Posted in groovyTip on Mar 15th, 2010
Good news, Client/Server Runtime Subsystem, or csrss.exe, is a critical Windows operating system component. The process is designed to handle the end-user side of Windows including console and interface windows as well as threading. You’ll find csrss.exe in Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7.
Posted in groovyReview on Jan 2nd, 2010
Sending someone a really large file (5 megs or larger) can really be a pain sometimes for both home and corporate users. Most email servers cap attachment size at 5 megs so that leaves the options fairly limited for the “non-techy”. And no… FTP is not an option…
Posted in Windows 7 on Oct 25th, 2009
Finding your IP address under Windows 7 is a very simple process. The process is actually exactly the same whether your using Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP or even Windows Serer…
Posted in Security on Oct 23rd, 2009
With the release of Windows 7 today, Microsoft also released an updated version of their Security Scanning Tool – Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer or MBSA Version 2.1.1.
Microsoft says the latest release builds on previous versions by adding support for Windows 7…
Posted in Microsoft on Sep 29th, 2009
Recently I’ve talked about Microsoft Office and Windows 7 discounts for College and University students. As good as these deals might be, I guess you could say I’ve left the best…
Posted in Geek Stuff on Sep 9th, 2009
Today after upgrading to the latest release of 7-Zip on my Windows 7 machine, I decided 7-Zip deserved an honorable mention since I’ve not spoken about the product here on groovyPost (I know… long…
Posted in Freeware, groovyRelease on Aug 12th, 2009
Today Microsoft released the 1.0 version of the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7. The Tools allow IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server…
As is custom over at Microsoft, today for Patch Tuesday the MSRC (Microsoft Security Research Center) released it’s August 2009 Microsoft Security Patches. 9 Security updates in total.
Although a few of the updates fix the…
Posted in XP on Jan 8th, 2009
Remote Desktop on Windows XP and Server 2003 is not enabled by default so if you need to connect remotely using RDP (remote desktop) your note stuck. As long as you have Admin rights on the box and you can get access to it’s…
Posted in Windows Server on Nov 20th, 2008
Removing or Disabling Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) for Windows Server 2003 is a simple process however today when I showed someone how-to do this at work, I realized I’ve not documented the process yet here on groovyPost.com so… Let’s get…