One linersSecurity
The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator? I came across an old enough post on Didier's blog about Group policies that have disabled cmd.exe from running. Didier mentions a few ways to get cmd.exe to run. The suggestion I like the most is to find the DisableCMD string in cmd.exe and change it to DisableAMD using a hex editor. Thankfully there is a tool which will allow us to patch cmd.exe in one tiny line. Continue reading "The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator?"Forensics
Ann skips bail. Cue forensics puzzle.»Found a website and a forensics contest yesterday quite by accident. I was waiting for somebody before going out for the night and I thought this might be a little fun while I waited. Now the contest had closed and the results where available, which I ignored until the end and went straight to Puzzle #2: Ann skips bail .
The puzzle revolves around a packet capture of Ann's network taken ...
Moodle
All configuration variables in Moodle code - Part two?» Earlier we looked at how you can extract a list of all the $CFG variables in your Moodle code. Now that's not of much use! We need to know where in the code all these variables hide. I feel some spooky awk a coming on.
Rants
Skype: And the crappy browser addon»I generally hate to update things which work just fine. There is usually very little reason to: the application is in use because the stability and feature set of the current version are good. Now I have used Skype for years (probably only using 20% of the available feature set) and I always loathed upgrading because it'll try and install a bunch of stuff I don't need. Which is bad, but ...
Wed, 30.12.2009 12:59
Hi Bert, Haven't seen the b ehavior you speak of, I [...]