Posts Tagged Administration
Opening an elevated command prompt
Posted by Adam in Changing Settings, Linux, OS X, Windows on Sunday November 29, 2009
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Difficulty: Easy
Time: varies
Last Updated: 29th November 2009
Applies to: OS X, Windows, *NIX
Often when performing system administration, you will come across a command that needs to be run as a more priviliged user. Depending on what operating system you use, the procedure for opening an elevated command prompt varies. Read the rest of this entry »
Resetting Windows product activation notices
Posted by Adam in Setting Up, Uncategorized, Windows on Thursday November 5, 2009
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Difficulty: Easy
Time: ~1 Minute
Last Updated: 5th November 2009
Applies to: Windows
Since Windows XP, Microsoft has required that all CD keys are validated with them at install time, to combat piracy. Whilst this generally has little impact, if you have misplaced your CD key, or are waiting for one to arrive, you can end up locked out of your own computer.
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Renaming the admin user on a WordPress 2.8+ blog
Posted by Adam in Improving Security on Friday October 16, 2009
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Difficulty: Easy
Time: ~5 Minutes
Last Updated: 16th October 2009
Applies to: WordPress
By default, WordPress uses “admin” as the log in name for the first user. With this information, a prospective cracker is only a password away from your wordpress admin account. By changing the admin user name, the minimum amount of information required for any miscreant to access the account is increased.
Manually relocating the Windows 7 User Profile Folder
Posted by Adam in Setting Up, Windows on Thursday October 8, 2009
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Difficulty: Expert
Time: ~30 Minutes
Last Updated: 8th October 2009
Applies to: Windows 7 ONLY
Relocating the user profile folder is a procedure that can make backing up massively easier. User specific data, such as music and videos, can be moved to another drive, leaving only the core OS and programs on the primary hard drive. It can also act as a cost saving measure, using a small, fast, expensive drive to install the OS to, and a slow, but big and cheap drive to store user data.