HDD Defragmenter Virus
HDD Defragmenter is not a real defrag tool but this thing gave me lots of trouble tonight. This is not a tool or anything else but instead is cleverly disguised virus that looks like Windows is having trouble. How did I get HDD Defragmenter WSell I still od not know…
Using T-SQL on the Command Line
T-SQL has some amazing features. Besides being able to do all the standard SQL stuff with ease and poise, it can also do some heavy lifting by reaching out into the OS with some mighty Stored Procedures. A short while back I had the pleasure to acquaint myself with the…
Important IT Skills to Learn Now
I get emails from training facilities at work all the time but today I got this interesting article from Global Knowledge talking about the most important IT skills right now. In reading this list I know that in real life these are critical skills for all enterprises. See how you…
Search gone in Windows 7
I have been running Windows 7 for a while and then today on one computer I found that search is gone in Windows 7. I had looked through my services and tried opening My Computer and in the address bar where Windows search was on the right side I could…
Scanning for computers on a remote subnet
I think the ADD meds have really started to kick in. I had a problem with probably some pretty simple solutions using software but instead I used IT skills and a piece of Unix software ported to Windows. Here is the problem. We have a computer in a remote subnet,…