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January, 2008

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Some People's Kids

31 January 2008 - 11:47am — Grinch

I enjoy heading over to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (CoFSM) website and read the stuff they post. Now I am not a "Pastafarian" but I do like what they stand for. What I mostly enjoy is the hate mail that site gets on a daily basis, all of it is posted. Most of it comes from supporters of the Christian faith, while others just don't get it.

How to Lock Down a User Profile Using Group Policy

Group Policy Settings

  1. Open up Active Directory Users and Computers
  2. Select the OU where the user account resides
  3. Right click and select properties
  4. Click the Group Policy tab
  5. Click the New button to create a new policy
  6. Give the policy a name and click the edit button

How to Lock Down a User Profile Using Group Policy

Creating the User Account

  1. Open up Active Directory Users and Computers
  2. Create a new Organizational Unit for your new user
    1. Right click the Domain Name
    2. Select New -> Organizational Unit
    3. Type in the name of the OU and click the OK button
  3. Create a new user account
    1. Highlight the new OU
    2. Right click and select New -> User
    3. The only information needed here is First Name and User logon Name. Click the Next button.

How to Lock Down a User Profile Using Group Policy

Introduction

Some of you may have read my other tutorial on locking down a user profile using the registry. This tutorial does the same thing but utilizes Group Policy in an Active Directory environment. This setup works flawlessly using Windows XP Service Pack 2. I have not gotten around to testing this on Windows Vista.

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Why is there not enough time in a day?

28 January 2008 - 11:46am — Grinch

I have a pretty ambitious idea for my home network. As most computer geeks, I have a lot of hardware not being used. I have ideas on what to use the hardware for. The problem is, I don't have enough time to accomplish it. I work a full-time job and I have a wife and three kids. I don't get home until 7PM during the week which doesn't leave me a lot of time in the evenings to spend time with my family and do this project. The weekends are spent doing household projects or spending time with the family. I need more time in a day.

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Wii Remote Hacks and other Technology Stuff

23 January 2008 - 12:22pm — Grinch

Ever since the Wii debuted nerds everywhere have been hacking the console trying to make it do really cool things. So far several have done some really cool stuff with the Wii remote. These hacks will definitely change the way we interact with virtual environments and computers.

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I Had a Reality Check

22 January 2008 - 10:24am — Grinch

By now a lot of you may have heard about an event that happened here in Washington D.C. on Friday. Things happening here aren't all that out of the ordinary but Friday's event made something very clear to me.

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Car Insurance and Your Pets

16 January 2008 - 11:24am — Grinch

While watching television last night I caught a commercial from Progressive Auto Insurance. I'm sure most of you have seen these commercials. They claim to save you hundreds on your insurance by showing you comparison's of different insurance companies. They even state they are not always the cheapest. But what I saw last night struck me as extremely absurd.

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Playboy in Braille?

15 January 2008 - 1:39pm — Grinch

I was looking at pictures from a gallery at Wired and came across a picture of a Playboy magazine that is in braille. This got my imagination going on what exactly a blind person would need a Playboy for. I'm assuming it is just the articles but I still have to wonder.