If you are looking to waste lots of your time I suggest you try to download drivers from the Dell website. I had a friend call me today. He just did a format / reinstall on his Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop and needed drivers. He said that every time he tried to download from Dell, […]
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To keep myself from breaking things, or minimize the damage done when I open one of those “Flying Hamster” videos that has a virus hidden in it, I don’t login to Windows as an administrator When I need to do something that requires admin access, I elevate that process by right clicking the program icon […]
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that a serious security hole was found in all versions of Internet Explorer. The flaw exploits the ActiveX plugin system in IE. If you use Internet Explorer, and are running flash – you are vulnerable. If you have any ActiveX control installed in IE you have a good chance of being […]
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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Microsoft for synchronizing files. I asked you if you had any tools that made your life easier – my inbox was filled with suggestions. One of the free tools that really caught my eye was Microsoft Network Monitor. I have been using Ethereal for a long […]
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I had lunch last week with my good friend Brett. We were talking about synchronizing, and backing up files. I went on a long rant about how much I liked robocopy. After I finished talking about robocopy, he told me about SyncToy from Microsoft. SyncToy? I had never heard of it. The one drawback with […]
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I have been playing with Windows 7 again. While reading through a few Windows 7 blogs, I came across an article that described how to change the Logon background in Windows 7. If you have not had a chance to see Windows 7, this is what the default logon background looks like: Very similar to […]
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USB flash drives are a concern at most companies today. They can bring in viruses, spyware, or trojans. On the flip side they can easily be used to copy out important data. We have a free program called USB Disabler that allows you to entirely disable flash drives. Since it was released we have constantly […]
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With Microsoft Outlook there is always some form or wizard that needs to be completed before a user can start accessing their email. Even in Outlook 2010, there are still setup pages the user has to fill out. This can get especially painful if you have users that logon to different computers across your network. […]
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I recently received a question from a reader: Hi Steve, I recently read your article about changing the default save location for MS Outlook 2003 at http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/set-default-folder-for-attachments-in-outlook-2003/ It is very informative; however, it was almost what I was looking for. I would like to change the default OPEN location, so I was wondering if you […]
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This is a quick one – The final version of Remote Control 4.0 has been released. Current customers with an upgrade protection license should receive their email within 24 hours. If you did not, please send an email to support@intelliadmin.com and we will take care of you as soon as possible. Here are the screenshots: […]
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