I just recently started using Microsoft Security Essentials as an anti-spyware, anti-malware solution. It’s free from Microsoft and I’ve read a few positive reviews that said it was worth using and worked well. Here’s what I’ve experienced so far and I’d like your input if you have any ideas or opinions. Read more…
Ever use NewSID to regenerate a SID on a Windows PC? I worked at one place in the past that didn’t bother regenerating new SIDs from cloned PCs and you know what, we never saw a side-effect. Turns out there’s a reason…
here’s what looks to be a VIA chipset that was unfortunately named.
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My children have quite a few toys that take batteries. Some take AAA, some AA, some C and one or two take 9V batteries. This weekend, one of the batteries in a toy needed replacing. It was a size C and unfortunately we had no extras. Rather than run to the store, I made do with a AA battery. Here’s how you can do it. Read more…
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Ever have a user that needed to move to another computer in the office? How about a user whose PC you needed to replace? You could go down the road of simply copying their My Documents folder to get their files to the new system, but I’ll spell out how you can copy their entire Windows XP user profile to the new PC without any special tools. All you need is local admin rights on both systems and a network between them. Read more…
for those who haven’t heard, there’s a wordpress worm making rounds on the web. I haven’t seen it myself, but it supposedly auto-infects vulnerable Wordpress installations. My site was formerly running on Wordpress 2.6.4, so I decided it was time to update it to reduce risk the risk of problems with the site Read more…
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Ever wanted to make your own handwriting font? Sometimes it would just be nice to type something up that vaguely resembles your own handwriting. Well, thanks to a free website and your scanner, it’s possible to create your own font in under an hour! Read more…
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