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New Layout For Tech Chop
2011-11-07 09:00:00
Hello everyone, yes I realize it's been a while since the last time I wrote something. I have been real busy tracking down intermittent network issues at work, getting the kids and the house ready for Halloween, taking care of my wife's busted knee, and promoting my monthly video podcast Tech Chop. Speaking of Tech Chop, for those of you that watch the show, I have re-designed the layout of TechChop.com.Since I host on Blogger for free, awesome, Google powered awesomeness, I was using a free Blogger template called Bloggertube which is made for video bloggers, and easily integrates your Youtube videos into your blog. Here is a screenshot of the Bloggertube template:Pretty slick right? I thought so too until I got Tech Chop signed up with the Tech Podcast Network (TPN) which provides wider distribution, and they act as intermediaries for sponsorships. They also allow Tech Chop to be available on set top boxes like Roku and Boxee. I should say that Tech Chop is also on Youtube, and ...

How To Spoof Email on The Easy
2011-10-31 08:05:00
Happy Halloween! Just in time for a new episode of Tech Chop! This episode isn?t really all Halloweened up particularly, but it does have to deal with one aspect of Halloween. That is playing tricks on people! That?s right, Halloween is not just for candy and sluts! In this episode, which stars my lovely wife Mary by the way, I show you three ways you can send fake spoofed emails using apps for your Android, or iPhone. I also show you how you can send out a spoofed email from your Ubuntu computer. Check it out!   You can learn more about the software used, as well as the commands used by checking out the show notes over a Tech Chop. Speaking of Halloween? Here is my costume: What are you dressing as for Halloween? Post links to some pics in the comments! del.icio.us Tags: how to,spoof,email,android,iphone,halloween,z ombie,tech chop Related articles Happy Halloween (metalsucks.net) Outrageous! (cuteoverload.com) See All the Celeb Halloween Costum...
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Goodbye Remastersys, Hello Re-Linux!
2011-10-26 09:00:00
As some of you well know, Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) was recently released. You all know what that means right? Yup, it's time for another version of Bauer-Puntu Linux ! For you Bauer-Puntu users, you will be happy to know that i've been busily working on a 11.10 installment of Bauer-Puntu but ran into a little snag the other day.You see, I used to use Remastersys to build my custom ISO image for Bauer-Puntu since the beginning. Well I went to install it on my Bauer-Puntu 11.10 build machine and holy crap! Remastersys packed up shop, took their code and walked out the effing door!My first reaction was to piss myself, then I regrouped and came up with a better plan. I decided to bitch on Twitter about it. Good thing I did too because @tnicholson suggested that I take a look at Re-Linux. This is exactly what I needed! In fact, it is basically Remastersys without the GUI!I found a good blog article on how to install it, and run it here: (lkubuntu)So needless to say, Bauer-Puntu is ...

Dell PowerVault MD3000i and Windows 2008 R2
2011-10-25 09:00:00
I had the strangest issue yesterday and thought it would be good to share it with you guys. It?s something I?ve never really encountered in the world of iSCSI SANs until now. I?ve used Dell PowerVault?s in the past but only with VMWare, so this particular issue never came up. First let me tell you some of my symptoms, I have two Windows 2008 R2 servers running on HP hardware that I want to use in a SQL failover cluster. For failover clustering, you need to have shared storage, hence the Dell MD3000i. With any of our other SAN devices, including my home-grown SAN using Ubuntu, all I had to do to connect a LUN was to enter the IP address of the SAN device in Microsoft iSCSI initiator?s quick connect, and bam it?s there. Well, when I tried to add a LUN it would connect fine in MS iSCSI Initiator, but when I went into disk management I would see the LUN I wanted to add along with another 20MB Disk. If I tried to bring the disk from the MD3000i online I would get an error saying ?...

Bauer-Puntu 11.10 Will Use XFCE
2011-10-20 09:00:00
Back in my early Ubuntu days I switched over to Xubuntu which was Ubuntu that used XFCE for it's desktop environment instead of Gnome. The thing I liked about XFCE was that it was lighter than Gnome, and didn't use up as many system resources. I think it was around the time I started making Bauer-Puntu Linux that I switched back over to regular Ubuntu with Gnome and have been stuck there ever since.That is until now. I am in the process of building Bauer-Puntu 11.10, which of course will use Ubuntu 11.10 as the base. When I downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 though I wasn't too happy with the desktop environment. I'm not talking about stupid Unity either, I am talking about Gnome Shell 3.2. It sucks! Frankly, I don't think I should have to do a Google search to find out where the hell they placed the system menu. You can find it by clicking on your user name in the upper right by the way. How friggin' un-intuitive is that? Also, how the frig do you edit panels, and add/remove objects fro...

Mvix Ultio Pro (MX-880HD) Review
2011-10-19 09:00:00
NOTE: PLEASE READ THE EDIT AT THE BOTTOM BEFORE YOU BUY THIS POS!I have a friend that mentioned that he had purchased a really cool device called the Mvix Ultio. It is an HD media server device that can play just about any type of media file out there in 1080p goodness. It also features something that most devices of its kind don't, a built in BitTorrent client!I decided to contact Mvix USA to see if I could get a review model to test out myself. Lucky for me, they sent me a review unit at a substantial discount! Anyway, when I got the unit, it wasn't the unit my friend had, but their latest model, the Mvix Ultio Pro! T.his device, like it's predecessor, has a built-in BitTorrent client, can handle internal storage up to 2TB, as well as additional storage via USB, and SDHC. It will also play DVD's if you have an external USB DVD ROM.With a built-in BitTorrent client, you probably already assume that it is network attached right? Good, glad we're on the same page. Yes, you can e...
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How To Connect A Windows L2TP over IPSEC Client To RRAS Behind NAT
2011-10-14 09:00:00
At my company we recently replaced our Cisco ASA 5505 with a different firewall solution. Before we swapped it out a lot of remote users would use the Cisco VPN client to remote back into the network here. Our new firewall has it's own SSL VPN for remote users, but it's kind of flaky and doesn't work on Mac's. Therefore I decided to setup a Windows VPN server using Routing and Remote Access (RRAS). To me, the Microsoft VPN is the easiest to setup, and use. Plus it doesn't require a third party client. Also, if your users have Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 they can use the cool new SSTP VPN protocol, which is secured with SSL. If they are using Windows XP, or Mac though, they cannot use SSTP. In the past, I would just have users use PPTP, but it's not very secure any more. According to Wikipedia: PPTP has been the subject of many security analyses and serious security vulnerabilities have been found in the protocol. The known vulnerabilities relate to the underlying PPP a...

The Shadiest Fully Automated Free Youtube View Increaser
2011-10-13 09:00:00
The last two days I have shared with you some shady places where one can inflate their Youtube views. All of these methods are view trading methods, and none of them use proxies or fake pings to boost views. Each view you get is by someone like you who wants their video views increased. Basically you all trade views for views. Simple right? Okay, so yesterday I talked about TubeView Trader, which I said was automated, but only let you watch 20 videos at a time. That means that you can set and forget it, but you have to come back to your computer every few minutes to run it again. For some, that may not be shady enough. For you truly shady black hat marketing bastards, I found one you can truly set and forget. Hell, you could probably set this thing on your home PC and go to work letting it run all day racking up points. Just an idea? This thing will also run in your system tray, so you can let it run with your speakers turned off or something while you work. Yet again, automatical...
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More Shady and Automated Way To Increase Youtube Views
2011-10-12 09:00:00
Yesterday I wrote about Utube Train which is an online community where you can submit your Youtube videos, and basically trade views with other users in the community. Each video you watch gives you points, and you can then trade those points in for more video views of your stuff. Simple right? Well it's not automated, nor shady enough for some users so I dug around a little more and found one that's a little more black hat for you guys.This site is called TubeView Trader. This one is interesting in that it requires Google Chrome because the tool itself is a plugin for Google Chrome. Once installed, you can submit your videos, then select how many videos you want to watch and click start. The most you can watch in one sitting is 20, and the least is 5. You can stop the videos at any time. Once you hit start, another tab is opened in Chrome on Youtube, and after each video is played, it automatically refreshes on another video in the queue. You don't have to do anything except sit...
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New Site To Increase Youtube Views On The Shady
2011-10-11 09:00:00
A while back I wrote about a site called ViewTubeTrain that allowed you to submit your Youtube videos and had a pool of people that would go on there and watch the videos. The idea was to trade views of their videos for views of yours. Simple right? The more you watched, the more credits you earned, and the more your videos were viewed. Well I went back to check on that site the other day and it is now gone. Bummer... Anyway, I discovered another site almost just like it called UTube Train. It has a similar function, except this site is not automated. You have to watch videos for points, and when you have watched the video, you can click to match another one. Since it's not automated, there is less of a chance to game the system to artificially boost your points. You can also use this site to get mor subscribers to your Youtube channel as well. I am currently trying out UTube Train on one of my old videos, we'll see how it goes. You might be wondering why you would want to bo...
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The Future is Now! BAE System's Tank With Friggin' Cloaking!
2011-10-10 09:00:00
How many of us grew up watching Star Trek on TV with the Klingon's and their space ships that had cloaking devices? What about the Predator movies where the alien hunter runs around killing mofo's while being completely invisible? What about James Bond in Die Another Day and his bad ass Austin Martin that could turn invisable? Think it's all science fiction? Not any more!BAE Systems has developed a technology they call ADAPTIV which in essence gives the ability to blend in with your background almost just like something you would see in a science fiction flick.From their page:Unlike traditional camouflage systems which rely on paint or nets to hide vehicles, ADAPTIV can instantly blend a vehicle into its background. The system can also be used on ships and fixed installations, allowing them to stay undetected by enemy surveillance units.With the ADAPTIV system installed, a unit has:The ability to blend into natural surroundingsThe ability to mimic natural objects and other vehicl...
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How To Get a High-Paying Tech Job - Infographic
2011-10-07 09:00:00
Through writing for Bauer-Power over the last few years, and doing my Tech Chop podcast. Hell, even when I was a teacher at Coleman University, I got a lot of questions about how someone can break into the technology business. I mean you see it on TV with the ITT Tech commercials about how once you learn how to program computers, fix computers, or network computers that all your dreams will come true, and you will make a lot of money. Well the truth is, that you can make good money in technology!I found this infographic while surfing around on Digg that shows you how to get a job in Tech:  Now the one thing I disagree on is the stuff about having your MBA. You don't need an MBA to make good money in Tech. Honestly, you don't even need a college degree. It does help though in my opinion to get your foot in the doors for interviews, but it's what you know in the interview that will get you the job. Not the degree.Agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comments.[Via Mastersde...
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Even Better Free Alternative To Ultramon
2011-10-06 09:00:00
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a free alternative to the multi-screen manager called Ultramon. If you haven?t read that post, I talk about a free tool called Zbar. Right after that post a co-worker of mine told me about another tool that I actually think is way better. His tool is open source, and is designed for use with Windows 7 and Windows Vista only. His is a little more simple than Zbar though as it only provides an additional taskbar for your monitor. This task bar is better than Zbar?s though as it seamlessly blends in with whatever theme you are running in Windows. In that respect it is more like Ultramon?s task bar. The tool is called Dual Monitor Taskbar. Here are some features: Taskbar on the second monitor Pinned programs Aero support Window manager Mirror mode Auto-Hide Notification area Start Button (BETA) For me, that is the biggest thing I like about Ultramon. I just can?t stand multiple monitors without a taskbar on them....
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Co-worker?s First Time Using Ubuntu Linux
2011-10-05 09:00:00
At my day job I inherited a collection of a bunch of old computers. A ton of them were Intel Pentium 4 machines without hyper threading. Some were custom built jobs that were in decent working order that I just didn?t want to support, and some were a few years old, still worked okay but mainly didn?t match any hardware standard we had going. I decided to donate all of these computers, but before I called a local non-profit to haul them away in exchange for a tax deductible receipt, I made these machines available to employees. What a nice thing to do right? Before donating computers though I securely wiped the drives with DBAN. That meant that for one no company info got into the wrong hands, and two I didn?t have to support anyone?s old Windows install. Plus I didn?t have to worry about licensing issues. For the employees that wanted a machine, but couldn?t afford to buy Windows on their own, I recommended Ubuntu Linux for them. My co-worker Layla in the video was really interest...
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How To Hack Windows Remote Desktop
2011-10-04 09:00:00
Happy October everyone! New month and that means a new episode of Tech Chop! I have a great episode for your this month, and I also have some great news as well regarding the show. Let?s start with the good news first. I am proud to say that Tech Chop has been accepted into the Tech Podcast Network (TPN). That means wider distribution, and the ability to get sponsors. TPN goes out on my behalf and does sponsorship negotiations so I don?t have to! That means I can concentrate on just making the show better (Because God knows it needs it!) Anyway, now to discuss the show itself. In this episode I show you how you can perform a dictionary attack on Windows computers listening on port 3389 which as we all know is remote desktop or RDP. Sounds pretty cool right? Check it out! Links to the commands and software used, as well as how to install ncrack on Ubuntu can be found in the show notes here: (TechChop.com) What did you think about using ncrack to hack Windows remote desktop?...
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Free Alternative To Windows Live Movie Maker
2011-10-03 09:00:00
I like Windows Live Movie Maker. Sure, it's not as good as the original Movie Maker, and has been scaled way down, but it's still good for quick and simple little videos for home or the blog. For podcasts I prefer something a little more robust like Sony Vegas Pro, but I don't always need to do so many fancy edits. The thing I love about Windows Live Movie Maker is that you can render your files in HD natively which is nice because most cheap video cameras film in at least 720P HD these days. Other times Windows Live Movie Maker kind of sucks. For instance, the other day I loaded a 3gp video I took from my Android phone, and Live Move Maker stripped the sound off for no reason. Weird. Some times you want to have multiple audio layers, and you can't with Live Move Maker. Maybe you want to do some cool Chroma keying. Nope, not going to happen in Movie Maker. There is a really cool alternative though, and it's free for personal use. It's called VideoPad Video Editor! VideoPad...
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How To Back Up, Restore, Or Deploy Windows VPN Settings
2011-09-30 09:00:00
I am a huge fan of Microsoft's VPN built into Routing and Remote Access. For me it is the easiest system to configure, and deploy. Plus it isn't limited on how many users can connect to it like say a Cisco VPN where you might be able to have 10 concurrent users, and if you need any more you have to pay for more licenses. Lame sauce I say! I also like Microsoft's latest VPN technology, Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol, or SSTP for short. It's as easy to setup and configure as PPTP, but it's more secure because it uses SSL encryption. Plus the only port you have to open up on the firewall is 443. Easy peasy! Finally, the last thing I like is that if you use a Microsoft VPN, you can use the built in Network and Sharing Center in Windows to configure your settings. You don't need a third party client like you do with Cisco, Sonicwall or Netscaler VPN's. That means less overhead, and less software you have to take care of. Pure win! What if you don't want to write up a tutoria...
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Alternative to Windows File Copy
2011-09-29 09:00:00
I absolutely hate the built in file copy manager in Windows . I have for a long time. It doesn?t have a very good interface for showing progress, especially if you are copying multiple files. Plus if you are copying files over the network, and you run into a slight network hiccup, you have to start all over? Why? because the built in file copier for Windows doesn?t allow you to resume file copy. There has been a tool that I?ve used for a while now that is fairly popular, yet I am surprised by how many people still haven?t heard of it. It?s called TeraCopy from CodeSector. When you install it, it automatically replaces the built in file copier from Windows, and immediately makes your file copying life easier! Here is a list of features from their page: Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at an...
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Juice Up Your Podcast Downloads! For Mac or Windows!
2011-09-28 09:00:00
For the longest time I was using Miro at home to download some of my favorite video podcasts from the internet. I love lots of shows on Revision3, and I also have my own podcast as some of you may know. Sure, with a lot of these shows you can simply stream them online, but I like to watch these shows on my TV using my POS Mvix Ultio Pro. What I would do is download the videos to my desktop PC at home using Miro, then I had a daily scheduled task to copy them over to my Mvix Ultio for my viewing pleasure. The problem was that I found Miro to be sort of a resource hog. Miro is kind of designed to me more of a media center type program that not only downloads podcasts, and other online media, but recommends new shows to you and plays them as well. That?s great and all, but what if I only want to download shows via RSS, and that?s it? I think something lighter is in order. Introducing Juice! From their page, ?Juice is the premier podcast receiver, allowing users to capture and listen ...
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Speed Up Startup With Startup Delayer
2011-09-27 09:00:00
Have you ever troubleshot a computer that took forever to start up after a user logged in? Nine times out of ten they probably had a heap load of stuff that started at login time. Stuff like instant messengers, software updaters, backup software, anti-virus, etc. You get the picture. Sure you can disable a lot of that from starting up at all when a user logs in, but what if they really need a programs to run at startup, they just need to be able to login and get to work faster? I found a nice little free tool that will let you delay essential programs instead of stopping them. Thus allowing a faster login time, and still be allowed to have processes that run at login. It?s called Startup Delayer from R2 Studios. You can set your own delay sensitivity when you first run the program. Make it so that nothing will start until the computer is idol, or even start fast and only take slight consideration to CPU and Disk usage. From their page: Startup Delayer gives you the power to...
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Interesting Microsoft Facts: Infographic
2011-09-26 09:00:00
I found another Infographic I thought you guys would like. Some of these things you may already know about the multi-billion dollar conglomerate known as Microsoft . Then again, some of it you may not know at all. I know a lot of you read this blog for the Linux stuff, and most of you are Linux enthusiasts, but I'm sure that you can't escape Microsoft completely. Probably because although we don't like it, Microsoft is still number one in the computer game, and they aren't going anywhere any time soon. Ok, so we all know that Microsoft makes an epic butt load of money. But did you know that in their first year in business they only made $16,000? Did you know that Bill Gates dropped out of college to form Microsoft? Did you know that Microsoft was originally spelled Micro-Soft? Here are a few more bits of info you may not know: [Source: OnlineMBA.com] del.icio.us Tags: infographic,microsoft,facts   Related articles Linux marks 20th anniversary, recoun...
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Checking In With Kip Kay: Flashlight Boom Box!
2011-09-23 09:00:00
It's been quite a long time since I checked out one of my favorite sites on the Internet KipKay.com. Periodically I like to see what old Kip is up to and it is almost always friggin' cool! Kip is a real life MacGyver that makes all sorts of weird stuff out of common household items.In this awesome video, Kip shows us how to take an old Eveready lantern flashlight, some speakers, some old speaker board and an iPod to create a mini boom box that can be controlled remotely! Sounds like a fun project! Check it out:   You can check out more of Kip's projects over at KipKay.com, and you can follow him on Facebook here: (Kip Kay)del.icio.us tags: how to, hack, f lashlight, boom box, kip,& nbsp;kay, kerdershaRelated articles, courtesy of Zemanta: Radio Hacking Made Easy: the Aircraft Band ReceiverMacGyver with an iPhoneTop 10 iPod speakers

Free Alternative To Ultramon
2011-09-22 09:00:00
I have been using dual-monitors since I got into IT. I have used them so long that it's hard to go back to a single monitor. On my home computer I only have a single monitor, but my wife mainly uses that one anyway. One of these days I'll introduce her to the power of multiple displays as well. Back to the point though, I've been using dual monitors for a very long time, and almost that entire time I haven't been able to use them without a lovely little utility called Ultramon. The only problem with Ultramon is that it is not free. True, it's only a nominal $40 to use, but I prefer to use freeware when I can. The only viable free alternative the the over-priced Ultramon that I have found is called Zbar. What I like about both Ultramon and Zbar is that they both provide additional task bars for your multiple screens, and allow you to control the wallpaper for multiple screens. Want a different picture for both screens? Boom, you got it! Want one giant picture stretched acros...
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Complete iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup: Infographic
2011-09-21 09:00:00
Every once in a while I come across an interesting infographic on the web. This time I found one that showcases a lot of the rumors going around about how and what the iPhone 5 is going to look and act like. According to Computer World, iPhone lovers and fanboys anticipate the release of iPhone 5 to be some time next month. I am not a huge fan of Apple, or the iPhone personally. I am and Android guy through and through, but I know a lot of you out there are salivating for news on the latest shiny thing from Apple. Here?s a little something to tide you over until the release, The Complete iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup !   [Via Nowhere Else] del.icio.us Tags: iphone,5,release date,rumor,infographic Related articles iPhone 5 Back Fully Revealed in Case-Mate Leak? (Image) (pocketnow.com) iPhone 5 to pop Oct. 15, says France Telecom chief (news.cnet.com) The Best iPhone 5 Rumors We've Heard (So Far Today) (techland.time.com)  
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Linux Demotivational Posters
2011-09-20 09:00:00
I had some time on my hands the other night. I had to stick around for a disaster recovery test, and my only job was to perform some simple DNS changes. After the changes were made I had to wait around for a while while our QA team tested stuff, then when we failed back, same thing. Lots of waiting around for this guy. Anyhoo, I ran into these on the internet and thought they were funny. They pretty much poke fun at the big names in Linux , though I didn?t see one for CentOS. You could technically take the Fedora one and replace CentOS for Fedora though. Here they are, I hope they give you a good chuckle (click on each one for full size): [Via Bandcamp] del.icio.us Tags: funny,linux,demotivators Related articles How to configure vlans on Red hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS / Fedora (antarktikos.wordpress.com) Does Linus Run Linux Mint? (ostatic.com) How The Cloud Changes Disaster Recovery (datacenterknowledge.com)
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How To Recover a Pre-Shared Key on Your Cisco PIX or ASA Firewall
2011-09-19 09:00:00
I am in the process of replacing our office Cisco ASA 5505 firewall with a lower end solution that has more features for a lower cost. One of the things we need to do is WAN failover, plus have the ability to have multiple VLANs configured in the firewall. We can do that on our ASA but we would have to upgrade from our base license to the Cisco Security Plus License. That costs about $550 or so. We decided it would be cheaper to replace it with a cheaper Netgear SRX5308.We're a small office, so the Netgear should be fine for our needs, plus it has a lifetime warranty with it. With the ASA it is uneccesarily expensive because of the Cisco name, and it is also unecessarily complicated to use. I'm actually pretty happy about the decision, even though I know some of you Cisco die-hards will scoff at me.Anyway, one of the things I have to do is reconfigure some of the site-to-site VPNs we had setup in the ASA. Setup on the Netgear is stupid easy, but since I didn't setup the original ...
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How To Create a List of Installed Packages in Ubuntu, and Re-Install Them i
2011-09-16 09:00:00
How many times have to re-imaged or re-installed your laptop or desktop computer? Maybe you were sick of what was on there previously. Maybe you just decided to start over. Who knows? Who cares really? If you are like me you probably re-build your computers all the time because you are fiddling with new stuff, or tinkering with the latest and greatest Ubuntu build.I once wrote about a free tool for Windows that will help you automatically download and install all the software you normally use in one convenient application. Well I found something similar for Linux while perusing the Ubuntu forums, and it's built in! Sweet damn I love the Linux terminal! You can do anything!If you want to backup all of the applications you are currently running in your Ubuntu install all you have to do is run the following from the terminal: sudo dpkg --get-selections > installed-softwareThat creates a file called installed-software. You can take that file and save it someplace safe for use later....
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How To Mount Disks and Partitions to Folders in Windows Like You Do in Linu
2011-09-15 09:00:00
I would like to preface this post by saying that I can?t think of a good reason for doing this. I learned about this in my early IT days because we had these desktop computers we supported that had an internal media card reader. Windows would assign all the different slots as drive letters, and rather clutter up ?My Computer?. My Help Desk supervisor got it in her head that the best way to take care of it was with the mount drive to folder trick. Not long after that I started getting into Linux, and as Linux users know, that is just how stuff is done in Linux. Drives and partitions are mounted to folders. Simple right? Well, you can do it in Windows too. To mount a disk/partition to a folder in Windows do the following: Create a folder where you want to mount your disk or partition. I created a folder in the root of C: called Mount: Next open up Disk Management right-click on the disk or partition you want to mount and select Change Drive Letters and Paths. Sel...
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When it comes to virus protection, don't screw the pooch!
2008-04-03 20:16:00
Hey people! I had a few minutes to spare today so I thought I'd write about a cool program I recently discovered. You long time readers all know that I am always down with free Anti virus software. I have written about some of my favorites like Comodo, AVG, Avast! etc.There is another one that I may have only mentioned in passing. You probably have heard of it, as it is pretty well known. It is called ClamWin, and is based off of the original ClamAV that was originally a port for 'Nix systems. It has a really strong detection rate, and cleans up most anything that is out there. The one draw back to it is its lack of real-time on-access protection.Now if you read their forums, and FAQ's they say that they are working on getting on-access scanning in on the next version which is due out later this year. In the meantime the best thing you can do is to schedule frequent scans of your files. Well, at least, that was the old school way of protecting with ClamWin.I am here to tell you a...
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Strange VBA Error in MS Excel 2003
2008-04-01 00:10:00
This post is real quick, and I am only posting it because one of the help desk guys was having the damnedest time trying to find a solution to this on Google. Apparently all of the forums out there have people experiencing this issue, yet nobody has a solution. That or, the solution is on a site like Experts Exchange, and you have to pay for the answer.Anyway, we had a user who would get the following error in Microsoft Excel 2003 whenever she hit Control-C to copy and paste:Microsoft Visual BasicSystem Error &H80004005 (-2147467259). Unspecified errorI first had her close excel, then I made sure no other excel processes were running in the background. Then I had her open excel again, this did not solve the problem. I then had her reboot, and when her machine came back up the error happened right away when opening excel.I closed excel, then re-opened it. This time Excel notified me there was a problem with one of her add-ins. It was an add-in for Euro money conversion. She didn...
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