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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Put a small Snippet of a Website or Blog on Your Desktop
If you want to keep up with a blog or website, you can use this application to monitor the website or blog. This does require Adobe Air in order to function. Link Dawn Babian, GSAE
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Make a Shortcut on the Send To Menu
To customize the “Send To” menu in Windows 7 when you right click on an item, you need to add a shortcut to the folder or drive you want to see on the menu to the Send To folder. To … Continue reading
See Copy As Path in Windows 7
Mickey and Randy give this tip- In Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can get a Copy As Path option if you hold down the shift key. This will copy the entire path of a file or folder so you … Continue reading
Color Calibration with Windows 7
Forwarded from Randy and Mickey- Are you a graphic artist or do you work with print media or another color-sensitive documents? You want to make sure you have the exact color you need on the screen, and since every monitor … Continue reading
ESET Malware Removal Tool
ESET is an excellent antivirus and has excellent removal tools. When using these tools, you should boot into Safe Mode by turning on your computer and hitting F8 and selecting Safe Mode. Link This tool combined with ComboFix can remove … Continue reading
See What Changes on Your Hard Drive
If you want to see what changes on your hard drive, DiskPulse is a great little program to do just that.
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Tweak Windows 7
Windows 7 although tweaked by Microsoft can be further tweaked to perform even better. 7Tweak is the only tuning software for Windows 7 with the right suite of tools: – Intelligent Disk Cleaner and Safe Defragmentation tool. – Smart hard … Continue reading
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IE8 Not Displaying Some Websites
Can’t get a website to load that has Javascript or other code? Open IE, Tools, Internet Options – Security Tab, uncheck Enable Protected Mode and then Reset to defaults.
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Windows Services Dependency Viewer
Ever wonder about that process that is running (service). This simple program allows you to see this information. Link
Network Management Software
Here’s a search for Network management software that allows you to sort and find the information you are looking for. Link Dawn Babian, GSAE
Check for Broken Links on Your Website
Here’s an online link validator – Link
Why Virtualization is Gaining Momentum
Why Virtualization? Virtualization is gaining momentum with information technology professionals because of the ability to install more than one operating system on an individual host computer. With hardware becoming less expensive, this type of computing is gaining momentum because of … Continue reading
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Tagged Computer, Computers, Linux, Microsoft, sun, Virtual PC, VirtualBox, virtualization, Virtualize, VMWare, Windows
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Convert Anything to Binary
Convert anything to binary by visiting this website – Link
See Who is Trying to Connect to Your Computer
Here’s a cool little application that monitors your computer and alerts you if someone or a remote process tries to connect. This allows you to monitor this type information and ‘see’ what is going on with your computer. Remote Access … Continue reading
Run VirtualBox from a Portable Drive
If you need to take VirtualBox with you, you can use a portable drive to operate the OS of your choice. This is an excellent way to demonstrate virtualization or to use in a programming situation where a program is … Continue reading
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Tagged Linux, sun, Sun VirtualBox, virtual computing, virtual machines, VirtualBox, virtualization, Virtualize, Windows
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Can’t Right Click and Manage in Windows
If you can’t right click on My Computer and use the manage feature in Windows, look for third part software such as A-Squared or other software that provides a right click function. Uninstall the software and reinstall after a restart.
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Start a Command Prompt as the Administrator in Windows Vista or 7
So how do you start a command prompt as an administrator? Type CMD in the search box and hold down the Shift, Ctrl and hit the enter key. Dawn Babian, GSAE (holding down Shift and Ctrl while hitting enter will … Continue reading
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Windows 2003 Server is slow on your LAN – Tweak
If your Windows 2003 Server is slow on your LAN, you can make the following changes to your registry. When you make these changes, you MUST be sure that your data is backed up. On the your server, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged network, networking, Server 2003, Servers, windows server, windows server 2003
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The Top IT Skills needed by IT Professionals
I have to agree. Infoworld hit this on the head. Link to article 1. Be able to fix basic PC issues. 2. Work the help desk. 3. Do public speaking. 4. Train someone. 5. Listen more than you speak. 6. … Continue reading
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IT workers pushed to the limits | Adventures in IT – InfoWorld
IT workers pushed to the limits | Adventures in IT – InfoWorld Posted using ShareThis
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