Comments for ashleyknowles http://www.ashleyknowles.net IT professional, Formula 1 addict, security/hacking enthusiast, I love LAMP Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Windows 8 – to be or not to be? by Mick Huxley http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2012/02/windows-8-to-be-or-not-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-24368 Mick Huxley Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:27:53 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=900#comment-24368 Funnily enough Ash you have made some very similar points to me regarding the hardware that will make Windows 8 sing. Firstly that touch will be a major component of the OS and a device that both performs as a slate and for information worker will be a challenge. Secondly, Microsoft needs to make the interaction between their devices, in the home, easier. The Apple ecosystem has already achieved this, albeit in a completely controlled environment from the hardware to the OS. Funnily enough Ash you have made some very similar points to me regarding the hardware that will make Windows 8 sing.

Firstly that touch will be a major component of the OS and a device that both performs as a slate and for information worker will be a challenge.

Secondly, Microsoft needs to make the interaction between their devices, in the home, easier. The Apple ecosystem has already achieved this, albeit in a completely controlled environment from the hardware to the OS.

]]> Comment on Lion-style Inverse Scrolling – On Windows XP by René http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2011/08/lion-style-inverse-scrolling-on-windows-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-12091 René Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:05:18 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=810#comment-12091 Thanks! I was actually looking for this! As opposed to most people out there I really like the reverse scrolling, it seems more logical somehow as you stated :) The computer at work is on Windows XP, so this tweak is very handy! Thanks again. Thanks! I was actually looking for this! As opposed to most people out there I really like the reverse scrolling, it seems more logical somehow as you stated :)
The computer at work is on Windows XP, so this tweak is very handy!

Thanks again.

]]> Comment on Server Recovery with Acronis by Ashley Knowles http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2009/10/server-recovery-with-acronis/comment-page-1/#comment-11802 Ashley Knowles Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:07:05 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=132#comment-11802 We did end up getting something to work - I can't remember for the life of me but. I think the issue we had was using Acronis's "restore anywhere" function (if that's what it's called?). Essentially what it does, is replaces the drivers when you do the restore, so that you can boot it up on any hardware you like. I suspect we may have skipped that completely and said, no, you already have the right drivers, go away. Either that or I did a repair install on the OS (probably the likely scenario actually...) We did end up getting something to work – I can’t remember for the life of me but.

I think the issue we had was using Acronis’s “restore anywhere” function (if that’s what it’s called?). Essentially what it does, is replaces the drivers when you do the restore, so that you can boot it up on any hardware you like.

I suspect we may have skipped that completely and said, no, you already have the right drivers, go away. Either that or I did a repair install on the OS (probably the likely scenario actually…)

]]> Comment on Server Recovery with Acronis by brett williams http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2009/10/server-recovery-with-acronis/comment-page-1/#comment-11800 brett williams Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:45:20 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=132#comment-11800 what was the end solution? what was the end solution?

]]> Comment on RT of the day: Australian Census by Candice http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2011/08/rt-of-the-day-australian-census/comment-page-1/#comment-11554 Candice Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:40:03 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=866#comment-11554 Well that certainly made my day. :D Well that certainly made my day. :D

]]> Comment on Windows 2003 / 2008 event logging to Syslog by Chris Provolt http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2009/10/windows-2003-2008-event-logging-to-syslog/comment-page-1/#comment-3126 Chris Provolt Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:19:48 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=3#comment-3126 On the point of using group policy to configure windows for auditing one could always use security filtering. Create a security group add the workstations / servers you want monitored to it. Create the audit policy and add the group you created for apply and do not apply to any other group like authenticated users. Link the policy at a level in your ou structure that would encompass the systems that were added to the group and you are on your way to centralized audit configuration. On the point of using group policy to configure windows for auditing one could always use security filtering. Create a security group add the workstations / servers you want monitored to it. Create the audit policy and add the group you created for apply and do not apply to any other group like authenticated users. Link the policy at a level in your ou structure that would encompass the systems that were added to the group and you are on your way to centralized audit configuration.

]]> Comment on Getting your foot into the IT industry & my history by Keaton Neville http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2010/11/getting-your-foot-into-the-it-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Keaton Neville Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:11:23 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=531#comment-2145 Hi Ash Last time we spoke I was looking to move up in the world of IT and your article certainly helped me out. One of the things I've always said about IT is it's similar to being a doctor. You don't want someone with 10 years experience and no qualifications doing a heart transplant or someone fresh out of uni. IT is an industry where it's good to have a mix between the two, qualifications for the resume and experience for getting the job. I wasn't as lucky as a lot of people my age and wasn't fortunate enough to be given the option to go to university (it wasn't the OP scores, rather the home and financial situations) so I've had to go off experience alone. Starting working in various computer stores, sometimes without getting paid at all for around 5 years and now contracting for one of the largest IT outsourcing company known as CSC. I've only been there a month but I've already moved up and have been given my own accounts for some of the largest mining companies in the world as well as the opportunity to be put on a fly in fly out basis for mine sites around Australia. The next step from here? Qualifications, I've wanted to be a security analyst or ethical hacker since the age of 11 or 12 and it might take me a while to get there but it's something I can see myself doing for a long time, if not the rest of my working life. Regards Hi Ash

Last time we spoke I was looking to move up in the world of IT and your article certainly helped me out.

One of the things I’ve always said about IT is it’s similar to being a doctor. You don’t want someone with 10 years experience and no qualifications doing a heart transplant or someone fresh out of uni. IT is an industry where it’s good to have a mix between the two, qualifications for the resume and experience for getting the job.

I wasn’t as lucky as a lot of people my age and wasn’t fortunate enough to be given the option to go to university (it wasn’t the OP scores, rather the home and financial situations) so I’ve had to go off experience alone. Starting working in various computer stores, sometimes without getting paid at all for around 5 years and now contracting for one of the largest IT outsourcing company known as CSC. I’ve only been there a month but I’ve already moved up and have been given my own accounts for some of the largest mining companies in the world as well as the opportunity to be put on a fly in fly out basis for mine sites around Australia.

The next step from here? Qualifications, I’ve wanted to be a security analyst or ethical hacker since the age of 11 or 12 and it might take me a while to get there but it’s something I can see myself doing for a long time, if not the rest of my working life.

Regards

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]]> Comment on Windows 2003 / 2008 event logging to Syslog by Ashley Knowles http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2009/10/windows-2003-2008-event-logging-to-syslog/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Ashley Knowles Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:20:57 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=3#comment-1565 Just a bit of Aussie slang maybe? I certainly won't claim that as my own =P Just a bit of Aussie slang maybe? I certainly won’t claim that as my own =P

]]> Comment on Windows 2003 / 2008 event logging to Syslog by Mike http://www.ashleyknowles.net/2009/10/windows-2003-2008-event-logging-to-syslog/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Mike Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:10:01 +0000 http://www.ashleyknowles.net/?p=3#comment-1563 Good information and well written. Is cracking a darky an old expression or did you make that up (it cracked me up). Good information and well written. Is cracking a darky an old expression or did you make that up (it cracked me up).

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