Monthly Archives: September 2008

Never Miss a Note

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:36 pm by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Livescribe offers a pen that records audio so you don’t miss a thing in meetings.

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Microsoft Network Monitoring

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:18 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Microsoft has a utility that is similar to Wireshark.   Network Monitoring from Microsoft for Windows-  This download is a complete rework of former versions.  This information is very similar to Wireshark. http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18B1D59D-F4D8-4213-8D17-2F6DDE7D7AAC&displaylang=en

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Netsh Utility – Windows XP and Vista Networking

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:14 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Windows XP had a hidden utility called Netsh. IT geeks knew about this command but rarely used it.  If you are not good at command line interfaces, type:  netsh diag gui   and a GUI Interface is provided for you. This … Continue reading →

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Windows XP Tools from Windows Server 2003 download

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:50 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Several useful tools that can be used (command and GUI driven) on Windows XP.  Here’s a few: Cdburn.exe: ISO CD-ROM Burner Tool Chklnks.exe: Link Check Wizard Link Check Wizard (ChkLnks) is a GUI tool that scans all the link (shortcut) … Continue reading →

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AMD Dual Core Optimizer – August 2008

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:36 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

From AMD: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer Version 1.1.4 – The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp … Continue reading →

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Spammers Protected by Freedom of Speech

Posted on Saturday, September 13, 2008 6:44 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Give me a break.  If this is so, that also means telemarketers and the junk mail folks are also. (Thank Cecil, one of my students if you see him…he has now proven that there are people who have never been … Continue reading →

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Best New Freeware Defrag Utility

Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 4:12 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

IoBit’s Defrag Utility promises the same results as diskkeeeper at no cost.  Cecil (a student) told me about this new utility v 1.0.  It allows for the scheduling and optimizing of the IoBit Defrag engine.  This software offers a million … Continue reading →

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Best Security Tips Free Software

Posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 8:44 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Best Security Tips offers several free software suites available for download.  The site offers Tips, Tools, News, a Forum and more.         

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Google’s own Web Browser is Here!

Posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2008 4:25 pm by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

Google is scheduled to release their own web browser.  Called Chrome, the new web browser will compete with Internet Explorer 8, Firefox and Opera.  Now: http://www.google.com/chrome   

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