By executing the following command you can remove a windows service: C:> sc delete [service name] TIP: If you don’t know the service name you’re trying to delete, you can find it by going to Start>Run>services.msc and locate the service name in the service’s property page. Attn: No screenshots were harmed in forming this […]
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It’s Official – Microsoft & Skype are One
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) has closed its acquisition of Skype Global S.à r.l. Negotiations of the definitive agreement under which Microsoft would acquire Skype, an Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion were led by investor group Silver Lake and the transaction was originally announced on May 10, 2011. Boards of directors of both Microsoft and […]
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Disable Error Reporting in Server 2003
This is not something I recommend you do, as this limits the ability to properly obtain details about errors in applications which reside on your server. However there are times where the application developers and support staff are reluctant to resolve the issue so you take steps to prevent these error log messages from running […]
The folks at Microsoft made available a developer preview edition of Windows 8, which permits us to get a good hands on the new windows to operating system. After some testing and attempts to get this to install on VMware products such as ESX and VMware Workstation 7 / Player I was able to test […]
A new Internet worm has been reported that spreads via Microsoft’s Remote Desk Protocol (RDP). This worm scans an infected host’s subnet for other hosts running RDP and attempts access to them using a pre-configured set of user names (including “administrator”) and passwords. According to Microsoft, this worm can be remotely controlled and updated, such […]
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Skype Disruption
Today I find myself slightly frustrated when I attempted to load Skype @ my office. To my surprise Skype is having issues yet again all following its acquisition to Microsoft’s hands. Announced on the heartbeat page http://heartbeat.skype.com was the following. “A configuration problem has meant that some of you have been disconnected from Skype. We’ve […]