Security flaw in Facebook applications

Third parties, in particular advertisers, have accidentally had access to Facebook users’ accounts including profiles, photographs, chat, and also had the ability to post messages and mine personal information. Fortunately, these third-parties may not have realized their ability to access this information. We have reported this issue to Facebook, who has taken corrective action to help eliminate this issue. .......read more

Windows 7 crashes-How to solve?

Everything is perfect; you've upgraded to Windows 7. It's fully patched, all drivers are updated, security is tight, maybe you even have new hardware...yet the old Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) taunts you from your new high definition-screen.

The good news is that you can quickly solve the problem in most cases by using the Windows debugger tool. It's simple and free.

Read complete article “How to solve Windows 7 crashes in minutes”  on Network World website.

SCCM 2007 interview questions

Q. Can you change a secondary site to a primary site?

A. No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data.

Q. Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection?

A. No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement. Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer.

Read more SCCM 2007 interview questions

SCCM 2007 Quiz Application from Microsoft

The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 User Assistance team has created a set of quizzes to help you assess your understanding of the dependencies and requirements for key features of Configuration Manager. These quizzes help to raise your level of awareness of the some of the nuances of these features before you configure and use them.

Read more about SCCM 2007 Quiz Application from Microsoft .

Exchange 2010 Quick Installation Guide

I came across this article about installing Exchange Server in very less time.   on a blog which has very good information 2010 in very less time.

Link : Exchange 2010 Quick Installation Guide

Windows server hardening guides

Here are some great resources we can utilize for Windows Server Hardening:

• Windows Server 2008 Security Guide – from Microsoft
• Windows Server 2003 Security Guide- from Microsoft
• Windows 2000 Security Hardening Guide –from Microsoft
• Windows Benchmarks – from CIS
• Guide to General Server Security- from NIST
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Addendum, V6R1
• Securing Windows 2000 Step by Step and Windows NT Security Step by Step(these are very good resources but commercial documents from SANS which are out of publication , you have to search in internet if they are available for sale)
• The Administrator Shortcut Guide to Active Directory Security and The Definitive Guide to Building a Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure – from DISA

All these Windows Server Hardening Guides are very good and contains each and every information you need to secure your Windows server environment.

Replacing DFSR Member Server Hardware or OS

Another great article on “Replacing DFSR Member Hardware or OS” from NedPyle [MSFT] on his Technet blog covering how we can add or replace a member in DFS structure.

Here is the link.