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    Windws Server 2003 LDAPS Returning Expired Server Certificate

    I'm having issues finding the location of en expired certificate that one of my LDAP servers responds with during an LDAPS bind attempt. I'm using Linux's ldapsearch to perform specific tasks during user creation but recently discovered the certificate expired. I have renewed said certificate...
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    Stupid Excel Question

    Hey, I found a spreadsheet that I want to start using that already contains multiple drop down lists. The thing is I can't find where the data for these drop downs in stored? Usually I see an additional sheet that contains this data but now with this one. Any idea how this would...
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    Career and educating advice

    I'm in need of some advice/motivation here, rant: I've been working as a consultant in Windows related desktop support environments since college for the last 4-5 years. About 12 months ago I decided I was in need of some change. When I looked at my current skill set I was never exposed much...
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    NIC operating at 100MB not 1GB

    Helllllo, Having some issues with the NIC on my laptop. Last night I noticed my transfer speeds were significantly slower than usual, when I checked the NIC speed it was set at 100MB. Laptop - Dell Inspiron 15R SE 7520 - Windows 7 x64 NIC - Realtek RTL8105E-V Troubleshooting steps thus...
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    Block IE access for standard user in Windows 7

    I have two user accounts on my computer and would like to block access to Internet Explorer on the standard account but can't seem to find a way of doing this. Any suggestions?
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    RDP connection policy?

    Two users share the same workstation which runs Windows XP. User 1 accesses the computer remotely from their home office using remote desktop connection and User 2 actually uses the computer on-site in his office. If user 2 is logged on and user 1 attempts to make a remote connection it forces...
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    Best card right now on a $200 budget?

    I have $200 bucks to purchase a new GPU and i want to order it by the end of the day. What's the best card on the market for $200?
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    Will I regret buying this binQ monitor?

    http://www.benq.ca/product/monitor/bl2400pu/specifications @ 215+taxes CDN. I do game occasionally, and don't want to buy anything that's going to ruin that gaming experience. I really like the idea that I'll be able to pivot and raise when needed and the 4 ports USB Hub on the base plate.
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    pfsense/ntop.. is this possible?

    I want to take a pfsense box I have and use the ntop package as a network monitor that I can just drop on a clients site to monitor traffic, then again I don't even know if this is possible. I'm not sure how to bridge these interfaces so they will just pass the traffic though one interface...
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    Can't access file shares using PPTP VPN - SBS2008

    I have a PPTP VPN setup in RRAS on Windows SBS 2008. The VPN seems to works fine, I can ping everything on the other end of the tunnel. RDP into workstations, access shares on the workstations. I can telnet into the exchange server and send mail. Get the default IIS page at http://server...
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    Building AMD equipped PC for a buddie, suggestions?

    I'm use to only using Intel products but I want to try and save him some $$ so I thought I'd go the AMD route. I would like to get him the equivalent of an i5SB. He has a $500CND budget but we already have his HHD, GPU, and Optical Drive. Suggestions :)
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    Group Policy Problems

    I have a folder redirection policy being applied, but from where I don't know. Folder redirection was previously being redirect to my file server, a virtual machine hosted on Hyper-V. I had to change things around and removed that file server and basically stopped using the domain controller...
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    can't install java

    I have a laptop that I can't get java installed on, Windows 7 Home Prem SP1 x64. I can install x64 version, but not the x86 version. I successfully installed an older version of java 5 update 22 I think but when I checked for updates the update checker would fail when similar errors. I've...
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    Turn webcam into surveillance camera?

    I have a dinky Logitech webcam that I wanted to turn in to a surveillance camera for my living room. I don't really have any need for it but just wanted a project to keep me busy for the day. Anyways.. The only two things I really want to be able to do is access the live stream via a webpage...
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    Subnetting.. HELP!

    I decided to learn how to subnet but I don't have many resources... I need to make sure I'm on the right track here. Scenario: Required Number of Physical Segments - 100 Maximum Number of Host/Physical Segment - 350 Network Address...
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    Which tablet do you recommend?

    I have some people who are looking to put a tablet in each employees hands. I really know nothing about the tablet market nor about managing multiple tablets in an organization. I've had the iPad 1 in my hands for like 20 minutes so know much I do not. There would probably be around 20-30...
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