I got an new variation on that Nigerian E-mail Scam today. Remember that one? It's the one where somebody rich in Nigeria can't get the money out of their relatives estate and needs to transfer it to your American Bank account. And, in return they will give you a generous fee... All you have to do is give them "ALL" your information. Bank Name, address, bank account, social security number, blood type, next of kin, etc, etc, etc... Well, the one I got today takes on another angle, check it … [Read more...]
Free Programs You Need
Free is good! And in this case Free is GREAT. Here are some of my favorite FREE programs that I use on a regular basis. Techie or not these programs will make a good addition to your arsenal. If you have a favorite useful program that is not listed please post it in the comments... (make sure it's FREE :-) ) Top Free Programs you NEED! Acrobat Reader : come on, you need to be able to open all those PDF's. Mozilla FireFox : Yes, get this browser! It's safe, fast, free and … [Read more...]
Unistall Norton Network Antivirus Without a Password
Here's a quick "How-to"... Symantec AntiVirus Clients, especially Corporate Edition Clients, can be installed remotely and managed via a Symantec AntiVirus Server. When a Symantec AntiVirus Client is managed, it prompts for password when you attempt to uninstall the client via local computer Control Panel Add or Remove Program applet. If you don't know or have forgotten the password, then the client is not able to be uninstalled or removed. In that case, (or when the Symantec AntiVirus … [Read more...]
PC Boots to Blinking Cursor
This is more of a note for myself than anything... If I put it here, I will have an easier time finding what I did if/when I run across this problem again. Had to reboot a working PC. No updates installed, no new software of any kind installed. It just simply locked up and needed a reboot. On reboot, after finishing the POST test, it went to a black DOS style screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left-hand corner. This could mean several things: Corrupt Hard Drive Bad RAM Bad … [Read more...]
Xbox 360 Junkie?
Are you an Xbox live Junkie??? Love playing your games on-line? Well, if you do then you will like this. I just read a tweet from @digitarius over at Twitter about this deal he found on Amazon. It appears that they have Xbox Live Gold memberships on sale.. Thirteen months for only $29.97! So, hurry now while they last ! … [Read more...]
Interesting Problem: Snipping tool is not working
I love the Vista snipping tool! I use it probably, every other day. But today I needed it and got this error: The Snipping Tool is not working on your computer right now. Restart your computer, and then try again. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator. Very odd. Of course I had about 12 tabs open in FireFox and three programs running so I resisted the urge to reboot and turned my attention to my friend Google. I ran across several blog posts about this very error. … [Read more...]
Shared Printer on Vista holding Jobs in Que
I had a customer computer start to die recently and we decided, since it was 8 years old, that rather than fix it we would replace it. So, we got a new PC and I set it up. Everything was a breeze with one exception. The old PC was windows XP Pro had an HP Laserjet 1020 printer attached to it and shared. The new PC is a Vista Ultimate machine and when setting that printer up to share again is when the problem hit. When I tried to test print to this printer from other machines on the network, … [Read more...]