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Error 0x800704C8 in VMM

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Forefront, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Security | 2 Comments »

I was trying to deploy a new virtual machine today via Virtual Machine Manager, and kept getting this error (names changed to protect the innocent): Error (12700) VMM cannot complete the Hyper-V operation on the [virtualhost.domain.com] server because of the error: '[VIRTUALGUEST]' ...

Nigerian Money Scam

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Humor, Security | No Comments »

Here's an interesting (and funny) post from Mike Nash (of Online-Armor) on the old "Nigerian Money Scam."  Remember, sending money to strangers (especially strangers in another country) is bad. The post. And an excerpt: So, I'm sitting there today working on something for ...

Self Signed SSL Certificates

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in Security | No Comments »

I've been trying to figure out how to get an SSL certificate on the cheap.  I mean, 300+ dollars per year is a little ridiculous to get an encrypted pipe between client and server.  You see, I don't really care ...