Cannot Share Files on the Network

Today I have faced some issue in one of the PC of my friend in her office. I am a technician and I was called to fix the problem . She can access the internet but she cannot share files and view shared files on the network.

After checking everything I found the cause of the problem, The default workgroup name of her PC was changed. Another problem was I cannot add the machine to the domain because the option to click the "change" button is greyed out and therefore cant change the workgroup name.

To fix this problem we need to do the following procedures.

* In run command, open the services.msc
* Search the workstation services and start it.
* Then change the workgroup into its default name.

Note that the workstation service is the client for Microsoft networks and if it is stopped, it affects your computers ability to communicate on the LAN.

If workstation services is missing try to installing it from the Local Area Network connection properties.

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Facebook Location Features

According to the report on the NYT’s Bits blog facebook will be adding a location features. This sounds really interesting. Site users, according to the post, will be able to add their locations to status updates on Facebook. Assuming that this is true, do you like the idea of location-based features on Facebook?

Sometimes while we enjoy updating our friends about what's happening in our life, we prefer people not know where we are because there are times that to let them know and to broadcast that information to everyone seems dangerous. It is like to announce to the world that we are not home and it is safer for the criminals to burglarize our homes or it is like a way of pin pointing where you are, which is good for your stalkers or anyone who is desperate enough to find you.

On the other hand, why do we afraid of letting the world know where we are? It is obvious that majority of us are not at home during working hours. Besides this is not new in the history of social networking sites, Twitter and Google Buzz already have that feature. Maybe we have nothing to worry and just embrace the technology. This is also advantageous for the parents to monitor their children.

I think this will be a big impact in privacy issue and maybe there will be few complains unless this is locked down tightly by security features but this is very helpful in some user in many ways.

The usefulness and the disadvantages in this idea will be only known when this will be implemented. This would be a nice thing to have, but we have to be very careful about it.

Danger of Using F1 key: XP User

If you're an XP user then you are using internet explorer for browsing the web and see a notice that you should press the F1 key (help button for any application), please don't do.

Microsoft has told Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer.

In a security advisory issued late Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that first revealed by Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus last Friday. Prodeus offered more information on the flaw and provided some advice on how to protect PCs until a patch shipped. He said that the vulnerability exists in the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer and If a malicious website displayed a specially crafted dialog box and a user pressed the F1 key, arbitrary code could be executed in the security context of the currently logged-on user.

As of now Microsoft continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities. They are advising users that, until a patch can be written and released, users are advised not to press the F1 key while web browsing even how many times the pop-up convincing us to press it.

Gmail Confirmation Scam Email

This morning I have received a Gmail confirmation scam email, asking me to verify my Gmail account. I hope all of us will not be taken in by this scam, which asks for our account username and password, our date of birth, and our country of residence. Here’s the scam reproduced in full - if you get this, don’t reply!

Dear Member,

We are shutting down some email accounts and your account was automatically chosen to be deleted. If you are still interested in using our email service please fill in the space below for verification purpose by clicking the reply button. Learn more

Account:
Password:
Birth date:
Country:

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Thank you for using Gmail !

The Gmail Team

GMAIL

sender: mailboxmemberr@gmail.com