Archive for February 2010
Install Older Printers on Vista and in Windows 7
This may help you install older printers -
1. Start
2. Run (Search)
3. Enter gpedit.msc to launch the Group Policy Object Editor
4. Under Computer Configuration, double-click Administrative Templates, select Printers.
5. Find the policy Disallow installation of printers using kernel-mode drivers – double-click it.
6. Set to Disabled.
7. Click OK, close the Group Policy Object Editor -reboot.
8. Try installing the older driver.
CompTIA’s Learning Alliance
The Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville is listed as a CompTIA Learning Alliance member in Tennessee. The CompTIA Learning Alliance is the seal of recognition for quality training providers. CLA training facilities have been reviewed and approved by CompTIA and provide the most comprehensive certification exam preparation. All CompTIA CLA partners will soon be transitioning to our CompTIA Authorized Partner Program.
Protect Ubuntu
Here’s a cool program that helps keep your Ubuntu or Linux computer up-to-date and secure. ProSheild
Create Flashcards
Here’s a great site to create and flashcards to help you study.
Microsoft Outlook Forgotten PST password
Recently we worked on a computer where the PST file had been backed up and the user had forgotten their PST password. Here’s a utility by NirSoft that helps you recover the password. Link
Rescue Windows Profile
Corrupt of Windows Profile error? I’ve seen this several times – usually caused by:
- A disk error
- Joining the computer to a domain
- Disjoining the computer from a domain
- Transfer of data to a new computer
- Filesystem-permissions issues.
- A change of username.
Reprofiler helps to repair profile errors - Link
Get Information and Demographics About Any City
Visit ZIPskinny to get information about any city nationally. Includes income, demographics and maps!
Facebook gets 260+ billion pageviews
Learn Another Language for Free
Want to learn Korean, Chinese, Spanish or another language? LiveMocha gives you step by step visual, audio and flashcards to help you along the way. Link With excellent reviews this social website offers tutorials that give step by step instructions.
Microsoft Office Cheatsheets
Here’s a list of cheatsheets that show keyboard shortcuts and other information for Microsoft office and hundreds of other applications. Link
IT Certification Values on the Rebound – Careers news from Channel Insider
10 Questions About the Bloom Energy Server
10 Questions About the Bloom Energy Server
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Great Source of Freeware
Pat found a great site that offers over 400 Open Source and freeware programs. With every imaginable form of freeware divided into categories and ‘mini’ descriptions, it makes finding what you need fast. Link
Comodo Dragon Web Browser
Bill Mullins as usual has an excellent review of Comodo’s Dragon a browser based on Google’s Chrome and the Chromium Project. Bryon found this by reading Bill’s blog and pointed it out. It is no secret that we have our students visit Bill and Rick to help jump start their IT careers. I’m just not use to the idea that a student read Bill’s blog before I did.
Comodo has excellent freeware products.
An excellent review of Comodo’s Dragon Browser
Wireless Antenna Mods and Templates
Great website for wireless mods (templates) Link
Wireless Survey – HeatMapper
Wireless Mapper. Link
Rescue a hard drive, partition or reset a password using PING
Well it is not the PING you would think – PING is (Partimage is NOT Ghost) Link
Simple ISO you download and make into a bootable CD so that you can :
- Linux toolbox for rescuing a system;
- Backup and Restore partitions or files locally or to the network (MS Network Shared directory, NFS, FTP or SSHFS);
- Backup and Restore the BIOS data as well;
- Either burn a bootable CD / DVD, either integrate within a PXE / RIS environment;
- Possibility to Blank local admin’s password
- …More
NetSurveyor Wireless Network Survey
Cool tool!!!! It’s rare something like this is free. NetSurveyor
It creates a full report in adobe, spectrogram, heat, dbi and more!
Wireless Tools and Calculations
Has someone stolen your identity?
Here is one of the best resource centers for information on identity theft and what to do - Identity Theft Resource Center.
