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Category Archives: Free Software
Display Driver Uninstaller
If you are a gamer or in IT, you may have noticed a performance degradation after changing your video card or after upgrading the driver. Display Driver Uninstaller helps to remove orphaned files and registry keys. Go over to TECHSPOT … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computer Software, Free Software, freeware, Technology, Windows, Windows 10
Tagged driver removal, driver uninstaller, drivers
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Diagnosing your network and measuring speed.
Diagnosing your network? Here’s a GUI program to ping and get averages and speeds over a period of time – nine years ago we featured Performance Pinging by Carsten Schmidt and cannot find a working website from the author to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Free Software, freeware, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, network, Networking, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows Server
Tagged freeware, network, network speed, network speed test, networking, troubleshooting
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Brute Force Username and Passwords with Ncrack – Security / Educational
Disclaimer: You must own or have permission to run Ncrack on any network or device. This post is used for educational purposes. IT admin personnel can test different devices and their setups with ncrack. If devices are set up in … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Education, Free Software, Hacking, Information Technology, IoT, Technology
Tagged Linux, mac, Network Security, Pen Testing, Security, Windows
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GeGeek Toolkit – An interview with Jason
Years ago we found GeGeek.com (Credit goes to Rick over at What’s on My PC) and realized that the website and Toolkit was an unreal resource and treasure for young IT Professionals. Recently we struck a conversation with Jason of GeGeek … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Education, Free Software, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Security, Windows Server, Wireless
Tagged GeGeek, GEGeek Toolkit, Software, Whats On My PC
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GeGeek Toolkit Review 2018 ver. 11.41
We did a review of GeGeek’s Toolkit back in 2014 after hearing about the website and toolkit from Rick over at “What’s On My PC’. Recently, Jason of GeGeek reached out to us and gave us the latest release of … Continue reading
Running Wireshark in Linux
Are you running Wireshark in Linux? You may have to give permission to a non-root user to sniff packets. How do you do this? Open Terminal Next, type – sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common Enter YES in the screen that ask for … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computers, Free Software, freeware, higher education, Linux, Technology
Tagged Linux, Wireshark, wireshark linux
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Have a web server you’ve recently added a SSL certificate on and SQL is not starting?
Here’s a solution if you SQL isn’t starting – SQL Dude’s Blog NARTAC also makes a software to help you tweak and strengthen ciphers and protocols. IIS Crypto can be downloaded here. You can also test your site or other … Continue reading
Need to check your PC for Meltdown or Spectre?
Need to check your PC for Meltdown or Spectre? Use Steve Gibson’s free tool to check if you are vulnerable. https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm
Posted in Computer Security, Computer Software, Free Software, freeware, help desk, higher ed, higher education, Information Technology, malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged Malware, Meltdown, Security, Spectre, Windows, Windows Meltdown, Windows Spectre
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Optimize MySql with MySQL Workbench
Everyone needs to keep the integrity of their database and tables optimized. How? Start MySQL Workbench and connect the software to your MySQL server. Right click on your database and select Schema Inspector Select all of the tables. Check each … Continue reading
SyMenu – Download over 1,000 utilities from NirSoft, SysInternals and more
SyMenu allows you to download utilities from NirSoft, SysInternals and more. Download the program from here and check the programs you want. Once you download the programs, you can use SyMenu to run the many programs (over 1200) from a … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Free Software, freeware, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged freeware, Software, Windows
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Private Cloud freeware? Try Tonido
Want a private cloud to sync your files, back up data and have access from outside of your home? Tonido Software for home is free. The software is around 20+ meg to download and easy to set up. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, Computers, Education, Free Software, freeware, Home Networking, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Software, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
Tagged Cloud, cloud computing, free cloud, private cloud
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Want a fast and safer browser? Try Brave
Brave browser is an excellent browser for speed and safety. Speed and Safety Blocks trackers and intrusive ads Prevents the 60% page load time latency by blocking ads Prevents the 20% load time latency from underlying code or scripts try … Continue reading
Find rogue APs with Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector using signal strength and sound
Xirrus Wi-Fi inspector is a free tool you can use to gather information about wi-fi around you. You can also use this tool to locate APs via sound very similar to using radar and sound. Have an AP you … Continue reading
Top Pen Testing ISOs 2017
What’s the top Pen Testing ISOs for 2017? Here’s my ranking and download links. Kali Linux – https://www.kali.org/downloads/ Backbox – http://www.backbox.org/downloads Cyborg Hawk – http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyborghawk1/files/latest/download Parrot Sec – http://www.parrotsec.org/download/ Deft – http://www.deftlinux.net/download/ Live Hacking OS – http://www.livehacking.com/live-hacking-cd/d Samurai – http://sourceforge.net/projects/samurai/files/ Network Security Toolkit – http://sourceforge.net/projects/nst/ PenToo – http://www.pentoo.ch/download/ Knoppix … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Education, Free Software, Hacking, higher ed, higher education, Information Technology, Internet of Things, Linux, Mac, Networking, Software, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Security
Tagged backbox, cyborg hawk, Educational, Hacking, Kali, Linux, Linux Security, mac security, Pen Testing, penetration testing, Security, Windows Security
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World Route by Softperfect
Here’s a visual aid to tracert currently free at Softperfect. You can use this to see where internet delays are happening with a website. This tool comes in portable and with an installer. https://www.softperfect.com/products/worldroute/
9 Popular Password Manager Apps Found Leaking Your Secrets
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NetSpot Review – Wi-Fi survey app for Windows
In this three part series we review NetSpot a Wi-Fi survey app for Mac and Windows. In this part, we look at the Microsoft Windows version of NetSpot. NetSpot performs accurate Wi-Fi surveys that allows you to use a map … Continue reading
Posted in computer troubleshooting, Computers, Free Software, help desk, Industry, Information Technology, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Wireless
Tagged NetSpot, networking, Wireless, Wireless Maps, Wireless Networks, Wireless surveys, wireless troubleshooting
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OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)- Using on your home network
OWASP -The Open Web Application Security Project is an online community which creates freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the field of web application security. (Wikipedia) If you have wanted to learn how to test your network and … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Education, Free Software, Hacking, higher ed, higher education, Information Technology, internet security;, IoT, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Networking, Technology, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Security, Windows Server, Wireless
Tagged computer security, Hacking, IoT Security, Network Security, OWASP, OWASP ZAP, Windows 10, Windows Security
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Did you know Microsoft has an online Training Center for Office?
Microsoft offers an online training center for Microsoft Office that covers Microsoft Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive, Access and Skype for Business. The training offers videos, tips and more. You can find the training here.
Posted in Education, Free Software, freeware, help desk, higher ed, higher education, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Tagged Learn Office, microsoft office, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, Microsoft Office 365, Office Training
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Completely uninstall Office with the easy fix tool
Microsoft offers an easy fix tool that gets rid of Office and insures that nothing remains in your folders or registry. This tool should be use if you have errors installing Office or if you are wanting to remove … Continue reading
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