Understanding Security Templates

A security template is a physical representation of a CompTIA Certification security configuration, a single file where a group of security settings is stored. Security templates are inactive until imported into a GPO or the Security Configuration And Analysis console. Locating all security settings in one place streamlines security administration. You can use security templates to define the following security settings in a GPO: Account Policies Local Policies Event Log Restricted Groups Registry File System You cannot use security templates to define the IP Security, Public Key, Software Restriction, and Wireless Network security settings in a GPO. Each security template is saved as a text-based .inf file. This enables you to copy, paste, or import some or all of the template attributes. You can import (apply) a security tem?plate file to a local or nonlocal GPO. All computer or user accounts in the site, domain, or OU to which the GPO is applied receive the security template settings. Importing a security template to a GPO eases domain administration by configuring security for multiple computers at once. Default Security Settings Updated for Domain Controllers Template (DC ... Read more

Antioxidant Coffee is Healthy Coffee

Vancouver is a city of coffee lovers. Right from the residents of the city to the graduate school students and the working community, everybody enjoys a coffee session with their near and dear ones. There are a number of premium coffee brands that quench their thirst for the drink. The coffee bean from which the coffee is manufactured is a determining factor in making up for the quality of the drink. For instance the Arabica bean is a rich source of Antioxidant Gourmet Coffee. In addition to the choice of the bean, the roasting process also influences the quality of this popular choice. To be more precise, the antioxidant properties of any coffee are dependent to a great extent on the roasting process ever more than the brewing method and the source of coffee beans as found out by certain research.
The coffee is one of the richest sources of antioxidants. A study by the University of Scranton vouches that coffee is a rich antioxidant source. The Vancouver coffee community has taken heart from this finding and a considerable number of drinkers of this caffeinated drink are taking up antioxidant coffee as their option of choice. In fact, antioxidant coffee is being taken ... Read more

Ditch the K-cups if You Want Quality Single-serve Coffee

First let me explain the K-cup phenomenon for those under a rock: K-cups are tiny plastic sealed cups that are pre-filled with ground coffee (ick!). They are placed in a special coffee brewer and used to brew a single-serving cup of coffee. It’s a great concept, but one that is nowhere near to being new. It is a method that was developed to make money on, forgoing quality. The K-cup idea is also for the ease of doing it all and a supposed better tasting cup of joe. But not so! Single serve coffee (one cup at a time) is an old idea but one that is still alive with Melitta, Clever and other companies that have quality coffee in mind.
I have been asked to sell K-Cups by several people. Whenever I am asked this I always answer no. No. NO NO NO! The reason is quality. What you ask? Well let me count the ways…if you DON’T want a quality cup of coffee that is.
1. Coffee beans should never be ground until just before you brew your coffee. That’s Coffee 101. Us coffee geeks talk this stuff all the time because coffee is porous and will stale very fast after grinding. You can’t guarantee that the ground coffee in a K-cup is ground and placed ... Read more