Re: [H] TBird?

[John R Steinbruner]

Yes sir, it is...  :)




On Jan 6, 2010, at 8:59 PM, DSinc wrote:

> Is Thunderbird 3.x a worthy upgrade?
> Using 2.0.0.23 ATM.
> Wondering?
> Best,
> Duncan


-- 
JRS
stei...@pacbell.net

Facts do not cease to exist just
because they are ignored.

Re: [H] TBird?

[Bryan Seitz]

On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 11:59:57PM -0500, DSinc wrote:
> Is Thunderbird 3.x a worthy upgrade?
> Using 2.0.0.23 ATM.

Yessir.

-- 
 
Bryan G. Seitz

[H] TBird?

[DSinc]

Is Thunderbird 3.x a worthy upgrade?
Using 2.0.0.23 ATM.
Wondering?
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for the reply.  I will probably scan the system and check the video
settings and drivers.

I'll let everyone know what I found.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:09 AM
To: Bobby Heid
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

Hello Bobby,

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:06:41 PM, you wrote:

> Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
screen
> starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds
at
> a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen
to
> blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into
> safe mode.

> So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?  She
> replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a driver
> issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?


I doubt that's an infection nor a result of a password bypass unless
it wasn't obtained from a credible source.

I would think this is a driver issue esp where everything is fine in
safe mode. Have you tried having them reload the drivers for the video
card? See if there are any gamma tweaks going on also. Report
findings.


-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Tim.  I will have her bring her PC by and scan it and check the video
drivers.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:00 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

I would first try to see if it could be some sort of
virus/Trojan/spyware/etc first.  Scan the system for them. I'd do this as an
external drive on another working known system.

If nothing is found then look at the Video Drivers. Reinstall the video
drivers. If this does not work it could be the video card is giving up the
ghost at high resolutions. 

I've seen this before and it was the Video Drivers in my situation. But,
Virus Scan first.

Good luck,

Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com

> -Original Message-
> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:07 PM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: [H] Weird PC problem.
> 
> Hey,
> 
> 
> 
> One of my wife's friends called tonight with a problem that I have
> never
> heard of.
> 
> 
> 
> This PC (that I have not seen yet) is pretty old (she thinks it could
> be
> over 10 years old).  She told me that it had been in the shop about 3
> years
> ago and had been upgraded to XP, so it must have had new hardware put
> in it.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
> screen
> starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3
> seconds at
> a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the
> screen to
> blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes
> into
> safe mode.
> 
> 
> 
> One other possibly key piece of information is that apparently, her son
> had
> tried to get around her XP password with some sort of utility (she did
> not
> know what he tried).  She thinks that this stuff did not start
> happening
> until after he tried that stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?
> She
> replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a
> driver
> issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?
> 
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bobby
> 

[H] SSD new Toolbox

[Rick Glazier]

Some of you may not get this notification from Intel.
It came in the last several minutes.
(I think we discussed it here very recently.)

"The new Intel® SSD Toolbox (version 1.2) and SSD
Toolbox Users Guide are now available for download at

We encourage you to take advantage of this free download
to monitor and tune the performance of your Intel® Solid State Drive."

Also:


Rick Glazier

Re: [H] TrustedInstaller

[Anthony Q. Martin]

Wowthanks for checking.  I think I'm going to have to reformat and 
start in the install over anyhow...both backups I did are insufficient.


On 1/6/2010 11:36 AM, JRS wrote:

Found this, it also holds true for Win 7...


This is part of the new ACLS to help improve security in Windows Vista

 From this link below:  I am posting a couple of paragraphs that talk about
Trusted Installer:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...L/default.aspx

Trusted Installer.  The Trusted Installer is actually a service, not a user,
even though you see permissions granted to it all over the file system.
Service hardening allows each service to be treated as a full-fledged
security principal that can be assigned permissions just like any other
user. For an overview of this feature, see the January 2007 issue of
TechNet Magazine. The book Windows Vista Security (Grimes and Johansson,
Wiley Press, 2007) explores service hardening in detail, including how it
is leveraged by other features, such as the firewall and IPsec.

Trusted Installer In Windows Vista, most of the OS files are owned by the
TrustedInstaller SID, and only that SID has full control over them. This is
part of the system integrity work that went into Windows Vista, and is
meant specifically to prevent a process that is running as an administrator
or Local System from automatically replacing the files. In order to delete
an operating system file, you thus need to take ownership of the file and
then add an ACE on it that lets you delete it. This provides a thin layer
of protection against a process that is running as LocalSystem and has a
System integrity label; a process that has lower integrity is not supposed
to be able to elevate itself to change ownership. Some services, for
instance, can run with medium integrity, even though they are running as
Local System. Such services cannot replace system files so an exploit that
takes over one of them can’t replace operating system files, making it a
bit harder to install a rootkit or other malware on the system. It also
becomes more difficult for system administrators who are offended by the
mere presence of some system binary to remove that binary.
  --
JRS
stei...@pacbell.net


Facts do not cease to exist just
because they are ignored.



- Original Message 
   

From: Anthony Q. Martin
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 6:18:36 PM
Subject: [H] TrustedInstaller

Anyone know who TrustedInstaller is on Windows 7?  How do I get permission from
him to delete a folder?
 


   

[H] Software Question, OT? Acronis TI 2009(+2010)

[Rick Glazier]

Since "hardware" users will no doubt use the following,
I hope the following is not too far OT.
I have lots of different versions of Acronis TrueImage,
and different computers.

I use ATI2009(Home) on Win-XP-Pro-SP3.
I keep up on new build releases (patches), (and am current).

There is a feature I USE:  "Try & Decide."
I "think" it stores the "phony virtual differencing stuff"
in the Acronis Security Partition. (I was never given a choice, IIRC.).
That is what matches the sizes given, and fills as the "virtual environment"
is used, (causing all changes to be saved there no doubt).
Hopefully you already understand how all that works and what the
program does and what it is for.

The program works GREAT, and throws out ALL the changes just like
it is supposed to.
BUT the program never frees up the used space in the Acronis Security Partition.
I have to go in and clean that myself, after the fact, after the program has
finished and I've re-booted and "everything" (else)  is back to normal.

This is a minor inconvenience, and if it is "normal" or SOP Ill live with it.
BUT, I think it should clean itself, right?

How does this work for others?

TIA,  Rick Glazier

Re: [H] TrustedInstaller

[JRS]

Found this, it also holds true for Win 7...


This is part of the new ACLS to help improve security in Windows Vista

From this link below:  I am posting a couple of paragraphs that talk about
Trusted Installer:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...L/default.aspx

Trusted Installer.  The Trusted Installer is actually a service, not a user,
even though you see permissions granted to it all over the file system.
Service hardening allows each service to be treated as a full-fledged
security principal that can be assigned permissions just like any other
user. For an overview of this feature, see the January 2007 issue of
TechNet Magazine. The book Windows Vista Security (Grimes and Johansson,
Wiley Press, 2007) explores service hardening in detail, including how it
is leveraged by other features, such as the firewall and IPsec.

Trusted Installer In Windows Vista, most of the OS files are owned by the
TrustedInstaller SID, and only that SID has full control over them. This is
part of the system integrity work that went into Windows Vista, and is
meant specifically to prevent a process that is running as an administrator
or Local System from automatically replacing the files. In order to delete
an operating system file, you thus need to take ownership of the file and
then add an ACE on it that lets you delete it. This provides a thin layer
of protection against a process that is running as LocalSystem and has a
System integrity label; a process that has lower integrity is not supposed
to be able to elevate itself to change ownership. Some services, for
instance, can run with medium integrity, even though they are running as
Local System. Such services cannot replace system files so an exploit that
takes over one of them can’t replace operating system files, making it a
bit harder to install a rootkit or other malware on the system. It also
becomes more difficult for system administrators who are offended by the
mere presence of some system binary to remove that binary.
 -- 
JRS 
stei...@pacbell.net


Facts do not cease to exist just
because they are ignored.



- Original Message 
> From: Anthony Q. Martin 
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 6:18:36 PM
> Subject: [H] TrustedInstaller
> 
> Anyone know who TrustedInstaller is on Windows 7?  How do I get permission 
> from 
> him to delete a folder?

Re: [H] Need MAJOR help with fubar'ed WinXP install

[Rick Glazier]

I NEVER do any type of *drive work* (including normal generic Images)
from inside Windows. (Do I sound THAT crazy?)

Plus, I would hope you DO have better "toys" than me... 

Rick Glazier

From: "Tim Lider" 

Forensic clones are nice, but work in a different environment then I usually
do.

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Joe User]

Hello Bobby,

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:06:41 PM, you wrote:

> Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the screen
> starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds at
> a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen to
> blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into
> safe mode.

> So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?  She
> replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a driver
> issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?


I doubt that's an infection nor a result of a password bypass unless
it wasn't obtained from a credible source.

I would think this is a driver issue esp where everything is fine in
safe mode. Have you tried having them reload the drivers for the video
card? See if there are any gamma tweaks going on also. Report
findings.


-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Tim Lider]

I would first try to see if it could be some sort of
virus/Trojan/spyware/etc first.  Scan the system for them. I'd do this as an
external drive on another working known system.

If nothing is found then look at the Video Drivers. Reinstall the video
drivers. If this does not work it could be the video card is giving up the
ghost at high resolutions. 

I've seen this before and it was the Video Drivers in my situation. But,
Virus Scan first.

Good luck,

Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com

> -Original Message-
> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:07 PM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: [H] Weird PC problem.
> 
> Hey,
> 
> 
> 
> One of my wife's friends called tonight with a problem that I have
> never
> heard of.
> 
> 
> 
> This PC (that I have not seen yet) is pretty old (she thinks it could
> be
> over 10 years old).  She told me that it had been in the shop about 3
> years
> ago and had been upgraded to XP, so it must have had new hardware put
> in it.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
> screen
> starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3
> seconds at
> a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the
> screen to
> blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes
> into
> safe mode.
> 
> 
> 
> One other possibly key piece of information is that apparently, her son
> had
> tried to get around her XP password with some sort of utility (she did
> not
> know what he tried).  She thinks that this stuff did not start
> happening
> until after he tried that stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?
> She
> replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a
> driver
> issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?
> 
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bobby
>