For anyone working within a large business we are all aware that Daylight Savings Time (DST) will be starting four weeks earlier this year, that is March 11. If you admin a smaller network or even just a bunch of workstations then this is a great opportunity to do some hosekeeping that you have put off. Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista desktops have been patched so if you have not service packed your XP then this is the time to do that so that … [Read more...]
Where has Tweako been all my life
One of the reasons that I love Lifehacker is because you can look down a page of stories for the day and find a nugget of knowledge that you have always been looking for. Well I found another site like that but it has even more.Recent Content : All | tweakoTweako is a site that has tips from all over the computing world. Recently they picked up an article of mine from this blog so I decidedto go and check it out nd see what else there was and low … [Read more...]
Wireless access in public places
I have just got back from a whirlwind trip to Florida for a conference for Trax, Trax is a piece of software used for maintaining aircraft and tracking the work that has been done and needs to be done on parts for the airplanes. The software is very cool in what it does and is also a bit tough to support from an IT perspective but that is not what I am writing about. Wireless access in public places Instead I have been without internet, … [Read more...]
Don’t mix your Antivirus
I got caught today trying to be a bit to cute on the company network. I am a big fan of AVG Antirvirus at home and on everyone I knows computer and I decided to do the same on my new Dell D620 work laptop. Everything has been working fine for a week but of course not thinking about the way that software gets pushed on the network I got nailed with a fatal update today. I was pleasantly working on my computer this afternoon when I got an error … [Read more...]
Using Windows 7 Embedded For a Kiosk
Windows 7 Embedded for Kiosk Apps Windows 7 is a great operating system environment to run kiosk or single-purpose applications such as POS or multimedia systems. Its ability to host just about any program from a variety of development environments makes it an ideal platform. Adobe Flash, Silverlight, Java, Microsoft.Net, and HTML are just a few of the development languages available to build rich interactive kiosk and single-purpose … [Read more...]
112 Windows Run Commands
Wow, when I hit start to run I usually just bring up a command window but I just ran across this great list. Windows Run Commands There are a couple of advantages to using run commands. So as long as these options are avilable to us in Windows it is impeerative that we take advantage of them. First of all it stops you from having to go to the mouse instead of using the keyboard, this will radically increase your productivity. Using command … [Read more...]
Using a recovery Partition for Windows
One of the problems often of using a recovery partition to replace your current install is to make it active. Here are some instructions. Remember, once you recover back to the recovery partition you will destroy all the data on the hard drive and this will be a problem if you have any data there like pictures, word documents, email or anything else that you created. So back it UP! If you have installed XP or Vista, but still have the … [Read more...]
Daylight Savings Time did not end today
Well any national leader can make changes but electronics don't always have to agree. This morning I woke up to my VCRs (yes I have two, no PVR for me yet) having conveniently changed time back an hour. To anyone that has a real brain we all know that next weekend the time zone changes but to some of the pieces of electronic equipment that had no patching done last year the time change should be today. I was reminded Friday that this … [Read more...]
How To Start a Computer Support Business
Starting a computer support business is something that with some experience and training almost anyone can do. As a person owning an independent computer support business as well as a website to help others that support home users I thought it would be nice to point out the steps needed to start a business helping home computer users as well as some of the skills needed to get started. There are four steps to getting the business … [Read more...]
Getting more pay as an IT guy
If your skills are hot, your pay is pretty cool. More than half of IT professionals are earning premiums because of their certified and noncertified skills, according to a new report released this week. Some 51% of IT workers are earning some form of additional compensation--often a bigger base salary--because they have skills that employers are hungry for or are afraid to lose. "Retention is a problem, a bad problem," says David Foote, … [Read more...]
