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2011-02-03T09:34:00.000-08:00

Quick Tip: Change Firefox Download File Location

2011-01-05T00:35:00.001-08:00

I prefer files being download directly to the desktop, but a lot of other people would prefer to download into a downloads folder, or a directory inside their Documents directory.

Changing this option is extremely easy. Just open Tools \ Options, and you should see the Downloads section right on the very first screen.

Click the Browse button to select a new folder. You can also choose to have Firefox always ask you where to save the files, and you can turn off the “Downloads” window (which always annoys the crap out of me, so it’s an instant disable on every Firefox install)

This article is just one in a series covering how to use Firefox. I’m assuming it’s a no-brainer for most of the geeks out there, but I want to create a good central repository of Firefox tips, so simple articles like this are a must.

How to Specify Default Download Directory in Internet Explorer

2011-01-05T00:34:00.001-08:00

How to Specify Default Download Directory in Internet Explorer

You may want to specify the default download directory in Internet Explorer. This is useful for those who always perform download using Internet Explorer. Just follow the steps below and you will set the default download directory for Internet Explorer:-

Go to Start -> Run -> type regedit and enter
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Internet Explorer
Create a new String value with key Download Directory and set the value to a valid directory (ex: C:\Download) * if this key already exists, just modify the value
Congratulation! You have just specify your Internet Explorer default download directory

To take immediate effect of your default download directory, logoff or restart your windows.

How to Load Firefox Faster During First Time After Computer Startup

2010-10-23T22:10:00.000-07:00

To improve the loading time, follow below steps as shown below:

1. Right click on Firefox shortcut, then choose Properties.

2. On Target field, it displays Firefox executable full path. Add /prefetch:1 at the end of the path with space in between. After adding the switch, the target field should looks like this: “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” /prefetch:1

3. Click OK to save the setting.

"Backup fails, reporting "'Script.bks' file not found."

2010-08-09T20:54:00.000-07:00

Cause: The Exchange Information Store is not running.

Solution: Start the Exchange Information Store.

To start the Exchange Information Store

Click Start, click Run, and then type Services.msc.

In the details pane, right-click Microsoft Exchange Information Store, and then click Start.

referrrence links for sharepoint dashboard

2010-08-05T23:31:00.001-07:00

http://sharepointpm.blogspot.com/2009/06/released-project-management-template.html
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&client=firefox-a&&sa=X&ei=Oq1bTNLTGYqycZKZ4IkC&ved=0CBEQBSgA&q=how+sharepoint+can+be+used+for+management+decision&spell=1

no title!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-06T09:20:00.000-07:00

what happened in last night!I felt the whole night i passed with her!The long days have gone. Why i am feeling her so much!Am I missing her?Why?I am feeling pain to write here.But i need to ...this is high time to think and act accordingly.

Day One,05:35 pm

2010-06-19T04:26:00.000-07:00

when transcend pen drive shows write protected error

2010-05-29T20:34:00.000-07:00

Steps to remove write protection for Transcend users
1) Go to download center of the transcend,here is the link
http://www.transcendusa.com/Support/DLCenter
Type the model no. or part of model number you are looking for.
example: JFV30(all alphabets in Caps )
2) Choose other details like product type etc. and search for your product
3)Then select the product which which is most similar to yours from search results
4)Then download the mFormat utility. You will asked for serial no. if you dont have..enter this no. 1456784523
5) Connect your pen drive
6) run the mformat utility and select full format after full format your write protection will be removed. try twice or thrice if you can't correct at first time.
Thats all...

if it does not work please use online recovery tool

thanks

2010-05-05T22:14:00.000-07:00

আবার যদি দেখা হয় তবে ......।

2010-05-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

জীবন !!

to change the hidden folder attribute

2010-04-25T04:01:00.000-07:00

sometimes it can be happened that the hidden attribute of a folder cannot be unchecked. then following command can be used.

attrib -S -H foldername with path

like to change the attribute of a folder names mis in drive F
the command should be

F:\attrib -S -H mis

The long way I am walking

2009-07-01T07:58:00.000-07:00

Link for Excel Tips and Techniques

2009-05-20T21:19:00.001-07:00

http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP

2009-05-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

I’ve just finished setting up a new PC for a friend and I think some of you will be interested in some of the tweaks I make to all of my PCs to make them quicker. I’ve focused here on the ones which are simple to do and won’t cause problems if you get it wrong, rather than listing registry tweaks etc.

1. Disable Indexing Services

Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:

Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next

2. Optimise Display Settings

Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:

Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Click System
Click Advanced tab
In the Performance tab click Settings
Leave only the following ticked:

Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttons

3. Speedup Folder Browsing

You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computer
4. Disable Performance Counters

Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC’s performance. These utilities take up system resources so disabling is a good idea.

To disable:
5. Improve Memory Usage

Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.

Once Installed:
6. Optimise your internet connection

There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to run TCP/IP Optimizer.
7. Optimise Your Pagefile

If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.
Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.
Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.
8. Run BootVis - Improve Boot Times

BootVis will significantly improve boot times
9. Remove the Desktop Picture

Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.
10. Remove Fonts for Speed

Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.
Hope you find these 10 tips useful please leave a comment below and please share any other tips you may have with other readers.

Feb 07 Update: This guide has been updated and augmented in The Complete Guide To Optimising Windows XP

To copy the files and folder retaining permission

2009-05-20T21:10:00.001-07:00

HOW TO: Copy a Folder to Another Folder and Retain its Permissions

This step-by-step article describes how to copy a folder to another folder and retain its permissions.

When you copy or move files and folders by using Windows Explorer, the permissions that are set on the files or folders may change. For example, when you copy a file in an NTFS file system volume or between two NTFS volumes, Windows 2000 treats it as a new file. As a new file, it takes on the permissions of the destination folder, and you become the CREATOR OWNER.

NOTE: You must have Write permission for the destination folder to copy files and folders.

You can use the Xcopy command with the /O/X/E/H/K switches to copy the files and retain the existing permissions that have been specifically applied to the file or files.

These switches have the following effects:

/E - Copies folders and subfolders, including empty ones.
/H - Copies hidden and system files also.
/K - Copies attributes. Typically, Xcopy resets read-only attributes.
/O - Copies file ownership and ACL information.
/X - Copies file audit settings (implies /O).

NOTE: This procedure does not override inherited permissions. When you use the Xcopy command with the /O /X /E /H /K switches to copy the files, the following inherited permissions apply:

The security settings that are directly assigned to the files and folders are retained.
The security settings that are inherited from the source parent folder are lost.
The security settings of the destination folders are inherited.
When you move files or folders to FAT volumes, the folders and files lose their NTFS permissions because FAT volumes do not support NTFS permissions.

For more information about inheritance, see the "Changing inherited permissions" topic in Windows Help.

Back to the top

Copy a Folder to Another Folder and Retain its Permissions

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
Type xcopy sourcedestination /O /X /E /H /K and then press ENTER, where source is the source path for the files to be copied, and destination is the destination path for the files.

Example

Type xcopy c:\olddocs c:\newdocs /O /X /E /H /K, and then press ENTER, where olddocs is the source folder and newdocs is the destination folder.

For more information about Xcopy switches, type xcopy /? at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. For additional information about Xcopy switches, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240268 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240268/EN-US/ ) COPY, XCOPY, and MOVE Overwrite Functionality Changes in Windows

To copy the files and folder retaining permission

2009-05-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

To make XP faster

2009-05-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

To make XP faster we can use the command
del /a/f/q/s c:\*.tmp

Nobody told me happy birth day

2009-03-20T23:15:00.000-07:00

Very few know that was my birthday. I have already passed that day.
I feel them in my heart. Really.
I wish peaceful life for all of them.

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2008-12-31T11:05:00.000-08:00

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Achieve Your Ambitions: 7 Step Guide with Example Personal Development Plan

2008-12-31T04:51:00.000-08:00

(Written By Lyndsay SwintonThis feature is collected from http://www.mftrou.com/example-personal-development-plan.html )

Most of us have dreams and ambitions, or at least used to, before things got too hectic! Use this example personal development plan to figure out how to turn your dreams into reality.
It's common for people to have a "mental block" when it comes to solving problems about themselves. Give them a room to decorate, a work project to complete or someone else's problem to solve and they're great. Turn those skills and experience on yourself for a change, and create a personal development plan that works for you.
:Step 1 Focus Area:Choose 1 to 3 areas to focus on. Too many and you'll never get anywhere - too few and you may have all your proverbial eggs in one basket.

:Step 2 :Where are you now?What are you like now? You need to know where you're starting from so you can measure your progress as you progress through your personal development plan.
:Step 3: Will be?If you went to bed tonight, and your problem was solved, what would that be like? What would you feel? What would you see? Knowing what you want to achieve will increase your chances of achieving it.
:Step 4 :How known?What quantitative measure will tell you that you're achieving your goal? Even a simple 1-5 scale is enough to measure intangible goals, like increasing your confidence or reducing anxiety during presentations.
:Step 5 :Activities and ResourcesWhat practical steps are you going to take to achieve your goal? Do you need to study or do research?
:Step 6: When?Plan time in your diary for specific activities like you would a regular appointment. If you must make changes, re-schedule for a later date. Be realistic about your commitments and make some adjustments to your life, or plan, if necessary.
:Step 7 :RewardGiving yourself rewards as you achieve your mini-goals make the whole process more enjoyable. This may just provide the incentive you need to do the work that will make the big change you desire.

Starting Period 2.40 pm 16th Dec 2008 at Protiva.

2008-12-16T05:27:00.000-08:00

To live a life as a Muslim male.

Today's Lesson 16th December 2008

2008-12-16T05:02:00.000-08:00

If I need to do something then I dont bother much with how,when,where etc.I Just make it happened.

Everything depends on my solid will.

I should be prepared for the worst dream as it is sweet when I am awake.

What kind of life I want

2008-12-10T19:07:00.000-08:00

I take care of all members of my family,specially my mother.Each morning I attend Fazar's prayer.After performing Ozifa & Zikir I do some physical exercise.I review/prepare today's To Do List.I do bath and ablution. I make tauba for my past deeds and wish for the betterment of my parent. I express my gratitude for being Muslim.

I take my breakfast with Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim and prepare myself to attend office. On the bus I again read my To Do List. Reaching office I open my PC and do ablution. I am grateful to get a new day for doing more good deeds. I make tauba. I recite three suras and Aaiatul Kursi. Then I start my daily office jobs with Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.I always zikir "Laa Ilaha Illallah" silently.

I check my mail first. If necessary I reply.I start to perform jobs based on priority.

Different links to study again

2008-12-08T20:59:00.000-08:00

How to form a good habit
http://www.wikihow.com/Form-a-Good-Habit

How to improve your self-esteem
http://www.ehow.com/how_3825_improve-self-esteem.html

Your health is as valuable as a pearl, if you preserve it from stains or damage it keeps its value
http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/nursing/HealthEducation_files/Pearls/safar26.pdf

Personal Development - The 7 Areas of Your Life to Take Control
http://www.trcb.com/Self-Improvement/Self-Esteem/Personal-Development---The-7-Areas-of-Your-Life-to-Take-Control-3029.htm

Eid Mubarak to All

2008-12-08T20:37:00.000-08:00

Today is Eid Day. In the morning I could not attend the jamat of Eid-ul-Ajha.Coz I thought the jamat would be at 8.30 am but it was performed half an hour before. I tried to attend in tilpapara & bashabo but all were the same. I missed. I could go to Baitul Mokarram if my will power was so strong enough to do so. Finally!!! !!! !!!

Ok, without thinking what happened I want to think about what I want to do. I want to do the following jobs
--> Forming habit to speak truth.
--> Attending five times prayer a day.
--> Doing at least one good task daily for my father.
--> Giving up smoking.

Analyzing the above mentioned jobs I decide that speaking truth should be the number one where I need to focus first. The rest of the month I will maintain strict discipline to form this habit. I am committed. Only one target "Speak the truth".

Eid Mubarak to all.

The Amazing Power of One

2008-12-08T08:27:00.000-08:00

Written By AgentSully

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by all the goals you want to accomplish? Do you find it especially difficult starting out on a new goal? This is where the powerful “Rule of One” comes to the rescue.

Change is hard. Changing many things at once can be overwhelming. And that’s where most people fail. They become overwhelmed mentally before they even start. A year goes by and their goals remain nothing more than mental laundry continually spinning around in their mind.
The “Rule of One” makes change easier. The “Rule of One” states that you install one new goal at a time. Once that new goal is on auto pilot, only then do you start on your next goal.

How Does the “Rule of One” Work?Let’s say you have a list of goal that looks like this:
Start Aerobic exercise program.
Start strength training program.
Cut out processed foods. Eat more vegetables and fruits.
Do 15 minutes stretching a day.
Increase my output of work by 50%, i.e. writing, sales calls, coding, designing, etc.
Join a hobby group.
Take an adult education class.
Spend more quality time with loved ones.
Write a book.

Rank your goals in order of importance. This may be hard, but just do your best and then don’t look back. Starting with your number one, identify the action steps you need to take over the next week to start on this goal. Then begin.

If strength training is your number one goal, your action steps might be:
Research an “at home” strength training course such as this one from RealAge. (you may need to register which is free)
Plan the days/time into your calendar that you will do this.
Make a simple success chart for your wall. Draw a simple star for each day you complete your goal. (who says charts are only for kids!)
Do it! Start those first steps and build every day.
Share your success with others.
Plan a reward for completion of 30 successful days.

Focus on that One Goal until it is automatic. This could be a couple days, a week or even a month. Don’t agonize over your goal list. Have peace of mind knowing that you will get to all of them!

Failproofing Your ProgressEstimate the time it will take for this new goal to become automatic, then schedule in a reminder at the end of that time period to start on your next goal. When you start the next goal, set the next reminder and so on. In fact, in each reminder remind yourself to schedule the next one!

Greater Success than 99% of the Population.Most people set their goals on New Year’s Day and quickly forget about them. By using this simple goal-hack you will systematically and successfully reach ALL your goals. Maybe it will take you 6 months or a whole year to be working on and achieving all your goals. But imagine how great you will feel when you look back and see what you have accomplished. How exciting is that?! Stick to it. Slow and steady wins the race! Take a peek at Leo’s “My Story” page where he outlines his amazing accomplishments achieved by using the powerful “Rule of One.”

Different Comment on this post
From Lodewijkvdb:
I like the article. I have adopted this myself in a slightly modified way. When changing or adopting habits, I do it one habit at a time, or one skill at a time. I get all worked up to do lots of stuff and have to refrain from starting to much at the same time. One habit a month still is a staggering 12 habits a year, which is more than the average number of items on my (former) new years resolutions lists.
I don’t think it needs to be your most important goal to start with. It can also be very powerful to start with something fairly easy for the first two or three goals. This will get you in a habit of changing habits (kinda like a meta-habit) and will build confidence that you can change your habits or achieve your goals.

FromHenrique:
There is no failure, only feedback. If you can’t seem to achieve your goal, what feedback is that giving you? Do you really want to achieve it? The rule is not going to achieve something anyway, it’s all up to you.

From Hack:
Competing in endurance sports over the past year has really taught me that lesson. Just take it one event at a time.
If that becomes too overwhelming, take it from one landmark to another.
And if that becomes too overwhelming, focus on putting one foot in front of the other.
And if THAT becomes too much, then turn completely inward and focus on one breath at a time.
If we spread our attention out to every possible opportunity or challenge in life, we will fry our circuits. At least I would!

From Chris:
The Power Of One is a great habit to learn. On Henrique’s comment, taking things one step at a time is the key. Don’t rush it because it will never pull you through instead it will pull you back. Agreed we will tend to miss out a few times but that doesn’t mean we have to fret and hit our head about it.
I understand Henrique’s concerned in accomplishing the first task before going on to the next. But try to look at it at a positive way, I find that if the number of times you miss out is at least 5 times in a month, it’s still ok to move on to the next simpler one. At the same time, fine tuning the first one can still be done while doing the second.
Assuming the second task completes fast, you will not feel a heavy burden of doing 2 difficult tasks. If for any reason, the second task is also difficult, for me, I would stop at 2 tasks. No point carrying on to the third one and start suffocating oneself in a rush to finish everything.
The important thing is: Start to begin not begin to start

Some Success Tips collected from internet

2008-12-04T07:30:00.000-08:00

When setting your goals, allow yourself to dream big.
Don’t worry about past attempts. Today is a new day. The future is yours to shape!
Everyday visualize yourself achieving your goal. Believe! You Can Do It!
When tackling your goals and setting your action plan, take it slow. Apply the Rule of One, which says to start only one goal at a time for the most success. Don’t be in a rush. Slow and steady wins the race.
Get a Goal Buddy or more than one to help spur each other on with your goals.
Make sure that your goals are YOURS, not someone else’s idea of what your goals should be.
Goal setting is the easy part. Doing the action steps and monitoring your progress is where the real work is.
Be persistent and methodical. Slow and steady wins the race!
There is no “Failure” just opportunities to learn and readjust your strategy. See “What’s Getting in Your Way.“
You goals may morph over time. Adapt your goal list and action plan accordingly!
If traditional goal setting is not for you then just use this loosely to whatever extent you can.
Celebrate successes along the way even if they are small. Enjoy the journey. (Here are some keys to happiness.)
Remember Action Creates Energy so get started now no matter how you feel and watch your enthusiasm grow!

19 Smart Tips for Securing Active Directory

2008-11-30T08:29:00.000-08:00

At a Glance:
Administrative security
Account password and group security
Domain controller security
Active Directory
Group Policy

Does Active Directory keep you up at night? One could easily understand why. It is most likely the largest and most critical distributed system in your enterprise. Along with
disaster recovery, Active Directory® security is at the top of the list of topics that gnaw away at an administrator’s sleep.
But there’s a lot you can do to enhance your Active Directory security, and you’ve probably already taken some steps. What follows is a list of tips you can use to help you make your Active Directory installation more secure. First I’ll cover administrative security, then passwords and group security, then wrap up with tips for domain controller security.

1. Document What You Have
The very first step you need to take is to document your Active Directory configuration. It’s not very exciting work, but you can’t tell where you need to go if you don’t know where you are right now. A good place to start is with the high-level structures like forest and domain configuration, organizational unit (OU) structure, top-level directory security, and existing trust relationships. Document your site topology by listing the sites, configuration settings for each site, site links and their settings, the list of subnets and their settings, and any manually created connection objects and their settings. Document your Group Policy Objects (GPOs) with a Group Policy utility like the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), available from Microsoft downloads and included in Windows Server™ 2003 R2. The documentation you create should include password and audit policies, and don’t forget to include what the GPOs are linked to and who has rights on them. Be sure you have a list of all changes you’ve made to the Active Directory schema, preferably in the form of a Lightweight Directory Interchange Format (LDIF) file. There’s even a GPMC script included in the download to help you get started. It is located in the %programfiles%\gpmc\scripts directory and is called GetReportsForAllGPOs.wsf.
While you’re at it, also list your domain controllers and their names, their OS versions, and virus scanning software and their versions. Record the backup methods you’re using and how often they run, along with how long you keep the backups. If you use disk-based backups, record where you securely keep the backup files. If you use Windows® DNS, use DNSCMD and DNSLINT to document its configuration. Note whether it’s integrated with Active Directory, whether you use application partitions, and how they are configured.

2. Control Your Administration
Active Directory security begins right at the top—your administration model. Controlling your administration is the single most important step in securing your forest and it’s also probably the hardest. Everyone wants to own a piece of Active Directory, but a well-secured forest model can’t allow this. If your company’s installation is like most, your logical Active Directory design is already set, so you have to work within its constraints. If not, you have the opportunity to build Active Directory from the start.
The forest is the only true security boundary within Active Directory. Domains should be used to facilitate your company’s IT support infrastructure and replication, and OUs should be used to delegate administration within a domain. If you have hard security constraints between two parts of your company, consider implementing another forest. See "Multiple Forest Considerations in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003" for recommendations. If necessary, add a security-filtered forest trust to communicate with your first forest (see "Planning and Implementing Federated Forests in Windows Server 2003" for more information). If your domains are already administered by different groups, realize that administrative access to any domain controller in the forest can jeopardize the entire forest. As a result, you need to work closely with the administrative teams of the other domains to ensure you have a uniform domain controller (DC) administration model across the forest. For more detail on this topic, read "Design Considerations for Delegation of Administration in Active Directory".

3. Limit the Number of Administrators
Within your forest, you need to do everything you can to limit the number of administrators. Though the Active Directory security model is much better than it was in Windows NT® 4.0, it still has a weakness: you can’t fully administer a domain controller without being an administrator of the domain. This means that in a basic Active Directory implementation, computer operators in locations that contain DCs are usually members of Domain Admins so they can perform all maintenance functions on these servers. Don’t do this! You’ve handed the keys to your Active Directory forest to a potentially large number of employees with unknown backgrounds and security qualifications. Instead, follow the time-honored practice of determining requirements first and then creating a solution based on these requirements. Meet with operations management to figure out exactly what tasks they need to perform on DCs. Then, design a solution using a combination of Group Policy and third-party tools to grant them as many rights as possible without elevating them to Domain Admins.
Finally, your administration team must assume the tasks you can’t securely delegate to operations. This is a very touchy area because you’re taking away responsibilities from operations, but you’ll have the big stick of information security on your side.

4. Test Group Policy Settings
This is a good opportunity to say a few words about Group Policy. It’s the single most powerful tool for controlling your forest’s security. Precisely because it’s so powerful, however, you need to make sure you test these settings in a controlled environment before rolling them out. You can use a duplicate test-bed environment, be it physical or virtual (through the use of virtualization software such as Virtual Server 2006). You can implement these policies in stages by first linking new security-focused GPOs to individual OUs, then to the entire domain.

5. Use Separate Administrative Accounts
Once you’ve limited the number of administrators, make sure all employees who perform operations with elevated privileges use separate administrative accounts. These accounts should have a naming convention that’s different from standard accounts and should reside in their own OU so you can apply unique GPOs to them. You can group these accounts by the roles they perform and assign rights to these groups rather than to individuals. For example, helpdesk members responsible for account management should have their administrative accounts in a group named " Account Admins", and this group should be added to the Account Operators built-in group.

6. Restrict Elevated Built-In Groups
If your security model follows the recommendations I just outlined, it’s relatively easy to put all elevated built-in groups into Group Policy’s Restricted Groups feature. This will ensure that the group’s membership is enforced every five minutes, limiting the chance that a rogue administrator will inject their account into it. Use Restricted Groups to keep groups like Schema Admins empty and to keep Enterprise Admins very small.

7. Use a Dedicated Terminal Server for Administration
Service administrators (responsible for running core Active Directory services like DCs, sites, and the schema) should perform all their tasks from dedicated terminal server administration points (TSAPs) rather than from their desktops. This is a much more secure practice that minimizes any leaking of desktop malware, makes working with a separate administrative account much less cumbersome and provides a locked-down, customized administration point. Keep these TSAPs in their own OU, and use GPOs to prevent Internet access, restrict logon locally to administrative accounts only, increase auditing procedures, and implement a password-protected screen saver. Upgrading your TSAP to Windows Server 2003 will cause its Active Directory administration tools to sign and encrypt Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) traffic between itself and your Windows Server 2003 DCs.

8. Disable Guest and Rename Administrator
Basic account security measures are to disable the guest account and rename the administrator account. You may have already done this. Either way, don’t forget to also remove the default description of these accounts, since that’s easy for bad guys to search for. Most programmatic attacks use the administrator account’s well-known Security Identifier (SID) rather than its name, so renaming Administrator is really of limited use. It does show that you’re using due diligence for security audits, however. The rename policy also can be useful for creating a honeypot Administrator account. This is an account named Administrator (after you’ve renamed the real account) that has a high level of auditing enabled. If anyone attempts to log onto this account by guessing the password, the attempt will be logged. If you have an event log monitoring utility, you can also trigger an alert.

9. Limit Access to the Administrator Account
You should severely limit the number of people who have access to the real Administrator account and password. For the highest level of security, consider the nuclear password option: two (or more) administrators generate two (or more) eight-digit, random, strong passwords separate from each other; then each admin enters his password into the password field. (For a good password generator, take a look at www.winguides.com/security/password.php.) The account now has a password that is 16-digits or longer and that requires at least two administrators to log on; one administrator can’t do it alone.

10. Watch the DSRM Password
An often overlooked but important password is the Directory Service Restore Mode (DSRM) password on domain controllers. The DSRM password, unique to each DC, is used to log onto a DC that has been rebooted into DSRM mode to take its copy of Active Directory offline. You need to update the DSRM password regularly because with this password a local operator can copy NTDS.DIT (the Active Directory database) off the server and reboot before anyone noticed. In early builds of Windows 2000, the only way to change the password was to log on and change it manually—impractical if you have more than two DCs. Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 introduced the SETPWD command (see the Knowledge Base article "Configure Your Server Wizard sets a blank recovery mode password") to remotely update the DSRM password. The NTDSUTIL command in Windows 2003 has the ability to change it remotely (see "How To Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Account Password in Windows Server 2003"). Create a script to run this operation against your DCs, and run it regularly.

11. Enforce Strong Password Rules
By now, you all know the benefits of strong passwords, but it’s probably too much to expect your users to use them willingly. To help them along, you really should enforce strong password rules in your domain (see "Enabling Strong Password Functionality in Windows 2000"). You can help your users by suggesting strategies such as the use of passphrases instead of confusing word/number/character combinations.

12. Protect the Service Account’s Password
As you know, service accounts are another sore subject. The nature of service accounts—used on application servers for the application’s service—makes a low-impact password change very difficult, and so the password is usually set to never expire. Because the account controls an important service (often on many servers), compromising the service account’s password is not something you want to happen.
Though it may be difficult to solve the password change problem, you can take steps to mitigate the risk of attack or accidental changes. Give the accounts a naming convention that identifies them as service accounts and suggests what they’re used for. Put all of these accounts into a group named something like "Service Accounts" and apply a policy to your application servers to deny the "Log on Locally" policy but allow "Log on as a Service". Keep them in their own OU so you can apply GPOs unique to their requirements.

13. Make Sure that Each DC is Physically Secure
Domain controllers make up the physical aspect of Active Directory. Distributed throughout your enterprise, each DC has its own copy of the Active Directory database NTDS.DIT. This means that one of your paramount security concerns is to make sure that each DC is physically secure. If one of them grows legs and walks off, the thief will have physical access to the directory information tree (DIT) and can run cracking programs against it to obtain usernames and passwords. Therefore, you must have a reaction plan in place to change all passwords in a domain if one of its DCs is stolen.
A proposed feature of the forthcoming version of Windows Server (code-named "Longhorn") aims to mitigate the risk from this scenario dramatically with the read-only domain controller (RODC), a DC whose DIT contains no user passwords. Users are logged on via a Kerberos referral from a full DC; you can configure the RODC to cache the passwords of users who use it for authentication. In a branch office scenario, only the branch office’s users will have their passwords cached on the RODC so if it’s compromised they’re the only passwords that must be changed immediately. The RODC caching configuration is very flexible; it even includes a way to determine who had their password cached on it. As with all discussion of prerelease software, though, this is subject to change.

14. Minimize Unnecessary Services and Open Ports
The Windows Server 2003 SP1 Security Configuration Wizard can quickly harden your DCs in this aspect by stepping you through a wizard to lock it down.
One attack to be wary of—a denial of service of sorts—fills the available disk space on a DC. There are two ways this attack can be executed. The first is by attempting to flood Active Directory with objects. Because Active Directory is hugely scalable, it is unlikely to crash in this scenario, but flooding Active Directory with objects will increase the size of the database until it fills the disk partition. Besides ensuring the DIT is on a partition with lots of free space, consider implementing directory quotas via DSMOD PARTITION or DSMOD QUOTA. This will prevent any one security principal from adding too many objects to the directory.
Another denial of service attack has to do with flooding the SYSVOL folder with files, causing it to fill up the boot partition, and crashing the DC. You can’t use a quota system in this case, but you can create a simple reserve file or files to take up existing free disk space. If you encounter this type of disk-filling situation, simply erase reserve files, one at a time, to maintain free disk space until you resolve the root cause. You can easily create reserve files with the FSUTIL FILE CREATENEW command.

15. Make the DC Time Source Secure
Because Active Directory depends on Kerberos, it’s very sensitive to time variations between its DCs. This is especially true in trusts between forests because they may rely on different time hierarchies. By default, the PDC operations master in the root domain is the reference to which all other DCs in the forest look for accurate time. What time source does this DC look to for accurate time? Is it secure?

16. Audit Important Events
You must enable auditing in a domain-level GPO, with no override, to ensure every system in your domain is tracking important events. You should audit failed logons, successful and failed account management, object access, and policy change. Use the same GPO to boost the security log size, because with the increased auditing you’ll need it.

17. Use IPsec
Many organizations have dragged their feet on the implementation of IPsec because of the complex rules you must build, but it’s relatively easy to implement for inter-DC communication only. For communications from DCs to clients, there are a number of options to consider. Windows Server 2003 DCs by default have SMB signing enabled, which means they sign all their communications to the client to prevent spoofing. Its policy is listed as "Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)". Be aware of this change when you upgrade, and don’t disable it if you don’t have to.

18. Don’t Store LAN Manager Hash Values
You should try to rid yourself of LM (Lan Manager) password hashes if possible; many password crackers attack the weak LM hash and then deduce the stronger NTLM hash. The policy you need is "Do Not Store LAN Manager Hash Value on Next Password Change". Also consider enabling "Send NTLM v2 response only, refuse LM and NTLM". Most down-level clients can be configured to use NTLMv2. This may not be possible for Active Directory installations in factory environments or other installations where embedded Windows is used. Test these settings carefully because they can break down-level clients. It’s important to remember that these clients not only include Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Me, but also other Server Message Block (SMB)-enabled network clients like network attached storage (NAS) devices, UNIX clients running Samba, or embedded Windows devices like factory station controllers. The Knowledge Base article "Client, service, and program incompatibilities that may occur when you modify security settings and user rights assignments" lists recommendations for most DC security settings and user rights.

19. Don’t Forget Your Business Practices
Handle emergencies and document procedures for facing situations like compromised passwords, general Active Directory attacks, and Active Directory disaster recovery. Microsoft has done much of this work for you in "Best Practice Guide for Securing Active Directory Installations", and "Best Practices: Active Directory Forest Recovery".

Written By
Sean Deuby

Tips for Building a Successful Career

2008-11-30T08:24:00.000-08:00

Tips for Building a Successful Career

1. Develop excellent work habits – for example, meet deadlines and don’t procrastinate.
2. Read extensively about your primary career area. “Own” your profession by developing a disciplined reading program, so you’ll be aware of trends and developments.
3. Practice team playing – learning from colleagues and sharing your knowledge.
4. Know both your job and your organization’s expectations, and be sure they’re on the same track.
5. Set goals, write them down and evaluate your progress.
6. Focus on understanding your client/customers. Come up with strategies that add value from them.
7. Don’t dodge administrative tasks – it upsets most supervisors.
8. Volunteer for outside activities: Accept assignments to speak to outside groups, lead professional panels and write articles for professional journals.
9. Build executive communication skills and cultivate an executive persona by reading books on the subject and attending seminars.
10. Take risks with personal development, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses; build on strengths and correct weaknesses.
11. Seek out notables both inside and outside your profession, and watch and learn from winners.
12. Always seek opportunities. Success is not a sweepstakes waiting for the knock at the door.
13. If your employer does not emphasize learning and achievement, move on.
14. Think big – but always manage the details.
15. Take manageable risks.

Remember, without occasional failures, success is unlikely.Career Management Article: "Any Road Will (Not) Do: 6 Tips for Successful Career Management"One variation of the saying goes, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will do.” Or, as another puts it, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re likely to wind up somewhere else.” When applied to establishing a successful career, not knowing where you’re headed or how you’re going to get there spells trouble with a capital T.Sometimes people luck-out and easily get what seems like a good job early in life, only to find years later that they have gone from job to job with no clear sense of purpose and have ended up on a dead-end road or one that leads somewhere they really don’t want to go. In other cases, the individual might start with a career path carefully planned out and pursue it diligently, then run into a situation where the rules of the game have changed practically overnight because of technology advances or other events that were difficult to anticipate.Obviously, there are few (if any) easy answers to some of the dilemmas you can encounter in trying to map out your career and put your plans into action, but here are 6 tips you might find helpful:
1. Don’t depend on someone else to take care of the decisions for you. This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t consult experts, such as career coaches or counselors, who may be able to help you identify information and resources you might not otherwise discover. It just means that, ultimately, you are the one who has the most at stake in making the right decisions—you can’t hand that responsibility off to other people, then sit back and relax while they do the work for you.
2. Desperation may be a strong motivator for change, but it can seriously cloud your ability to think effectively. By far the best time to investigate possibilities and consider potentially major career or job changes is when you don’t have to. It’s somewhat like applying for a loan or line of credit with a bank. You’re more likely to get one when you don’t urgently need it, because you can readily demonstrate your ability to repay it.
3. Consider who else might be affected by your career decisions. While the final choice is still yours—at least in theory—any unilateral decision you make (without consulting other people who will be impacted by it) could create some serious repercussions for you. If you’re unattached and unencumbered by responsibilities, that’s one thing. On the other hand, if you have family members who depend on you or others who will somehow have to live with the results of your actions, that’s a much more complex situation and needs careful thought.
4. “Look before you leap” may be a clich�, but it still has validity when you’re talking about something as significant as choosing a career that could take up years of your life. Victims of the 2000-2001 dot-com fiasco can certainly attest to that. Swept along by the understandable desire to parlay their strengths into a high-paying, sky’s-the-limit job in the booming high-tech / Internet explosion, many of them overlooked the fact that most of the new companies weren’t making money and had little or no chance of making any in the foreseeable future. When reality hit, it did so with a vengeance.
5. Relationships play a critical role in your success, even in the present era where technology seems to control so much of what we do. Work on developing a resource network that you can trust and depend on to provide you with the right kind of help when you need to investigate, evaluate, and choose a career direction. Nurture that network, keep it healthy, and expand it whenever you find a new resource that would make a useful addition to it.
6. Flexible choices give you more room to cut your losses if you make a wrong decision. Think long and hard if you’re considering a career move that doesn’t allow much margin for error or that requires a major investment of time, energy, and/or money that you might be reluctant or unable to toss aside if your choice turned out to be a disaster.
[Written by Georgia Adamson]

Important links related to SBS 2003 R2

2008-11-27T22:28:00.000-08:00

Security tollkit for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/security-toolkit-pdf.mspx

Administrator's Guide for Windows SharePoint ServicesAdministrator's Guide for Windows SharePoint Services
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/wss/2/all/adminguide/en-us/default.mspx?mfr=true

Windows SharePoint Services Downloads
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb400746.aspx

Hands on Labs for Developing Applications on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B885DCE8-C93F-48AA-B798-4422FEBCC200&displaylang=en

Reality V Imagination,difference Step by Step Action

2008-11-25T01:34:00.000-08:00

Now only Aciton.

EASY.....

E-Ensure what I want .
A-Attentive to steps to get.
S-Silent to judge the steps.
Y-Yes to motivate yourself.

Everything will be allright

2008-11-24T21:55:00.000-08:00

I know what I want to do.
I am prepared to toletate the pain to get what I want.
I believe
"Today's Fun,Tomorrow's sorrow
Today's Pain,Tomorrow's gain."

Tasks list to do in Office

2008-11-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

Task Description Deadline Remarks
Internal Active Directory creation in Office
Join All computer in internal domain with specific program
Share all printers for all
Proxy server configuration
DHCP server configuration
FTP server configuration
VPN server configuration
Remote Web Access Configuration
Daily shcedule Backup for Quick Book server
Internal web site creation in SharePoint
Design the sharepoint Site
Share disk space in server for end user
Configure netmeeting for all
Download rules creation for end user
User permission level define in each pc
Software restriction for drive in each pc
Restrict USB storage in all PC
Symantec EndPoint 11.0 Manager install in server
Symantec EndPoint 11.0 Client install in all pc
Schedule BackUp for outlook 2007 and My Document in all PC
Publish Monthly Newsletter
Weekly meeting agenda publish in internal website
Weekly meeting Video upload in Internal sharepoint site
Symantec Backup system creation
Control bandwith and session
Remote Desktop connection configuration in all pc
Conduct Internal training session for end user
Study to go forward --- Topics selection,discussion and publish openion
A power point presentation for showing "The role of MIS in successful Project"
Creation link with internal in main web site

Holidays for next two days

2008-11-20T10:35:00.001-08:00

I am feeling confident gradually!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How I can forget my past?????????????????????????

Just be easy.

Want to learn and do

2008-11-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

1. Driving
2. Swimming
3. Scripting
4. CCNA
5. Communicative English
6. SBS 2003
7. Web Page Design
8. RHCE
9. Wi-Max
10. Key role in Career

16Th November 2008

2008-11-15T22:12:00.000-08:00

A new child introduces herslef today.
In our family. Have a nice life dear!
My big brother is now father.
What is life!!!

14th November 2008

2008-11-14T09:53:00.000-08:00

I hv gone to Dhaka University campus.
Hd few moments in Karzon Hall.
Everything is just as usual.