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windows defender v microsoft security essentials

windows defender v microsoft security essentials

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_start/windows-defender-and-microsoft-security-essentials/5309cb8d-02e1-40e8-974f-0dcedb9ab9fd?auth=1

http://logintips.com/mse-windows-defender/what-is-the-difference-between-mse-vs-windows-defender.php

Windows Defender on XP/Vista/7 detects and removes known spyware only. It is not designed to protect against the full breadth of malicious software, and specifically does not prevent viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious software from infecting your machine.

Microsoft Security Essentials should disable Windows Defender on Vista and Windows 7 and uninstall it from XP. In some cases, this does not happen automatically.

Microsoft Security Essentials is designed to disable Windows Defender in order to manage the PC’s real-time protection, including anti-virus, rootkits, Trojans and spyware.

Windows Defender on Windows 8 is more like MSE than like Windows Defender on older versions of Windows.

UK SSE Broadband Technicolor Gateway Administrator password is its S/N

The UK SSE ADSL Broadband Technicolor Gateway TG582n routers administrator default password is its serial number (SN).

windows 7 system backup & restore

to create a windows 7 system backup & restore it you first need to run

  • disk cleanup
  • disk defrag
  • disk shrink

because you can only restore the backup to a BIGGER disk for example if you are only using 30G of a 300G disk you CANNOT restore the backup to a 200G disk but you could to a 500G disk which you might not have

when you have shrunk you disk you can then run

  • start | maintenance | create a system repair dvd
  • start | maintenance | backup and restore | create a system image dvd set

then

  • boot from system repair dvd
  • insert system image dvds when required

make sure you only restore to same hardware otherwise you will get the error

  • this is an invalid copy of windows

#apache #httpd namevirtualhost, virtualhost and servername

in #apache #httpd to setup virtual hosts use tyhe directives namevirtualhost, virtualhost and servername

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName site1.example.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/site1/public_html
 <Directory "/var/www/site1/public_html">
  allow from all
  Options +Indexes
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName site2.example.com
 DocumentRoot "/var/www/site2/public_html"
 <Directory "/var/www/site2/public_html">
  allow from all
  Options +Indexes
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName site3.example.com
 DocumentRoot /var/www/site3/public_html
 <Directory "/var/www/site3/public_html">
  allow from all
  Options +Indexes
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

to get a list of your vhosts type

httpd -S

see also

#netadmin #sysadmin howto submit your #internet #firewall #security logs to #DShield

howto submit your internet firewall security logs to DShield

now is not a good time to buy a #DDR2 #notebook

now is not a good time to buy a #DDR2 #notebook if you want to put 8G of RAM in it

so just add £100 to your DDR2 notebook budget and buy a DDR3 notebook instead

howto install WXP SP2 on a SATA HDD thanks to @morgancomputers

You can only install windows xp service pack 2 (wxp sp2) on a SATA HDD if your BIOS lets you change HDD mode to SATA Compatability from SATA AHCI.

If you BIOS doesnt let you do this you have have to use a windows xp service pack 3 (wxp sp3) dvd instead  which does support SATA AHCI.

After installing wxp sp2 you can then go back into the BIOS and change the HDD mode back to SATA AHCI

Many thanks to @morgancomputers tech support for explaining this all to me

DDR2 v DDR3

before spending a lot of money to upgrade your notebooks ram check the price difference between DDR2 and DDR3 since if you need a lot of ram it might be cheaper to replace your DDR2 notebook with a new DDR3 notebook !

for example on 13 may 13 the prices were

ie DDR2 is TWICE as expensive as DDR3

ibm lenovo thinkpad thinkvantage

have you just bought a bargain T60 or T61 from bentham ltd t/a morgan computers for less than £150 ? and are you new to ibm lenovo thinkpads ?

if so then you may be interested to learn that ibm lenovo thinkpad thinkvantage is not just a blue button on your keyboard

there are also some associated apps that you can download

  • thinkvantage productivity center
  • thinkvantage system update

so after you have manually installed the intel pro/wireless 3945 ABG network driver you can install the thinkvantage productivity center and use it to run thinkvantage system update which should detect and install all the other device drivers you need such as the intel pro/1000 PL network driver and loads of other thinkvantage utilities !

http://support.lenovo.com/en_GB/downloads/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVSU-UPDATE

screenshots
ibm lenovo thinkpad

ibm lenovo thinkpad

inSSIDer Wi-Fi network discovery tool

the inSSIDer Wi-Fi network discovery tool is now available on android, mac osx and pc

inssider

inssider