From the category archives:
I got a question from Mike this week: “Hi Steve. I have a question. We have three remote branches and users move from branch to branch with their laptops. Is there any way to change their default printer when they login at each branch?” Further discussions with Mike gave me more info: Most of the […]
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We have been working hard on the next version of Network Administrator. As we build out our new libraries for it, we are releasing free tools based on our internal framework. It allows us to field test aspects of the execution engine, and at the same time you get a freebie. Right now, the plugin […]
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I got a question from Linda: “Hi Steve I just started using your remote control software, and I have a problem I have run into. We have a few computers that have VNC installed. I no longer know what the password is. They are in another building, and it would be fantastic if I could […]
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I like to keep my wireless network secure. Too easy for neighbors to pick up my passwords, and info just by connecting to my network. Worse yet, they could download pirated music or cause all kinds of trouble on my Internet connection. The problem with having a complex password is that it is hard for […]
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The emails keep coming in. Keep it up 🙂 This question is from Steve (Awesome name, love it): “Hi Steve. We have a piece of software that does not run as a service. It runs like any other application. You launch it and it performs batch processing. The problem is, well, if this application dies […]
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Trying something new this week – got a video version of this weeks tip: Got a question from Linda this week, “Steve. We have quite a few IIS based web servers and each of them has their own custom configuration. I know how to backup all the files, but is there any way to backup […]
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I got a question from Thomas this week: Our office has a licensed copy of Network Administrator 3.0 which allows me to disable CD/DVD access. Is there an action that will allow me just disable the CD/DVD burn capability but still allow users to view files on CD/DVD? Burn..keep it from burning? Oops not that […]
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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Nirsoft – A kind reader, Mike, let me know about another one of their tools: Hey Steve, Thanks again for tips you send each week. I just wanted to point out that Nirsoft has quite a few useful tools. One of them that I use every […]
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I have gotten this call before – A friend has a new computer. For a free dinner or maybe a few beers (Or Both!) would I help them move everything over? Sure no problem I say. Just a few word docs, and an email account. Hmm..an email account. This friend of mine has used Gmail […]
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On one of our servers we have a batch processing program. It is old and clunky, but it gets the job done. An irritating bug it has is that it leaves temp files around in the c:\windows\temp folder. One day we noticed the server was getting slow – finally realized that the temp folder had […]
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