Daily Cup of Tech

There has been quite a debacle over the whole Windows Genuaine Advantage (is that an oxymoron?) issue with Microsoft. Essentially, Microsoft is putting spyware on people’s computers and telling them that it is an urgent update. I don’t know about you but I never feel much urgency to put spyware on my computer.

So began the quest for Windows Update alternatives. I have found a number of ways for an individual to install security patches to his/her computer without loading MS Spyware. Check out your alternatives in Windows Update Without Windows Update.

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Believe it or not, there used to be a time when you rarely needed a password unless you were a spy or were on a game show.

Today, passwords are a reality harsh reality. We need to remember passwords for computers, bank accounts, ATMs, etc. I thought that it would be worth writing 11 Password Tips to help you with your password burdens.

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This week’s poll is about backing up data. How often do you do it?

We all know that we should do it. But it almost seems that people don’t really care (judging by the popularity of my one article about backups). Why is that? I would be interested in hearing your theories and/or reasons why you do or do not back up. Enter them into the comments below.

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I really feel for parents these days. They actually find themselves in a very difficult position. For the first time in history, we now have parents that cannot go to their parents for advice on something that is extremely pervasive in our present culture. Something that their children may even know and understand better than they do!

That something is the Internet. I sometimes shudder when I hear parents talk about their kids and the Internet. And they often do the wrong thing with the best of intentions because they simply do not know the dangers that they are putting in front of their children.

It was situations like this that prompted me to write 15 Ways To Help Protect Your Children On The Internet. I have put some very practical and actionable items into this article. This article is something that every parent should read. Send a link to any parent you feel could use this.

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If you do not know what the above title means, then you can probably ignore this post. If you do know what it means, then this post may excite you!

I have had issues in the past with creating GPOs and having them work well at the office with the DC that was created first but other offices were acting very slow, even if the GPO was created on the other server.

I have discovered that the GPO management software will default to the first domain controller and all GPOs created will be created on that first domain controller. In order to change this behaviour, you need to right click on the domain in the GPO management console and select Change domain controller…. You can then select the domain controller that you want to use.

Microsoft Technet has a good article about this called Group Policy Replication and Domain Controller Selection that sheds more light on this issue.

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