Hello, I'm   Jason

Many times I here administrators complain about outside attempts to hack their systems. In most of these cases, these same administrators continue to use Administrator as their domain admin account. I’d recommend setting up another user account and giving that account the full admin privileges. Then, disable the Administrator account. This is just one step to a more secure network.

Have you ever wondered how to play old games, such as SkiFree for Windows 3.1, in Windows XP? Joel Durham created a good article explaining how to setup Windows XP to run older applications. You can read the article at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx. You can download SkiFree at http://ski.ihoc.net/.

I will be presenting at the Greater PA MSDN Code Camp. The topics I will present are:

If you haven’t heard already, there is a cool, new site out there to help you find your Windows advice. It’s called WindowsAdvice.com.

The .NET Valley user group is looking for Windows and other Microsoft product presenters. We’d like to start hosting events with one .NET presentation and one general public presentation. If you are interested, please contact us at groupleaders@dotnetvalley.com.

Looking for a Windows XP shortcut? Check out this list from Microsoft…

The .NET Valley event tonight will feature a presentation about ASP.NET 2.0 Personalization. The event will be held at the Luzerne County Community College. For more information, visit http://www.dotnetvalley.com/Events/260.aspx.

The ASP.NET forums were updated today with the latest version of the forums software, Community Server version 1.0. The updated software will allow Alex Lowe and the rest of the team at Telligent to manage the ASP.NET website more efficiently. Congrats guys on a successful conversion!

9Rays.Net has published a regularly scheduled version of Report Sharp-Shooter v.1.9. The new version has some improvements such as an automatic converter for quick transformation of Crystal Reports into Report Sharp-Shooter. The beta version of a new component which allows assigning formatted text with the help of tags has been added. This component also allows uploading text in RTF. The process of custom viewer and designer creation has been appreciably simplified. The PDF export filter now supports imbedded fonts. Henceforth, it is possible to export documents containing any national characters including Chinese, Japanese and any other.

As a reminder, the 9rays.net contest is almost over. There are only 10 days left in the contest. For more information about the 9rays.net Report Sharp-Shooter contest, visit http://www.jasongaylord.com/Contests/2005/April/.