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Alright, I have linked to a screenshot of my most current SQL Server 2008 Express log. I was going through my Windows Event Viewer, as I do periodically, simply looking for anything out of the ordinary (my routine system maintenance). I noticed several events for SQL Server with the source "Logon". When I loaded SQL Server Management Studio Express and viewed the most current log (from today) I have a VERY enormous amount of failed (remote) login attempts, all saying "Login failed for user 'sa'. Reason: Password did not match that for the login provided. [CLIENT: *Different IP's Here*]". What is going on here?
These date back to my logs from June 20, 2011, I just now noticed. I must have missed them in the Event Viewer in the past. There are thousands upon thousands, probably tens of thousands of them. They seem to come in for no more than a minute at a time. However, if you look at the log times, the attempts happen every few seconds within that minute. Then they stop and the attempt comes in from another IP address.
What should I do? I already disabled remote connections, as I did not need it anyhow. I'm not sure exactly why I had it enabled. But is this something I should worry about, since I follow procedures to ensure a strong, impossible-to-crack password? :-P
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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Make sure to have your internal network isolated from the internet via a firewall. That should avoid people sniffing around your network to see if there's any computers running any type of servers. Not sure about SQL server, but a lot of servers will allow you to lock out an account if there's too many failed log in attempts, this would keep them from trying different passwords over and over again. The last thing would be, if they used the same username for every attempt, they may know the username exists as a user to the server, in that case, I would recommend changing the username completely (in SQL servers that's typically pretty easy).
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Hi,
I'm running windows7 and VMWare workstation v.7.. When trying to load an image of Mac Snow leopard I get a strange message saying:
Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization.
Ignoring this problem, how would you install Snow Leopard on VMWare?? Apart from buying Mac laptop, any suggestion??
Many thanks,
Ed: moved on Saturday, July 2, 2011 9:34 PM
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Muammar© wrote: Ignoring this problem,
Is futile.
Muammar© wrote: how would you install Snow Leopard on VMWare?? Apart from buying Mac laptop
Buy any laptop/desktop that supports hardware virtualization, or enable it the bios for the one you have[^]
"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them." Eric Hoffer
"The failure mode of 'clever' is 'a**hole'" John Scalzi
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Muammar© wrote: Ignoring this problem
Why and how would you ignore it?
Muammar© wrote: how would you install Snow Leopard on VMWare
Probably by taking the advice given in the message.
The best things in life are not things.
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Muammar© wrote: I'm running windows7 and VMWare workstation v.7..
Shouldn't this be a post for a technical forum, or perhaps the question and answers forum?
What is it about "If you just want to laze about and discuss things that don't quite fit elsewhere, then this is the place." that you don't understand.
Let me make it easy for you to understand, technical problems belong elsewhere!
The lounge is more suited for non-technical discussions. For when people who are saturated with technical problems go to relax and discuss the rest of the human condition.
I have noticed that the lounge has had a lot of technical problem discussion lately. Please find another forum to discuss technical issues. The lounge should be what it's name implies, a place to go to unwind from a day (life) of solving technical problems. 
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Come on !!!
What is the lounge if we can't even talk about technical stuff!!!
Watched code never compiles.
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Sorry for my boorish behavior. I am in a very stressful situation at work these days and I took out my frustrations on you and it was uncalled for. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Settle, tiger.
The lounge is not a place for programming questions but the lounge is most definitely a place for technical discussions. We're all developers and many of us are gadget and tech geeks whose idea of relaxing chat is technical stuff.
However, you are correct that technical questions that are better asked in one of the other forums, such as the SysAdmin[^] forum, should not be asked in the lounge.
But there are ways that encourage someone to consider where they post and maybe delete and move their post, and there are ways that are simply hostile and lend a dark flavour to the lounge - a colour tht's been more and more prevalent.
We're people too.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: We're people too.
But I thought you were controller of the universe!
The best things in life are not things.
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Chris Maunder wrote: there are ways that encourage someone to consider where they post and maybe delete and move their post, and there are ways that are simply hostile and lend a dark flavour to the lounge - a colour tht's been more and more prevalent.
Now that you pointed it out I realize that, sorry to say, I was being judgmental and most definitely could have responded differently, or more appropriately just have moved on to another post. 
Sorry Maximilien for my outburst. I am under a lot of pressure these days at work and I took out my frustration on you and it was uncalled for.
Sorry Chris for my lashing out at Maximilien. It is not my place to impose arbitrary rules about what is appropriate to post in the lounge. That is entirely in your province. In the future I will just move on the another post.
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You get my 5 for that. Well done.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: We're people too.
I thought you were a giant hamster in a human suit. Damn, that's another myth exploded.
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Sometimes it's easier just to say what people want to hear. Some people can't handle the truth.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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So... you are a big hamster dressed as a human? 
I can't truly imagine your face after reading that so many days after your original post...
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi,
I have installed Mac system on VMWare 6, XP sp3, AMD processor environment. You need to download the image that are prepared for VMware. there are different image for Intel processor and AMD processor.
There are some guides online, AS vmware doest not have Mac choice, you need to install it as "Other" system
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Thanks Rain,
I actually did and it worked, but suddenly, now i keep getting the kernel panic message when booting, any idea??
Many thanks mate!
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It was the hard drive boot sequence.
BTW: Do you have any idea how to access a flash drive from within the mac os??
Thanks
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Hi, muammar
You may try to add a usb controller from vmware. Thanks.
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Thanks mate, I've already got over it, i just needed to reinstall it!
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Hello all,
* A windows XP computer has:
1. Lost the desktop wallpaper.
2. Lost the contents of the desktop.
3. Changed the title bar height.
4. Changed the default colours. i.e. the selection in the start menu is now gray and not blue, menues are darker and old fashioned, dialog backgrounds are darker (like the old win95 days).
5. Microsoft Security Essentials has not started at the beginning automatically.
6. The quick launch bar has also disappeared and when I try to make it appear again, it tells me: "Impossible to create taskbar".
* I have:
1. Started a complete scan with Microsoft Security Essentials.
* Extra information:
When I installed that computer several time ago, I used a username and now there is another user that uses that computer, so I changed the original user name for the second user... and with the information that I have today I must say that "without touching anything" (stop laughing please) all those things have happened...
Now every single folder that had relation to the user seems to be lost there... Quick launch doesn't work, desktop contents are not visible, start menu contents have been lost, sizes, fonts and colors have been broken...
* Question:
What could have happened?
* SOLUTION APPLIED:
- Copied the user profile...
- Removed the user from the system.
- Created a new user.
- Restored the data.
- It works... 
Any idea?
Thank you in advance!
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Different user profiles perhaps?
Does more than one person log in to the computer in question? If more than one person is logging into the machine with the same user login credentials then anybody could have changed the settings.
--Just a thought.
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Just along for the ride.
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Thank you slacker007 for your feedback, anyway, there is only one user that can access that computer, moreover is an inexperienced user that does not know how to change those things...
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