Something else you might look into is Mobaxterm (http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html). It's a self-contained cygwin-type environement. It is just an .exe that has Xorg, OpenSSH, and many other tools built in. If you buy a professional license, you'll get a customizer that will let you create...
X forwarding over PuTTY (or OpenSSH, if you install Cygwin) with public key authentication is probably your best bet. I assume the application already exists? (If starting from scratch I'd suggest doing it as a web-based app, that way users could just use a web browser...) Yes, the group is creatin...
Interesting project, trying to figure out the best way (for users) to access a Linux application (made in house) from within Windows. My initial thought is to use: ⋅ X forwarding in PuTTY ⋅ VNC Problem with my ideas above... they don't appear to be simple. For example, having to ...
Group Policy now pushes down URL's to users IE favorites. A side effect of this action, is now three folders have suddenly appeared in IE favorites: ⋅ Microsoft Websites ⋅ MSN Websites ⋅ Windows Live I found a great bat file ( link to webpage ) that fixes this by hiding...
Do laptops benefit from being plugged into power strips? This is the question I've been asking myself lately... I've almost always use power strips for desktops to protect from power surges. Lately I've been hearing stories that laptops don't need to be connected to power strips. That laptops have b...
I'm in the process of creating a Windows print server, and was wondering which printer drivers to install. I've heard folks say install printer drivers for the server OS, and other people saying the opposite. Install printer drivers for the client OS's that will be using the printers. Does anyone he...
@ekul Thanks, guess it's not practical to name all the ports & protocols that a browser uses. Best to to do a write up describing the common ports that will be allowed, and that everything else depends on the user's need & what the company firewall will allow/block.
There's a chance Google Chrome/Firefox can become the default browser at the company I work for. However, I must first defeat the corporate policy. In submitting an application for use on the company network, you have to list all the ports & protocols used by the requested application. Seems mor...
Solution: I got a replacement for my old router (Belkin N750DB wireless dual band N+), and now everything works. Still puzzled why that works, but thanks everybody for voicing in. It gave me some good data when working with Comcast.
For the past couple of days I've been having problems uploading things. I went to speedtest.com yesterday and download speed was normal but when it tried to do the upload speed test it just sat on "connecting" and didn't even complete it. I can sometimes upload things, sometimes not, and i...
when opening link in new tab, the web-server doesn't recognize that as a new, separate connection, since the original connection (authentication session) isn't closed.
No, it does not. I suspect this is because I'm using Windows Auth.
I want to say that Forms Authentication can work the same (user names & passwords). However, it has to tie into active directory. Do you know if that's true, and if it's possible to get Forms Authentication to work without AD?
Interesting problem, I have a small IIS server that uses Windows Authentication. Whenever the user visits the webpage they are prompted for a username & password over an SSL connection. All of that works just fine, however if the user opens the webpage in a tab and closes that tab they stay logg...
What tools/software are folks using to track software these days? My organization uses BelManage and while it does a decent job on tracking software it doesn't catch everything it really should. I've heard some folks say Bit9 offers a good software asset management solution. If anyone has any other ...
What tools/software are folks using to patch non-Microsoft software in a large environment? Where I work we have about 400 Windows boxes. All the Microsoft software is done via an internal WSUS. The non-Microsoft software is another story, I see the IT guys running like a chicken with its head cut o...
I can't quite figure this one out... Testing my Comcast ISP download speed via speedtest.net it's 13MB (when the computer is connected directly to the router). When I put my new router (fully updated firmware) between my cable modem and computer my download speed is now 6MB!? I understand that I'd t...
Problem: Need to get ethernet into two rooms. Solution: Bring one ethernet cable into each room, and connect it to a small switch. Each cable will connect to my router, back in the office. I'm curious, would going with this solution be a bad idea? Meaning would it slow down the network or cause some...
Very interested in encrypting my external HDD using Truecrypt, but before I do I was wondering if I could get your guys feedback on the available hashing algorithms: ⋅ RIPEMD-160 ⋅ SHA-512 ⋅ Whirlpool Offical Truecrypt Hash Algorithm Link: CLICK HERE I'm thinking of ...
I reverted back to before I installed the 'optional updates' and you know what. The problem was solved, also people have mentioned that if you picked a solid color for your desktop things would be slow. In fact I did have that color (gone now).. hmm. When I installed Windows I setup my SATA in the B...
Problem: The amount of time it takes to display the desktop after entering password at the login screen is unacceptable. It takes on average 30.1 seconds!? How the system was installed: ⋅ Selected AHCI for SATA mode; instead of using IDE. ⋅ Installed Windows 7 x64 Things Tried t...