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10 most dangerous web search terms revealed Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Wed, Jun 3 04:15 PM Melbourne, June 3 (ANI): Web searches including terms like lyrics, free music downloads are most likely to put your computer at risk of virus or even malicious software, for security firm McAfee, Inc. has listed these words as some of the most dangerous search terms on the internet. In a recent report, McAfee has revealed Web search terms that put users most at risk for accidentally downloading unwanted or malicious software. The report, titled 'The Web's Most Dangerous Search Terms', reveals that the researchers analysed over 2,600 of the most popular search terms of 2008 from a range of sources, including the Google Zeitgeist and the Yahoo! 2008 Year in Review.Search engines are our on-ramp, our highway and our off-ramp -- they're everything for Web travel. The hacking community is very smart-t...

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Open Windows XP Backup Windows XP includes its own backup program, although you may need to do some digging to find it. You can also take your pick of third-party programs (listed at the end of this column) that add bells and whistles you won't find in the basic Windows XP Backup utility. If you use Windows XP Professional, the Windows Backup utility (Ntbackup.exe) should be ready for use. If you use Windows XP Home Edition, you'll need to follow these steps to install the utility: 1. Insert your Windows XP CD into the drive and, if necessary, double-click the CD icon in My Computer. 2. On the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen, click Perform Additional Tasks. 3. Click Browse this CD. 4. In Windows Explorer, double-click the ValueAdd folder, then Msft, and then Ntbackup. 5. Double-click Ntbackup.msi to install the Backup utility. For more information, see How to Install Backup in Windows XP Home Edition . With that chore out of the way, you're ready to begin backing up....

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1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be - and that you have your bios set to boot from CD) 2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be “Press any key to boot from cd” 3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now 5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it. 6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it” Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process. 7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which ca...

Backup Monitoring and Reporting By Chad Miller , 2009/06/04 Total article views: 4667 Views in the last 30 days: 4667 Rate this Join the discussion Briefcase Print Backup Monitoring and Reporting Database recovery is a core task of database administration and is defined as executing the tasks necessary to backup, save, retrieve and restore databases from hardware, software and user error. Your database recovery procedures should be documented and regularly tested by restoring either a full or random sample of backups. A key part of database backups is monitoring whether backups are in fact occurring. A common mistake in backup monitoring is only checking for backup success or failure when there are in fact three possible outcomes; success, failure and nothing. What is nothing? Nothing is what happens when a database or entire SQL instance for that matter is not configured for backups or the SQL Agent job or Windows services which are often a part of 3rd tools are in a hung...