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November 30, 2004

12 Days of Christmas Revealed

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me...A Partridge in a Pear Tree (Day 1, Christmas Day, December 25) The partridge in a pear tree refers to God's son Jesus Christ on the Cross. We also...

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November 27, 2004

Force Windows to Use the Classic Style/Theme Desktop

For those of you who still love the old classic look of Windows, make the following registry edits to force Windows to you the classic desktop. Use the "User Key" to change it for one specified user. Use the "System...

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November 26, 2004

Change the Message Shown on the Windows Logon (Authentication) Prompt

To change the text located on the Windows Login (Authentication) username and password prompt, you must add or modify the following values. This allows you to display a customized message. The default message is “Enter a user name and password...

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A Taste of God's Creation

This morning, at about 5:30am, I was sitting in my deer stand located in a small island of trees in the middle of a huge field. I was sitting in the light of a full moon and a rising sun...

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November 18, 2004

Beyond Me!

I love information security sincerely, but this is beyond me. I don't even want to think about how far this technology could actually go. You definitely got to take a look at this! www.liveshot.com...

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November 14, 2004

Academic Agenda for the next two semesters

It appears that I will be graduating in one year with an Area in Telecommunications Systems Management and two specializations in Information Security and E-Business. The classes I have left to take are as follows: Spring Semester: TSM 352 System...

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November 09, 2004

How To Force Windows To Crash and Display Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD)

Forcing windows to crash (BSOD) enables a user to test recovery and password security. The following registry entries, when set, will allow you to crash Windows by holding the right Ctrl button and then pressing ScrollLock twice. The entry is...

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November 08, 2004

Is your data vulnerable due to RAM?

Data security is a topic that will always fascinate me. I spend countless hours trying to secure my own personal data as if everyone in the world wants the information. In the security field, physical access is everything. So good...

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November 05, 2004

How To Change The Windows Classic Login Screen Wallpaper

Changing the login screen wallpaper is one of my all time favorites. It is also a great administrative feature to use when wanting to display information to users logging on (like login instructions). Keep in mind that the wallpaper image...

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November 04, 2004

Keyhole

All you broadband users need to check out this new Keyhole software (Dial up users don't even think about it). It will most definitely creep you out and Google owns it. One more feather in their hat to help them...

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Hard Drive Switching

When amongst the techy crowd, a dual boot computer (linux/windows) seems to be a pretty popular setup. I personally do not like dual boot computers, but I do like to have access to both a linux and windows computer for...

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