Question: How do I detect a DDOS (Distributed denial of service) / DOS attack on a Windows Server 2003 / 2000 / 2008? Can I use Linux netstat command syntax to detect DDoS attacks? Answer:A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. [...]

Symptoms MSDNS is used as the DNS server. Every time you try to update domain hosting settings or DNS settings, Parallels Plesk Panel stalls. Sometimes, it may fail with the following error: Failed domain creation: Unable to update domain data: Unable to create dnsmng object: dnsmng failed: Empty error message from utility The following message [...]

If you get the error: Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE Insert and boot from your WindowsXP CD. At the first R=Repair option, press the R key Press the number that corresponds to the correct location for the installation of Windows you want to repair. Typically [...]

If you are running Windows Server 2008 in your VMware environment, you’ll have noticed that by default the vSphere Console access is a lot slower than what you are used to in Windows Server 2003. You can fix that, by updating the Graphics Driver in Server 2008. 1. Install VMware Tools To start, VMware Tools [...]

When you run IIS sites long enough, you might eventually run into the following problem when trying to start a new or already existing site in the IIS manager. Error: “The network location cannot be reached. “ The most likely cause is that Host Headers for that particular site are configured for an IP address [...]

You can use utility smbclient (part of samba server) to send a message to windows system from FreeBSD (or even from Linux/Solaris/UNIX OS). This command lets you send messages to windows workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares. Genral syntax of to send a message is as follows: smbclient -M <WINDOW-SYSTEM-NAME> <<EOF Message [...]

All files accessible in a Linux (and UNIX) system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at /. These files can be spread out over several devices. The mount command serves to attach the file system found on some device to the big file tree. Use the mount command to mount remote [...]

The option to format internal and external hard drives to the FAT 32 filesystem is not available to you from within the Graphical User Interface in Windows Vista/Windows 7 64 Bit Editions. If you wish to make data available to operating systems or applications that cannot properly read or write to NTFS partitions, this can [...]

Although you can log in locally without a password, by default, Vista does not allow network users to access the computer without a password. To change this setting: Run gpedit.msc Go to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options Double click on Accounts: Limit local account use of [...]

In SQL Server Management Studio navigate to your database. Right click it and select “Tasks” -> “Generate Scripts” “Next” Select your database from the list “Next” Select “Stored Procedures” “Next” “Select All” “Next” “Script to new Query Window” “Next” “Finish” Give it a while. Then when complete, at the very top of the script put [...]