Archive for the ‘IT’ Category
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Have you ever opened up your web browser and seen the “The page cannot be displayed” or “unable to connect to server” message? Having internet connectivity problems can be frustrating. Here is a guide to help you get through them.
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

I recently had a Fedora server with an LVM filesystem on the root partition. Since you can’t run fsck on a mounted disk and you can’t unmount the root file system, (more…)
Posted in How Tos, IT, Linux, Software, Technology | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 4th, 2008

The Intel Core i7 CPUs are out! That’s right the new Intel Core i7, built on the new Nehalem architecture, sports some cool new features such as (more…)
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Rogue anti-virus applications are popping up everywhere. When you click on a website that you Googled for, it looks like a valid site but then asks you to install anti-virus 2008 or 2009. This virus also comes through as an email that looks like a UPS invoice, Airline ticket, or some other official looking email.
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Posted in IT, Security, Software | 14 Comments »
Thursday, October 16th, 2008

The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility can help you remove installation files from programs that are currupted or did not completly install. (more…)
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Backing up the data that is stored on your computer is very important for several reasons.
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
There are plenty of guides out there for installing Exchange server 2k7 so I thought I would provide tips that I found useful instead of writing a complete guide.

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
This is only required if you are using a self signed certificate.
I recently set up an Iphone to work with Microsoft Exchange 2007. It was a bit complicated so I thought I would post the instructions for others.
The Exchange 2007 server was using a self signed SSL certificate and the Iphone was a first generation with the 2.0 firmware.

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Posted in How Tos, IT, Microsoft, Software | 27 Comments »
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Here is a list of some of the most useful tools that I use on a daily basis as an IT professional.
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Spiceworks is a free IT management software that includes things like (more…)
Posted in IT, Software, Technology | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Ever wondered how fast your internet connection is? Ever wondered if your really getting the 30mb FIOS connection that they say you are? Here’s how to tell. And some tips to improve your connection speed.
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Posted in How Tos, IT, Networking, Technology | 1 Comment »