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Monthly Archives: January 2013
How long will it take a file to transfer on a network or to download?
Numion has several excellent tools in order to estimate how long it takes a file to transfer on a network or to be downloaded from the internet. Of course these are estimates that are affected by overhead and other … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, Download speed, file transfer speed, Internet, Linux, mac, network, networking, Windows, Wireless
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InSSIDer 3.0 Personal
InSSIDer 3.0 Personal Edition is available for download at Metageek. InSSIDer 3.0 is an excellent tool used to analyze and see your wireless APs. Note: If you currently use InSSIDer version 2.1 and use the GPS features, 3.0 personal does … Continue reading
Posted in freeware, network, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows, Wireless
Tagged Inssider 3.0, windows networking, Wireless, wireless networking, Wireless Networks
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How to Downgrade Windows 8 Pro to Windows 7
The popularity of Windows 8 always falls in the usability of the operating systems. Really easy to use (my opinion), it can be downgraded to Windows 7 for free if you purchased Windows 8 Pro for free. Mickey … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Education, Information Technology, Software, Windows
Tagged How to Downgrade Windows 8, windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8 Downgrade
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Go Hack Yourself – Dark Reading
“Penetration testing is only the first step of self-inspection— ask internal auditors to scrutinize IT practices beyond compliance to take risk management to the next level – Read More
Posted in Apple, Business, Computers, Education, Hacking, Information Technology, Law, Linux, Mobile Computing, network, Networking, Windows
Tagged Information Technology, Patch Management, Pen Testing, Risk Management
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Flash and Chrome
Found this over on Bill Mullin’s blog. Great tip from PCWorld. Apparently when you disable pepperflash dll, Youtube and flash sites run smoother. I saw a huge improvement. On my wife’s laptop, I had to install (re-install) flash … Continue reading
You’ve started your IT career. Now what?
So you started your IT career and you landed in a help desk position. What now? We wrote an article, “It takes time in the trenches of help desk” that tells you to do your time. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computer Security, Computers, Education, Information Technology, Linux, Mobile Computing, network, Networking, Software, Windows
Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Career, Careers, ComputerWorld, help desk, higher ed, higher education, information systems, Information Technology, Jobs, Occupational Handbook
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Realtek Ethernet Diagnostic Software
Although it is published on Realtek’s site, many endusers and IT techs miss this download. The Realtek Ethernet Diagnostic Software is an excellent piece of software that allows for diagnostic troubleshooting of your network card. Remember, download the latest … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computers, freeware, Information Technology, network, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows
Tagged computer hardware, networking, Networking diagnostics, Realtek, Realtek Ethernet Diagnostic Software, Realtek software, Realtek troubleshooting, Windows, windows drivers, Wireless
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Microsoft Virtual Academy – Free Microsoft Courses
Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft’s Virtual Academy What is Microsoft Virtual Academy? It is an online portal for IT professionals that offers a vast amount of information about Microsoft products and technology. Designed with whitepapers, videos and reference materials, MVA … Continue reading
Phrases you may hear in IT
Years ago we made a list of phrases we’ve heard in IT. These are phrases you may hear in the server room or when someone is on the phone with end-users. “Try it and see…” “Who knows?” “Reboot it” … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, information systems, Information Technology, IT, Linux, mac, Microsoft, Server Room, technology culture, Windows
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Zaxby’s restaurants hit with security breach – Dark Reading
” The chicken food chain Zaxby’s is warning customers that hackers may have compromised customer credit-card data at locations throughout the country.” Read More
The 10 hard truths IT must learn to accept
CITEWorld has an excellent slide presentation on the 10 hard truths IT must learn to accept If you work in IT, you should go over and see the slides. An excellent look at BYOD, losing control, compliance, downtime, lack of … Continue reading
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Tagged BYOD, COMPLIANCE, Information Technology, IT, IT compliance
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Cannot connect to Cisco E1000
A good wireless home router, the Cisco E1000 sometimes cannot be managed by Internet Explorer, Chrome or other common browsers. You can connect to it using Apple’s Safari. You can download and use Safari for the connection. … Continue reading
Unable to fetch available updates data – unexpected cURL error
When working with PHP and Moodle’s LMS, sometimes you have to dig for answers. The error “Unable to fetch available updates data – unexpected cURL error” actually has a fix that is easy to implement. Finding the solution was … Continue reading
Backblaze – The best offsite backup solution
Want a backup plan that will backup your data at a price that is reasonable? How about $50 per year and unlimited? Backblaze is one of the best cloud based backups available. With unlimited backup capability, security built … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Business, Computer Security, Computers, Education, Information Technology, network, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows
Tagged Apple Backups, backblaze, backup capability, Best Apple Backup, Best Windows Backup, Cloud Backups, Computer, Mac Backups, military grade encryption, online backups, Software, Technology, Windows Backups
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Microsoft Windows Server R2 or Windows 7 rebooting while configuring updates
Great tip from Josh – If Microsoft Server R2 or Windows 7 is stuck rebooting while configuring updates (pic below), follow these steps – Boot from the Server 2008 DVD (or Windows 7) Select the command prompt Type del c:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computers, Information Technology, network, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft update errors, Server 2008 rebooting, Server 2008 rebooting during updates, WIndows 7 Rebooting, Windows 7 rebooting during updates, Windows Server 2008 R2, windows update error, windows update errors
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Find your routers
How many devices do you pass through before surfing the web? Detect Multiple Routers over at PCWinTech is an excellent program to find your routers. In the scenario below, our home computers go through a wireless router and on to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computers, freeware, Information Technology, network, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows, Wireless
Tagged Detect Router, freeware, networking, Software, Windows, windows freeware, Wireless Routers
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