What is Update ? What is Service Pack ? What is KB Article ?

Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates  

Microsoft uses the following standard terminology to describe software updates:

·  Critical update

Definition: A widely released fix for a specific problem that addresses a critical, non-security-related bug.

Measures against hacking of websites

There is some of the Best Practices you could adopt in preventing your websites from hackers.

This blog just covers only the main areas you need to more focused.

You'll want to use the concept of least privilege. 

Ensure a firewall is blocking all ports except those absolutely necessary (80/TCP, 443/TCP).  

What's New in Offline Files for Windows Vista

Based on customer feedback, the Offline Files feature has been redesigned for Windows Vista®, and it utilizes many of the improvement available in this version of the Windows operating system.
This document describes some of the functionalities of and changes to Offline Files in Windows Vista. It is intended for general users of Offline Files and system administrators.

What does Offline Files do?

Vbscript to Map Drive Based of availability of Drive Letter

Vbscript to Map Drive Based of availability of Drive Letter
This script will maps from Drive Letter ‘K’ up to Y

Option Explicit
Dim strDriveLetter, strRemotePath
Dim objNetwork, objShell
Dim CheckDrive, DriveExists, intDrive
Dim strAlpha, strExtract, intAlpha, intCount

Script to add AD OU Users to Security Groups

You need the Distinguished Names of the OU and the group.
Save the below script as ScriptName.vbs
'Following script will add Security Group “TestGroup” to the OU Named “MyOU”

Seven things to know about Windows 7

Will my aging computer run Windows 7?Maybe. If your PC can run the much-maligned Windows Vista, it can probably run Windows 7. Check your computer's specs: To install Windows 7, you'll need at least a 1 gigahertz or faster 32-bit (x86) processor, plus at least 2 GB of RAM and at least 16 GB of available hard disk space.

VBscript to find local Administrators and output in a Tab delimited File

'Created By Ram B C www.askmewindows.in
'Created Date : 10/24/2009
'This script is find the local Administrators and output in a Tab delimited File
'============================

'FAQ : Create two Files Listofcomputers.txt and AdminList.txt in C: Drive ( Provided you have Write Permission in C:)
' Give the computer names from which you need to find the Local Admin group
' Result will be present in the file C:\AdminList.txt
'==========================================

Reanimating Active Directory Tombstone Objects

What Is a Tombstone?
When Active Directory deletes an object from the directory, it does not physically remove the object from the database.

Where password is stored ?

windows does not store local account password, but it does store a hash value, also know as digital "fingerprint" 128 bit, of thepassword

Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Security questions

1. What’s the difference between local, global and universal groups? Domain local groups assign access permissions to global domain groups for local domain resources. Global groups provide access to resources in other trusted domains. Universal groups grant access to resources in all trusted domains.

Windows 2008- What Is an RODC?

Windows 2008- What Is an RODC?