I finally finished the article I started on locking down IIS to prevent the current round of IIS hacks that are going around. They seem to be spreading like wildfire and even well known companies are getting hacked left and right. This can all be prevented with the right security measures which I cover in the following article. http://www.davidorlo.com/?p=695
Ok a while back I promised a part 2 for the VPN configuration guides so here it finally is. I dont know why i didnt get this done sooner considering it will be quick and painless. I will cover both XP and Windows 7 but not Vista. Dont worry Vista is a combination of both so you can figure it out from the following screenshots and article. I will start by covering a few things that apply to any client OS. First you need to get the IP address of the server that you wish to connect VIA VPN to.
I have been trying to learn how to make my own custom WordPress sidebar widgets because every theme uses their own custom layout and I prefer a specific layout which I can only acomplish by manually editing the WordPress theme sidebar PHP file. In this post I will show you how to make your own custom sidebar widget style entry with my “Recent Updates” widget as an example. First you need to navigate to your themes sidebar.php file which is located in the admin section under Appearance/Editor. Find the sidebar.php file and select it for editing. In the main window
!!!!!! Click HERE for NEW Updated Article for Server Core 2008 R2 & Server Core 2012 + Hyper-V Core !!!!!! I thought I would share a couple links to some must have Server 2008 Core and Hyper-V Software. Core Configurator 2.0 & PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V. Core Configurator 2.0 is a set of PowerShell programs that utilize Winforms for GUI’s so not only do you get a set of powerful tools but they are easy to use with the added graphical user interfaces. The PowerShell Management Library for Hyper-V is a must have toolkit for any Hyper-V administrator. This
New theme, New theme, New theme, I just cant make up my mind on a temporary theme. I plan to make my own theme based on several themes that I like but in the meantime I need something to run on the site that will be similar to my custom made theme so the content doesn’t look out of place once it is built. In addition to the theme dilemma I have another issue which is content organization. I just cant make up my mind on categories, sub categories and posts. I am used to working with Joomla and Xoops which
Out of the need for a personal application and the request from several friends I am building a completely custom and open code program to audit workstations and servers on a network. The code will start with a GUI in which you select the options for what you wish to audit on the target machine and the output the code. The code will compile into an EXE or PowerShell script by user choice. The goal is to allow both of the programs to feature the same options and output the same methods (HTML or Excel) with the only difference being
This article will show you a couple methods for showing excerpts from posts on the homepage, for searches and for archives. First I will show you the manual method of editing the WordPress theme code to accomplish this but I urge you to read on as their is a much more simple way of doing this. First up the manual method using the WordPress the_excerpt() function. I will break this down into a few simple steps and show you how to modify what the function returns. The the_excerpt() function will replace the the_content() function which will be located in a
This is a quick litle guide on upgrading a ZT model MS-16362 to 4GB of DDR-II Memory A.K.A. Ram. The laptop comes with 1-2GB of DDR depending on model but is capable of up to 4GB. How do we unlock this potential you ask? Simple, we upgrade the BIOS. Now hold your horses there little lassy, Before you go hoping over to the beautifully craptified and outdated ZT website I must worn you that just like the website, the BIOS is very outdated. So what do we do now? Well if you read my other post found here you will see
We just purchased a new gas grill, The first one we ever purchased in fact. Believe it or not it was actually my wife who wanted it and it was her birthday gift to herself with the help of some money she received for her birthday, birthdays are great eh? So of course I came along and we checked all the local places like Meijer, Walmart, Home Depot, etc… We decided we really liked 2 different models at home depot. Originally she set a total budget of $300 which had to include accessories and propane. The propane was going to