even those backups are secured in a second spot.
Vance Checketts, COO of EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Mozy online backup service, cited the horror of backup tapes from the University of Utah Medical Center being stolen from an offsite facility. If the facility had used an online backup service, he explained, the health records for 2.2 million patients would not have been lost. (They were recovered later, however.)
Choosing a service that backs up the data to a separate location "will cost the service provider more and cost you more, but you have to decide for yourself how much risk exposure you want to take," said Adam Couture, an analyst at research firm Gartner (NYSE: IT).
Set and Forget
According to David Friend, CEO of online backup provider Carbonite, the service must be "dead simple" and automatic. "When you're out in the field and sitting in a Starbucks, your backup should be working," he said.
"You want to find someone that is a big, well-financed business, because when you need your backup, you want your vendor to be there," said Friend.
Daniel Stevenson, director of channel marketing at Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) Digital, also stressed his company's pedigree. He suggested that buyers ask, "Is this a fly-by-night operation or a vendor that truly understands what it means to protect customer information?"
It's important to check the reputation of the provider you choose, especially for small businesses such as doctors' offices, writers and consultants. In those sorts of businesses, consumers rely on the information produced by the business.
"We are producers of what other people consume," said Joseph Martins, managing director of the research firm Data Mobility Group.
Insiders suggested trying out the services before committing to a plan. "Make sure you do some test restores and can get the data back if you need to," suggested Sam Gutmann, CEO of backup service Intronis Technologies.
Also important is making certain that a solution can address all of your business's systems. Mozy's Checketts, for instance, said his service offers an online dashboard that allows users to control the backup settings for all computers in their company.
Likewise, Gartner's Couture pointed out that an ideal service should support multiple operating systems. Some do not support Mac, for instance.
Security and Capacity
Experts such as Checketts and Gutmann of Intronis, also stressed the importance of encrypting data before it leaves your machine — and ensuring it stays safe throughout its trip to the datacenter. In particular, they recommended using a method such as Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES.
According to Stevenson, "Security tends to come up very early in the conversation." Vendors ask Iron Mountain, "Where's my data being taken? Is it encrypted when it leaves your office or when it gets to the storage location? Who's storing the information?"
Source:www.enterprisestorageforum.com
With extra backup becoming critical for businesses, it's no wonder that online backup services have emerged as a major industry. Today, a slew of vendors compete for the attention of small to mid-sized businesses looking to the Internet to safeguard their data.
But with everyone getting into the action — from Internet startups to major banks like Wells Fargo, which announced its VSafe storage service earlier this year — how should a small business select its backup service?
One place to start is by considering vendors that store backups in an offsite location and to make sure that even those backups are secured in a second spot.
Vance Checketts, COO of EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Mozy online backup service, cited the horror of backup tapes from the University of Utah Medical Center being stolen from an offsite facility. If the facility had used an online backup service, he explained, the health records for 2.2 million patients would not have been lost. (They were recovered later, however.)
Choosing a service that backs up the data to a separate location "will cost the service provider more and cost you more, but you have to decide for yourself how much risk exposure you want to take," said Adam Couture, an analyst at research firm Gartner (NYSE: IT).
Set and Forget
According to David Friend, CEO of online backup provider Carbonite, the service must be "dead simple" and automatic. "When you're out in the field and sitting in a Starbucks, your backup should be working," he said.
"You want to find someone that is a big, well-financed business, because when you need your backup, you want your vendor to be there," said Friend.
Daniel Stevenson, director of channel marketing at Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) Digital, also stressed his company's pedigree. He suggested that buyers ask, "Is this a fly-by-night operation or a vendor that truly understands what it means to protect customer information?"
It's important to check the reputation of the provider you choose, especially for small businesses such as doctors' offices, writers and consultants. In those sorts of businesses, consumers rely on the information produced by the business.
"We are producers of what other people consume," said Joseph Martins, managing director of the research firm Data Mobility Group.
Insiders suggested trying out the services before committing to a plan. "Make sure you do some test restores and can get the data back if you need to," suggested Sam Gutmann, CEO of backup service Intronis Technologies.
Also important is making certain that a solution can address all of your business's systems. Mozy's Checketts, for instance, said his service offers an online dashboard that allows users to control the backup settings for all computers in their company.
Likewise, Gartner's Couture pointed out that an ideal service should support multiple operating systems. Some do not support Mac, for instance.
Security and Capacity
Experts such as Checketts and Gutmann of Intronis, also stressed the importance of encrypting data before it leaves your machine — and ensuring it stays safe throughout its trip to the datacenter. In particular, they recommended using a method such as Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES.
According to Stevenson, "Security tends to come up very early in the conversation." Vendors ask Iron Mountain, "Where's my data being taken? Is it encrypted when it leaves your office or when it gets to the storage location? Who's storing the information?"
Source:www.enterprisestorageforum.com
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Microsoft Office Help & Support Australia
Once relegated to the realm of national laboratories, supercomputers have started to move downstream. These days, any business with $25,000 to $100,000 to spare can buy a computing system capable of cranking through very difficult tasks. And, in fact, more businesses than ever have started to buy exactly these types of systems as competitive pressure mount to perform complex operations faster.
With this in mind, Microsoft’s interest in what’s known as high-performance computing (HPC) makes a lot of sense. The world’s largest software maker this week released a new, specialized version of its Windows operating system built to distribute tasks across large groups of computers.
Called Windows HPC Server 2008, Microsoft Operating System Support Australia uses the same guts as Microsoft’s new mainstream business operating system Windows Server 2008. It’s an update to an earlier supercomputer-flavored operating system released a couple of years ago when Microsoft decided to enter this part of the computing market.
While Microsoft dominates the desktop and has a vast presence in the server market, it’s an also-ran in this segment for the largest computers. Most of the top supercomputers run the open source Linux operating system, while a number of other systems use specialized operating systems made by the likes of I.B.M. and Sun Microsystems.
According to the market researcher IDC, the high-performance computing market is a standout for business hardware. Over the last three years, sales of HPC systems have grown 20 percent a year -– a rate “considerably higher than that of the overall server market,” IDC said in a recent report. In 2007, the HPC market accounted for more than $10 billion in sales, IDC said.
Microsoft remains more or less a blip in that overall market, although it has made progress. Twice a year, a list goes out ranking the top 500 supercomputers on the planet. The most recent list, published in June, showed Windows running on just 5 of those systems, while Linux ran on 427 systems. Microsoft, however, did manage to get one high spot, No. 23, which sits at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
“We went from really nowhere in this to advancing to” a top system, said Kyril Faenov, the general manager of Microsoft’s HPC business.
More important to Microsoft are the business customers interested in these types of computers.
Faster processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have made supercomputer-class machines affordable for businesses. Most often, companies cobble together tens, hundreds and even thousands of servers that use common microprocessors and aim that computing horsepower at one task or a handful of tasks. Such groups of servers are known as clusters and have largely replaced the hulking, expensive machines that once dominated the market.
It’s now common for oil and gas, financial services, biotechnology, media and manufacturing companies to run their own clusters, which handle a wide range of computing problems that tend to share a couple of main characteristics –- they spread well across numerous processors and they deal with very large sets of data.
The rise of affordable supercomputers goes hand-in-hand with the problems that can benefit from such machines. Consumer electronics companies, for example, need to create more complex products with rich media functions and have to model prototypes of these devices. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies are fighting to get the most accurate possible geological models for successful drill sites.
“What is driving this is the competition to get products out faster and faster,” Mr. Faenov said.
Microsoft has tried to lend a hand to customers by making its Operating Support Australia system as easy to use as possible. In theory, this will let more businesses already familiar with Microsoft’s software move into the “business HPC” era.
Along those lines, Microsoft and the supercomputer specialist Cray released a desktop system last week that starts at $25,000. The idea is that engineers used to fighting for time on the large computing clusters can now benefit from having their own supercharged desk side machine.
In addition, Microsoft has improved the ways people can start computing jobs with HPC Server 2008 and has added a number of reporting functions that describe how well the myriad components that make up a supercomputer are performing.
Microsoft is scheduled to discuss the fresh bits in Windows Support Australia HPC Server 2008 at the High Performance on Wall Street conference on Monday in New York.
Source: bits.blogs.nytimes.com
With this in mind, Microsoft’s interest in what’s known as high-performance computing (HPC) makes a lot of sense. The world’s largest software maker this week released a new, specialized version of its Windows operating system built to distribute tasks across large groups of computers.
Called Windows HPC Server 2008, Microsoft Operating System Support Australia uses the same guts as Microsoft’s new mainstream business operating system Windows Server 2008. It’s an update to an earlier supercomputer-flavored operating system released a couple of years ago when Microsoft decided to enter this part of the computing market.
While Microsoft dominates the desktop and has a vast presence in the server market, it’s an also-ran in this segment for the largest computers. Most of the top supercomputers run the open source Linux operating system, while a number of other systems use specialized operating systems made by the likes of I.B.M. and Sun Microsystems.
According to the market researcher IDC, the high-performance computing market is a standout for business hardware. Over the last three years, sales of HPC systems have grown 20 percent a year -– a rate “considerably higher than that of the overall server market,” IDC said in a recent report. In 2007, the HPC market accounted for more than $10 billion in sales, IDC said.
Microsoft remains more or less a blip in that overall market, although it has made progress. Twice a year, a list goes out ranking the top 500 supercomputers on the planet. The most recent list, published in June, showed Windows running on just 5 of those systems, while Linux ran on 427 systems. Microsoft, however, did manage to get one high spot, No. 23, which sits at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
“We went from really nowhere in this to advancing to” a top system, said Kyril Faenov, the general manager of Microsoft’s HPC business.
More important to Microsoft are the business customers interested in these types of computers.
Faster processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices have made supercomputer-class machines affordable for businesses. Most often, companies cobble together tens, hundreds and even thousands of servers that use common microprocessors and aim that computing horsepower at one task or a handful of tasks. Such groups of servers are known as clusters and have largely replaced the hulking, expensive machines that once dominated the market.
It’s now common for oil and gas, financial services, biotechnology, media and manufacturing companies to run their own clusters, which handle a wide range of computing problems that tend to share a couple of main characteristics –- they spread well across numerous processors and they deal with very large sets of data.
The rise of affordable supercomputers goes hand-in-hand with the problems that can benefit from such machines. Consumer electronics companies, for example, need to create more complex products with rich media functions and have to model prototypes of these devices. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies are fighting to get the most accurate possible geological models for successful drill sites.
“What is driving this is the competition to get products out faster and faster,” Mr. Faenov said.
Microsoft has tried to lend a hand to customers by making its Operating Support Australia system as easy to use as possible. In theory, this will let more businesses already familiar with Microsoft’s software move into the “business HPC” era.
Along those lines, Microsoft and the supercomputer specialist Cray released a desktop system last week that starts at $25,000. The idea is that engineers used to fighting for time on the large computing clusters can now benefit from having their own supercharged desk side machine.
In addition, Microsoft has improved the ways people can start computing jobs with HPC Server 2008 and has added a number of reporting functions that describe how well the myriad components that make up a supercomputer are performing.
Microsoft is scheduled to discuss the fresh bits in Windows Support Australia HPC Server 2008 at the High Performance on Wall Street conference on Monday in New York.
Source: bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Best Computer Support Australia
Users can learn how to take full advantage of DCG's status as a Microsoft Certified Partner by visiting "Thanks to our Microsoft Partner Status, we can bridge the gap between the needs that businesses have, and their in-house technological capabilities," said Brent Whitfield, President of Dependable Computer Guys. "This status demonstrates our competency to provide networking infrastructure support and services at highly competitive prices."
To attain Microsoft Partner Status, IT companies must prove that they are able to meet customers' needs by supporting Microsoft technologies. Microsoft awards this status to a selective pool of companies with competency in a specific area. Dependable Computer Guys has successfully demonstrated this competency in both Networking Infrastructure Solutions and Information Worker Solutions.
One of the biggest "perks" of Microsoft Partner Status is the special training, support, and access provided by Microsoft. As a result of these exclusive benefits, companies such as Dependable Computer Guys are able to offer a competitive advantage to their clients. Users can take a look at a brief overview of some of these advantages
The Information Worker Solutions competency demonstrates DCG's capabilities to streamline business processes through methods such as connecting operations under a single unified communications tool. Dependable Computer Guys is competent to help users of Microsoft Live Communication Server access their customers and suppliers using PSTN interconnection.
"We place tremendous value on our partners, who help us deliver solutions and applications to customers," said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. "Solutions competencies provide an integrated partnering framework that recognizes an enterprise's expertise and rewards it for the effect it has in the technology marketplace."
Dependable Computer Guys offers support for the following Brands: Microsoft Servers, Linux Servers, VMware Servers, Microsoft Terminal Servers, Microsoft Exchange Mail Support, Computer Support Australia, Lotus Notes Mail Support, Lotus Domino Application Support, Citrix Infrastructure Solutions, Microsoft Business Partner, and IBM Business Partner. This is in addition to Microsoft Certified Partner Status in Information Worker Solutions.
Dependable Computer Guys is a Glendale-based IT company that offers a generous range of network and Internet support services. They serve the Greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles, Arcadia, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Covina, Commerce City, Eagle Rock, Encino, Glendale, Hollywood, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Fernando, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake, Studio City, and West Los Angeles.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Secure Remote Support
We support all Microsoft Operating Systems as well as all major software programs. We are experts in configuring Microsoft SBS, NT4, 2000, 2003 servers, as well as supporting and configuring LAN, WAN, Wireless networks and VPN connection.
We offer Technical Support Australia instant remote computer support Australia through our professional highly trained certified tier 1, 2 and 3 engineers. Why wait for a technician to call you back or come to you for support when you can have instant support over the phone or remote computer support.
We support computers around the globe regardless of their location. We charge only $1.39/minute, and we guarantee we will not charge you if we are unable to fix your problem.
Our proactive approach gives you analysis report of any vulnerability on your computer, and we will prevent your computer from developing future problems.
We support all makes and models of PCs and printers regardless of the machine's age.
Our technical computer support experts bring professional expertise in the areas of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft applications, and other problematic hardware problems.
IT Outsourcing Solution
Is your business spending more money than you wish to in your IT department, or cannot afford to have an Information Technology department or network specialist on staff? Do you find yourself calling IT companies for support and end up paying hundreds of dollars per call?
Is your wish to have a reasonable and affordable fixed budget for all your computer problems, or at least, to have a flat rate to cover any IT problems, then look no further than PC Support Australia service packages to help you accomplish your financial goals.
Did you know that most problems on computers could be prevented, if you keep your network and computer up to date? We offer a Full time remote support service 24/7 for a fraction of how much you are spending now. We will monitor your computers and network and work with you to keep them up to date to prevent any potential problems from occurring in the future.
networkpcsupport.com
We offer Technical Support Australia instant remote computer support Australia through our professional highly trained certified tier 1, 2 and 3 engineers. Why wait for a technician to call you back or come to you for support when you can have instant support over the phone or remote computer support.
We support computers around the globe regardless of their location. We charge only $1.39/minute, and we guarantee we will not charge you if we are unable to fix your problem.
Our proactive approach gives you analysis report of any vulnerability on your computer, and we will prevent your computer from developing future problems.
We support all makes and models of PCs and printers regardless of the machine's age.
Our technical computer support experts bring professional expertise in the areas of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft applications, and other problematic hardware problems.
IT Outsourcing Solution
Is your business spending more money than you wish to in your IT department, or cannot afford to have an Information Technology department or network specialist on staff? Do you find yourself calling IT companies for support and end up paying hundreds of dollars per call?
Is your wish to have a reasonable and affordable fixed budget for all your computer problems, or at least, to have a flat rate to cover any IT problems, then look no further than PC Support Australia service packages to help you accomplish your financial goals.
Did you know that most problems on computers could be prevented, if you keep your network and computer up to date? We offer a Full time remote support service 24/7 for a fraction of how much you are spending now. We will monitor your computers and network and work with you to keep them up to date to prevent any potential problems from occurring in the future.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Remote PC Repair Australia
Remote PC repair is troubleshooting common computer errors online via remote desktop connection which works by logging in to the remote PC with the username and password. The person owning the computer uses it as himself, apart from the fact that it is being controlled over the Internet. The technology is being embraced by many people as it saves them from hauling their PCs to a shop and wait weeks to get it back. Another benefit is the lower cost.
Remote PC repair services are extremely cost effective and generally offered with a free policy which means that customers don’t have to pay if the issue is not resolved. These repairs are popular as technical support, online computer help, and onsite technical support. With an increase in online resources, there are many companies to get exclusive remote support at competitive prices.
Common repairs available with online computer support providers are computer virus and spyware removal, computer optimization, online PC repair, windows repair and remote pc repair.
Not all repairs can be fixed using remote PC repair Australia. It can be of no help to computer hardware with physical damage. Remote repair is ineffective for computers that are not able to reboot.
Through Remote computing, we can coach you on software programs, networking issues, troubleshooting/diagnosing a hardware issue, computer fixes & maintenance or provide you with specialized expert consultations on a variety of technical issues.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
How Operating Systems Work
If you have a computer, then you have heard about operating systems. Any desktop or laptop that you buy normally comes pre-loaded with Windows XP. Macintosh computers come pre-loaded with OS X. Many corporate servers use the Linux or UNIX operating systems. The operating system (OS) is the first thing loaded onto the computer -- without the operating system, a computer is useless.
More recently, operating systems have started to pop up in smaller computers as well. If you like to tinker with electronic devices, you are probably pleased that operating systems can now be found on many of the devices we use every day, from to wireless access points. The computers used in these little devices have gotten so powerful that they can now actually run an operating system and applications. The computer in a typical modern cell phone is now more powerful than a desktop computer from 20 years ago, so this progression makes sense and is a natural development. In any device that has an operating system, there's usually a way to make changes to how the device works. This is far from a happy accident; one of the reasons operating systems are made out of portable code rather than permanent physical circuits is so that they can be changed or modified without having to scrap the whole device.
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