>You need to backup the mssqlsystemresource database files

>So, you think you have all the necessary database backups you need? Well, think again. This might be your mindset after moving from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005. SQL Server 2005 includes a read-only, hidden database that contains all the system objects. It comes in the form of mssqlsystemresource.mdf and mssqlsystemresource.ldf files located […]

>Microsoft Source Code Analyzer for SQL Injection

>With the recent mass SQL injection attacks, Microsoft has developed a new static code analysis tool for finding SQL Injection vulnerabilities in ASP code. Web developers can run the tool on their ASP source code to identify the root cause of the attack and address them to reduce their exposure to future attacks. You can […]

>A few more days left to take advantage of TechEd Asia 2008’s promotions

>Wanna save money for your TechEd Asia 2008 registration? Register on or before July 15, 2008 and pay only RM 999 (US$323). Compare that to RM 1,299 (US$419) which is the regular price. What’s more, if you register in a group of 5 or more, you save an additional RM 100 (US$33). You only pay […]

One-liner in PowerShell? Convert a 64-bit (Integer8) value to date time

As I was converting my VBScripts to PowerShell, I reviewed one which checks for the password expiration of a user in Active Directory. The blog post I’ve had sometime last year extracts object properties and one of them is the pwdLastSet property which specifies a 64-bit value of when the user last changed their passwords. […]