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So, for troubleshooting purposes, mostly in an environment that has mixes operating systems, you might want to consider disabling SMB 2.0. You need to do so on both the “client” and the “server” operating systems. To disable SMB 2.0 for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 systems that are the “client” systems run the following commands: … [read more]

This is a new virus that was discovered yesterday 12/7/2010.  This is not your standard run of the mill virus that has been going around.  What it does is infects and wipes the “0″ (zero) sector of the hard drive rendering your machine unbootable. So please if you receive any email with “hallmark postcard” attached … [read more]

After performing a windows repair install it may ask you to activate windows prior to logging into windows.  The problem arises when you click yes and it tries to take you to the desktop but will only show the desktop background or a standard windows light blue background.  The issue here is that IE becomes … [read more]