<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Dusty Cables dot com</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.dustycables.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.dustycables.com</link>
	<description>a tech blog</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:08:21 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Add-ons list in Firefox is empty / blank</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/04/add-ons-list-in-firefox-is-empty-blank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/04/add-ons-list-in-firefox-is-empty-blank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Firefox 3.6, I was suddenly unable to install or edit any of my add-ons.  The list of add-ons was blank, and it would not let me install any new or update any existing add-ons.  The add-ons themselves worked just fine in Firefox.
After doing some searching, I found the issue had to do [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/04/add-ons-list-in-firefox-is-empty-blank/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CD / DVD drive missing / not recognized by Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/03/cd-dvd-drive-missing-not-recognized-by-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/03/cd-dvd-drive-missing-not-recognized-by-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD/DVD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently an associate came across this issue, where a Windows XP laptop was not showing a drive letter for the DVD drive.  The drive was obviously powered since it would open when the eject button was pressed.  In Device Manager, the drive was showing the yellow exclamation point symbol for a device that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2010/03/03/cd-dvd-drive-missing-not-recognized-by-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>DHCP database and Jet errors caused by AVG 9</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/12/03/dhcp-database-and-jet-errors-caused-by-avg-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/12/03/dhcp-database-and-jet-errors-caused-by-avg-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly my Windows Server 2003 AD controller was throwing errors about the DHCP Server service running on it and the Jet database.  The Event IDs were 485, 215, 1014, 1016, and 1010.  Here are the specific errors logged:
* Event Time: 23 Nov 2009 01:31:41 AM
* Source: ESENT
* Event Log: Application
* Type: Error Event
* Event ID: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/12/03/dhcp-database-and-jet-errors-caused-by-avg-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How to access Administrative Shares on Vista (C$)</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/11/23/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/11/23/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Found this gem recently about turning on the hidden administrative shares in Vista.
Text clipped from http://www.paulspoerry.com/2007/05/09/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/
To enable administrative shares you gotta make a registry change. Click on the orb and in the search box type ‘regedit’ and hit enter. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. Add a new DWORDÂ called “LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy” and give it a value of 1. Reboot [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/11/23/how-to-access-administrative-shares-on-vista-c/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Definitions not updating from Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 console</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/07/19/definitions-not-updating-from-symantec-endpoint-protection-11-console/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/07/19/definitions-not-updating-from-symantec-endpoint-protection-11-console/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symantec Endpoint Protection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are unfortunate enough to have to deal with Symantec Endpoint Protection (version 11 particularly here), and you find your clients aren&#8217;t updating their virus definitions, here is a fix that worked for me.

Download the newest definitions to your server from a Symantec FTP site.
Move the .jdb file you downloaded to the &#8220;C:\Program Files\Symantec [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/07/19/definitions-not-updating-from-symantec-endpoint-protection-11-console/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Disable ctfmon.exe in Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/14/disable-ctfmonexe-in-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/14/disable-ctfmonexe-in-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just unchecking the selection for ctfmon.exe in a program like Windows Startup Inspector or Autoruns doesn&#8217;t stop it from starting itself up again.  Sure, you can block it with Group Policy, but that is a little heavy-handed.
You can disable it in XP by going into the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/14/disable-ctfmonexe-in-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Resetting the Gnome panel</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/01/resetting-the-gnome-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/01/resetting-the-gnome-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a heck of a time fighting with xorg.conf on Ubuntu 9.04 this week.  When I finally got the resolution set correctly, the Gnome panels were messed up.  The trash icon was in the middle of the bottom panel and the user/power section was in the middle of the top panel.  After [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/05/01/resetting-the-gnome-panel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIOS-level malware</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/03/24/bios-level-malware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/03/24/bios-level-malware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is scary stuff.  Malware that infects the BIOS will not be removed when doing a full OS reinstall.  What&#8217;s more, the researchers claim even flashing the BIOS does not remove it.  It would not be dependent on an OS, so it doesn&#8217;t matter what you are running&#8230;it could still infect your [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/03/24/bios-level-malware/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Do not trust Google ads</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/02/25/do-not-trust-google-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/02/25/do-not-trust-google-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spybot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Gmail.  I use it with Chrome, so there currently is no ad-blocking going on like you can do with Firefox.  The Google ads are context-based, of course, so you usually see ads relative to the email you are viewing.
So I was viewing a thread update email from the Safer Networking Forums about an [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/02/25/do-not-trust-google-ads/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Export Outlook profile settings</title>
		<link>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/01/12/export-outlook-profile-settings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/01/12/export-outlook-profile-settings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outlook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dustycables.com/?p=131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
This is a great help when moving someone over to a new computer (at least if doing so manually).  You can export Outlook profile settings using Regedit and import them on the new computer.  You&#8217;ll have to manually move data files, though.
I know this works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it works in most [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dustycables.com/2009/01/12/export-outlook-profile-settings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
