TTC Shelbyville – Technical Blog

I really hate programs that leave ‘guts’ behind.  Many antivirus softwares leave pieces and parts behind.  Here is a list of uninstallers that will clean the antivirus from your computer:

Trend Micro:
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1033129

Avast:
http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclear.exe

AVG:
http://free.avg.com/ww.faq.num-1248?srch=uninstall#faq_1248

BitDefender:
http://kb.bitdefender.com/KB260-en–Additional-BitDefender-9-Internet-Security-uninstall-methods.html

CA:
http://homeofficekb.ca.com/CIDocument.asp?KDId=3125&Preview=0&Return=0&GUID=DF325E0AA0AB4264AF47E4BEA49F571B

F-Secure:
ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/support/tools/uitool/UITool3-380.zip

Kaspersky:
http://usa.kaspersky.com/support/home-support.php?selected_faq_id=193239348&selected_product_id=176492845&selected_topic_id=176492916

McAfee:
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe
Symantec (Norton):

http://solutions.symantec.com/sdccommon/asp/symcu…

Panda:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/resources/sop/UNINSTALLER_08.exe

Symantec (Norton):

http://solutions.symantec.com/sdccommon/asp/symcu…

Trend Micro:
http://esupport.trendmicro.com/support/viewxml.do?ContentID=EN-1033129

You’ll need them

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3399853&sku=H231-5012&SRCCODE=WEM1740NG&cm_mmc=Email-_-Main-_-WEM1740-_-laptops

Read the NYTimes release here.

If you need an odd computer part and can’t find it, check here.   If you don’t know your part number, just type cpu or a description….

Update…the fix below may and may not work….AVG is causing more internet problems at our facility.   We called for tech support and were on hold…hmmm…. After removing AVG – computers are getting back on the internet. (No Malware, No Viruses)… AVG has issues and after we reload, the machines are fine…

Yes James, you have internet….AND your pages are fully loading….hopefully AVG fixes this….

Note:  Cecil had to remove AVG and reinstall on several machines today…what is the deal???

Recently we had a student who ran every cleaner imagineable, reset IE and Firefox, flushed DNS and  reloaded Java and Flash and his websites still would not fully load or they would fail.  The solution run ATF Clean.

Great Freeware scanner that is free.  Link

From Radmin:

Advanced IP Scanner is a fast, robust and easy-to-use IP scanner for Windows. It easily lets you have various types of information about local network computers in a few seconds! Advanced IP Scanner gives you one-click access to many useful functions – remote shutdown and wake up…

I have been asked a million times on how to convert a PDF to Microsoft Word.  Here’s a converter online that will help you convert any PDF to Microsoft Word.  Link

Education is important and so are certifications.  One critical area on the link’s picture shows no certs $80000+.  You have to remember, there are still old guys in the field without certs  with a ton of experience.  (I come from that era and I have went back, continued my education and picked up certifications.) 

Salary Survey Article
Survey  Chart

If you are not virtualizing, you should be.  Try VirtualBox when you are a beginner.  Your bios may require you to enable it (ask Matt or Bob – inside joke, outside readers).  Some one in class asked what other virtualization programs are available.  Here is Virtualization’s reader’s choice awards for virtualization software.  (by the way, Rick noticed the same thing I did, all of the IT publication magazines are publishing a ton of virtualization articles)

Information technology is going through a phase that is changing more than ever.  Computers are more powerful than ever.  With Multiple processors, memory cheaper than ever, hard drives larger than ever, multiple operating systems can be loaded effortlessly.   I have worked with computers for twenty plus years, it’s going to always change. 

 I hear the same thing all of the time.  

“All you guys do is fix computers, right?”    (by the way, if you are not a geek, you won’t understatnd that!)

By the way, you are not a network administrator if you installed a router in your house. Your candid thoughts when answering them.

Link Thanks to Max and not Matt or Mack… the 3 m’s

fall-trimester-notes

http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/platter.htm

14″ platters -  took 50 of ‘em to make 5mb

Today, places like Seagate have 1.5 terrabyte harddrives and a 2.5 is on the horizon.

There is a great article on Windows Vista Boot Performance.  The Event Viewer is now one of Microsoft’s most powerful resources given to an end user.  You can analysis more than ever.  Link When expanding these events, there will be a delay as the event logs are read.

Cool tool.  Well Microsoft has us slightly beat.  Go to the Website Worth Calculator

FSLint – Cleans temp files, duplicate files, bad sim links and etc.  Try it here! 

Thanks to Matt for finding it!

Say good-bye to HDD as you know them.  Technology is changing everyday and Seagate is proving this in 2009.  Article    My only concerns are: 1 TB for less than $150 and speed  – Prices will come down, but will the speed be there next year??

Netstumber has always been the de facto wireless detection utility.  Now InSSIDer from MetaGeek has Inssider which is an excellent freeware utility.  Download  InSSIDer .  It’s good to have an alternate program.

Wireless Card that picks up 31 Miles Link   Add on card that picks up incredible ranges
Wireless Antennas Link   Great supplier of antennas and supplies
Wireless Coverage Estimater Link  Use to see where to place your access points

Now this site is unreal.  Cool stuff.     
Fun, Technology and Stupid Stuff. <- Hey that’s their motto. http://www.ebcak.com/

Our CIT (Computer Information Technology) class has the upper hand on all other CIT classes.  Why?  virtualization.  We now run Windows XP, Vista, Server, Ubuntu, Mephis and other operating sytems.

http://maketecheasier.com/8-ways-to-maintain-a-clean-lean-ubuntu-machine/2008/10/07/