A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
There’s nothing more annoying to me than getting a new laptop from work and having to click through the logon warning message set by the IT department. It usually goes something like “Warning: You are logging onto our computer system. We own your soul.” Removing this message isn’t all that difficult, but you will need administrator access to your system. […]
Read moreOur Geek School articles can get pretty complicated, and there’s no reason to do a ton of crazy stuff on your own desktop PC. Instead, you can just VirtualBox like we do to create virtual machines for all of your testing. Here’s how to do it. You can even network multiple virtual machines together, so as long as you […]
Read moreRecent reports of widespread National Security Agency spyingand NSA encryption circumvention provide an eye-opener on the vulnerability of data in transit and stored online. Like it or not, the revelation is forcing businesses concerned with data privacy or secrecy to rethink how they can protect data from hackers and state-sponsored groups. While eschewing online services by bringing IT in house can solve many data […]
Read moreIf you’re like me you’re rarely sitting in front of your customer’s hardware. These simple steps will allow you to find the Service Tag for your Dell hardware without looking on the device. 1. Open command prompt Go to Start > Run and type cmd to start your command prompt. Administrative rights are not required to run this command. […]
Read moreThe NET Command is used to manage network security resources as follows: View user account password and logon requirements (also displays the machine type – Server or workstation) NET ACCOUNTS View password and logon requirements for the network domain. NET ACCOUNTS /DOMAIN Set the number of minutes a user has before being forced to log off when the account expires […]
Read moreExpanding the capacity of a server by adding new disk drives is a typical activity for administrator. In this article, let us review how to add two new disk drives to the DELL server and create RAID 1 using “Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller – PERC” configuration utility. This tool is also called as “PERC/CERC Bios Configuration Utility”. 1. Launch […]
Read moreUsing Prey, you’ll have the upper hand over thieves A laptop is a lot of things—it’s a mobile entertainment center, a portal to the web, and a way to get work done away from home. More than anything, though, it’s a freakin’-expensive piece of hardware that you absolutely do not want to lose. Of course, the best way to keep […]
Read moreWindows makes a mess of all the network adapters when installing NIC cards. Sometimes, you remove network adapters, and you’re left with something like “Local Area Network 3” that can’t be renamed back to “Local Area Network”. The problem is, Windows remembers the previous adapter (even if it is physically removed), so you can’t rename the adapter, otherwise it would […]
Read moreWindows 7 makes it possible to change the welcome screen that appears when you start your computer without any third-party software, but this setting is well hidden. You can set any image you like as your background. This setting is intended for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to customize their systems, but there’s nothing stopping you from using it yourself. All […]
Read moreSure, anybody can end a process from the Task Manager, but did you know you can also do it from the command line? How to Kill a Process From the CLI in Windows If the command prompt is your flavor of tea, you will need to know to know the name of the process you are trying to kill beforehand. […]
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