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Software

Firefox tweaks for Twitter

February 9, 2010

Perform any task often enough you’re bound to create a few shortcuts. I’m a Firefox devotee and an avid Twitter user so I’ve developed a shorthand system that I couldn’t live without. So whether you are visiting twitter profiles or searching twitter for a trend or keyword. Here’s how I made these tasks more efficient. [...]

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Stop Paying for Antivirus

December 29, 2009

This is probably the most surprising advice I give friends and family – Don’t pay for antivirus software.
Why?
It’s over priced, bloated, and doesn’t offer better protection than the free options.
The ugly truth is that I’ve seen hundreds of infections on computers with lapsed subscriptions. The user always meant to get around to renewing but the [...]

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Fun with UDP conflicts and DNS port randomization

September 18, 2009

If you running a Windows server there is a good chance that you will some day encounter a conflict when a particular service tries to start and it will state that the UDP port is already in use.
If you run a report to see what service is currently using that port there is a very [...]

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Using Powershell to Import multiple PST files into Exchange 2007

July 15, 2009

Most Exchange migrations that I am involved in are clients upgrading from an older version of Exchange but I’ve recently been engaged in implementing  Microsoft Exchange 2007 at a client that previously used a linux mail system. This particular situation posed the additional challenge of all the mail being stored locally on the end users’ [...]

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Preorder Windows 7 today for $99

June 26, 2009

I recently raved about my experience with Windows 7 and today I’m thrilled to announce you can preorder your copy from Amazon for only $99. The upgrade version will require you to have at least some version of Windows XP or Vista but often Microsoft has been lenient on this prerequisite.
The only disappointing news [...]

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Windows 7 – Welcome to Wow!

May 30, 2009

It’s been a very long time since I was amazed by a Windows operating system but it is no understatement that Windows 7 is truly an surprising leap forward for Microsoft. I’ve been using Vista for almost a year now and while I didn’t loathe the OS from day one I was never really [...]

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New Tools – Download Them All, JavaRa, & more

May 11, 2009

The most powerful resource of this site has long been my ultimate list of tools, applications, and Firefox plug-ins. I’ve recently added some excellent apps that I wanted to highlight.
JavaRa – This is a wonderfully small and simple utility that does 1 thing, it detects and uninstalls old versions of Java. I’ve long complained that [...]

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