have lost the list?

I have found a couple of websites like this and will update this post as i find new ones. Hope these are

usefull!!

Updated 07/01/2010

http://spambox.us

Many websites ask for your e-mail address to

download software or to register. But you don’t know what they’ll be doing with your e-mail.. Your e-mail will probably be stored in a database which will

then be resold to spammers and you will be receiving unsolicited bulk e-mail.

This site creates a temporary e-mail address that will expire

in the time you chose, all the mails directed to this e-mail will be transparently forwarded to your real e-mail.
For example, you need to register on a

forum that requires e-mail verification, so you generate a spambox e-mail with an expiry of one hour. The generated e-mail will expire in an hour, way enough

for the Forum to send you the verification code.

With this service you can create a temporary e-mail address that will forward all incoming

mail to your usual e-mail address.
Simply enter your e-mail address and the life time of your spambox and it will generate you a temporary @spambox.us

e-mail.

This service is completely free.

href="http://www.converthub.com/">http://www.converthub.com/ 

Transform, convert and change pictures, photos, avatars, drawings,

sketches, designs, thumbnails, wallpapers, bitmaps, vector graphics, illustrations, charts, diagrams or any other image files free online! Import and export

to different image formats!

Just upload the image you want to convert, choose the format to convert to and the quality. Converted image is

then available for download.

This service is completely free

href="http://www.dropsend.com/">http://www.dropsend.com/

Ever needed to send large files via email but found out that your email cannot

send files over a certain size? Then this is the answer. With this service you can send a file up to 2GB in size You can upload the file, choose the

destination email address and then the best part…..you can enter the ddress it was sent from! So you can enter your email address and it will look as if

the file was sent from your email!

Features:

This service is free, but has restrictions. The free plan can send a file up to 2GB in size, but only 5 sends per

month. The next plan costs $5 per month and comes with 1GB online storage and 15 sends per month.

For full pricing options click

href="http://www.dropsend.com/pricingsignup.php" target="_blank">here.

href="http://www.freedrive.com/">http://www.freedrive.com/

This service functions like it sounds. It’s an online free hard-drive! You

need to register, it’s free and gives you a 1GB drive. You can create folders to organise your stuff and also has the option of a public f older (no need

for login – share with friends).

The community alows users to link drives with their friends for easy sharing. Pricing options and upgrades

can  viewed once registered.

 I received

an alert that C:\ was running low on disk space.  This was odd because all that is installed on this PC is Office 2003 (the hard disk is 30GB in

size).

 I checked all the usual folders size, all looked normal.  No unknown or hidden files or folders. 

Last thing I checked was the size of the Windows folder.  It was sitting at 29GB!!  on further inspection I saw a hidden folder “CSC”.  Turns out that this

is the location for stored files (if offline files is enabled).  To check this, open up windows explorer, click the tools menu, click folder

options.

 The last tab is “offline files”.  If this is enabled, your “CSC” folder will grow!

 I disabled offline files and then deleted the CSC

folder.  Problem solved!

trying to access a client in Harrogate s laptop to change the boot order.

For Toshiba Laptops its generally hit the F1 key

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If only we could convice our IT Support clients in Skipton, Harrogate, Ripon, York, leeds

to have one standardised laptop

Schedule

an eject, the job starts running (or initialising). A few minutes later the Job Status changes from “Running” to “Communication Stalled”. Then after 15

minutes the job fails. The same happens when trying to run an inventory.

The solution is as follows:

Go to the Devices tab and right-click on

the media server. Choose the pause option and leave it paused for a few seconds. Then un-pause it. Next re-start the Backup Exec services. Once the services

have re-started, you should have no trouble running the utility operations.

Need help with your backup devices or IT related issues? Contact

Comprendo either via email, call 0845 527 4394 or find your nearest branch via our website:

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This Morning I did a routine restart of

my Microsoft Vista Ultimate machine. When the Machine came back up, I had some sort of temporary profile. No personalised settings, but worst of all my

Outlook was no longer configured to use RPC over HTTP. Noooooooo.

After leaving it for a few hours, I hoped that magically it had sorted itself out.

Wishfull thinking! Self healing PC’s are still at least 2 decades away!

After the restart found I was not able to login at all.

I

got this error: “The user profile service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded”.
Event Viewer Showed:

Windows

cannot log you on because your profile cannot be loaded. Check that you are connected to the network, and that your network is functioning

correctly.

DETAIL – Access is denied.

After going through the Microsoft MSDN Library, I found

This:

SOLUTION:

Locate the following, using REGEDIT.  (You may need to login via safe

mode)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

There was 1 line for each profile.

Check the following:
a) Ensure the key name doesn’t end in “.bad” or .Bak
b) Ensure the RefCount value is 0
c) Ensure the State value is

0

After I removed the “.bak” from the profile, it worked perfectly, and I’m now back up and running with all settings intact. Including

Outlook!!

Hope that Helps You

- Anthony.

The client says that certain icons need to appear on all users desktop on his Windows

2003 server, you say no problem. You quickly navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop and paste the icons. Nice and easy.

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style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The client later asks you to do the same thing, but on his 2008

server. Again you say no problem and quickly open up the same location. But wait, it isn’t there! So you remember that user documents are located under

C:\Users (not Documents and Settings anymore!!). But there is still no “all users”. You choose to show hidden folders, but still no luck. One step further

and you choose not to hide protected system files. Aha, success! All users is now in the list. You notice though that the icon has the little arrow on it

(like the shortcut icon). It opens ok and you see the desktop icon. But when you double-click it you get an “access denied” error! It’s the same for all the

system icons.

To cut a long story

short, Server 2008 and Vista have changed the “All Users” location. If you navigate your way back to C:\Users, a folder called Public is visible (also a

hidden folder by default). In here you will now find the location to drop common user icons.

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system file” and is a shortcut.  Perhaps something to do with the security virtualization?

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hasn’t fixed yet.

The vulnerability disclosed yesterday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server

2003 operating software.

It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims’ machines. The victims don’t need to do anything to get

infected except visit a website that’s been hacked.

Security experts say criminals have been attacking the vulnerability for nearly a week.

Thousands of sites have been hacked to serve up malicious software that exploits the vulnerability. People are drawn to these sites by clicking a link in

spam email.

The so-called “zero day” vulnerability disclosed by Microsoft affects a part of its software used to play

video.

The problem arises from the way the software interacts with Internet Explorer, which opens a hole for hackers to tunnel

into.

Microsoft urged vulnerable users to disable the problematic part of its software, which can be done from Microsoft’s support website,

while the company works on a “patch” – or software fix – for the problem.

View the article

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target="_blank">here.

For help on securing your network from attacks, contact Comprendo on +44 845 527 4394 or

href="mailto:info@comprendo.co.uk">email us. Comprendo offers various networking and security solutions to suit your needs. For more information, visit

us on the web.

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