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In: Microsoft
31 Mar 2008User Access Control (UAC) is the feature of Windows Vista that requires the need to always confirm administrative actions by typing in your password. If you disable this then your account can be configured to run with administrative privileges all the time like you could do in Windows XP. This results in you not having [...]
In: The Net
27 Mar 2008Adobe has just launched a new beta photo web hosting service called Adobe Photoshop Express which is similar to Flickr. What sets this service apart form the others is that it offers online photo editing capabilities so that you can edit your photos after you upload them. You also get 2GB of free storage space. [...]
A lot of computer systems and applications use standard MD5 hash algorithms to store passwords. Using a straight unsalted MD5 hash of a password in order to store it securely used to be acceptable a few years ago but a recent technique similar to rainbow tables allows someone to recover the password by comparing the [...]
When installing Adobe Acrobat whether it be the standalone installer or part of a larger collection such as “Design Studio”, you may get an error about 2/3 of the way through the installation. The error complains about not being able to find the AdobePDF.dll file on the Windows Vista CD. This file is not on [...]
This blog is about technology related topics. It will primarily contain problems and solutions to IT problems that I encounter on a day-to-day basis. In addition interesting things I come across either on or off the internet will be posted here as well. I will also include step-by-step tutorials to common tasks people may need to do with their computers.