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http://www.cs.cornell.edu/annual_report/01-02/
MULTIPLE VULNERABILITIES IN FLASH POSE A MAJOR THREAT
It's time to add a new piece of software to the list of programs you update regularly. Macromedia Flash is a common browser plug-in that contains a number of recently discovered vulnerabilities--including one that poses a serious risk.
Shockwave Update
From "Second Opinion" (Maximum PC, March 02, p 56): to re-enable executable extensions disabled in Microsoft's Outlook 2002, take a look at the DetachXP utility (www.mcdev.com/software.html).
Uninstalling MS Messenger
To uninstall ms messenger from XP, type this from a command prompt:
runDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
you should close out all programs first though, and be careful to not
accidentally reinstall it by choosing it in Microsoft updater.
X connection to localhost:13.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
There error message has to do with X windows. Possibly there's a problem with your X server, or the connection from
your PC (where the X server is running) to suzy-q, or the setting of your "DISPLAY" environment variable (should happen automatically, but
depends on how you connected to suzy-q from your PC). The "explicit kill" means your X server is refusing matlab's connection attempt for
some reason.
I'd expect you to get a similar error when you run any X command, such as "xcalc" (should open a simple calculator on your display) or
"xclock" (opens a "clock" or date bar window on your display) or
"xterm" (opens a new terminal window on you display).
I'd suggest at the least you need to open a new connection to suzy-a from your PC. You may need to do more- possibly logout of the PC
and reboot it.
Printing in Ghostview:
As for ghostview, gs, gv, here's what you can check:
On suzy-q, the command is `ghostview` and is available in /usr/local/gnu/bin,
which should be in the user's .cshrc. "gv" is not available on the
Suns. "gs" is a command-line interface to ghostview, which I don't
think end-user needs to open a .ps file.
On Mojave, `ghostview` and `gv` are available in /usr/X11R6/bin. Even though
this may not be in the user's path, the .cshrc is most likely not being sourced
when they log on Mojave, so the default system path will allow them to use these
programs...
So, bottom line is, check the path variable when they log on to these machines,
using this command:
% echo $path
and see whether the paths for these programs are there, if not, we'll need to
fix that. Or else, they have to use absolute path to run them.
command for backspace to work: "stty erase ^h"
Framemaker
To run Framemaker on any Sun Solaris machine, just run "maker" from the command line.
To get the backspace to work, check the box Edit -> Settings -> keyboard -> "Backspace sends delete"
Secure Remote
Secure remote will not work through a NAT router. Do to the nature of the
protocols involved re-writing of the address will cause it to fail. I am working
on some solutions to this and will make a public announcement when they are
available.
wtholmes 01-Mar-2002 10:03:30
Printing
Postscript: if you Linux print jobs are printing out postscript, try either turning off the "convert to postscript" option in printconf-gui (programs -- system -- printer configuration) or send the job directly to blather by including the print server in the lpr command:
lpr -Ptattle@blather (lpr -Pprinter@printserver)
to update bios on motherboards
use the BIOS Wizard utility from http://www.unicore.com/bioswiz/index2.html which will tell you the BIOS date of your system. If you need to upgrade, you have 3 options: download an update from the mb manufacturer, install a BIOS flash upgrade card like the ATA Pro Flash (www.firmware.com), or install a software patch for the functionality you are looking for.
To disable AutoPlay
There is no user interface option to enable or disable the Autorun feature. To enable or disable the feature, you must edit the registry. Log onto the PC as the System Administrator and change the Autorun value in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom
To disable Autorun, change the Autorun value to 0. To enable the Autorun
feature, change the Autorun value to 1. Restart the computer.
NOTE: The above method disables the Autorun feature completely. If you want to
disable the feature on a per-compact-disc basis, you can hold down one of the
SHIFT keys while inserting the compact disc.
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