This one has got the better of me…I am working on a Dell Power Edge 2950 that is connected to and external array (Dell Power Vault 210S) The disk and backplane are all supposed to run at U320 speeds but on the Dell Open Manage screen it is only negotiating a speed of 80. The […]
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No 2 – Klok – Time Tracking App
Number 2 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is KLOK available from http://klok.mcgraphix.com From the website: Klok is a tool intended to be used by individuals, who have a need to track the time they spend on projects, tasks or anything else for that matter. Klok is an Adobe Air app that will […]
Network Mapped Drives and “Open With” prompt
Here is an interesting issue I came across today and thought I would share the solution in case anyone else has the same issues. Upon double clicking on a mapped drive letter in “My Computer” or Windows exlporer I was getting the “Open With” prompt window. As it turned out the pc had a virus […]
MalwareBytes Saved me again
Just a quick post today. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has helped me clean another pc.It is another free antispam antispyware program that has not made My Top 10 Most useful free prgrams list but I think I must give it an honorable mention. The program can be downloaded from http://www.malwarebytes.org It is only a few megabytes in […]
No.3 – Zone Alarm Firewall
Number 3 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is Zone Alarm personal Firewall available from http://www.zonelabs.com From the Zone Alarm website ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses […]
No.4 – Portable Apps
Number 4 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” are Portable Apps available from http://portableapps.com From the website: A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable […]
How to find which network ports are open on Windows
Here is another small tip that may help someone out. To find which ports are open on your windows pc. Open a command prompt then type netstat -na It will list the ports that are open and listening on your pc as well as any that have any that have an ESTABLISHED connection to them. […]
No.5 – IZARC
Number 5 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is IZArc (Available at http://www.izarc.org/) From their website “IZArc is the ultimate freeware archive utility supporting many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, […]
No.6 – FileZilla FTP Client
Number 6 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is FileZilla FTP Client (Available at http://filezilla-project.org/) FileZilla is a free FTP client. For those that do not know what that means, It is a program that allows you to transfer files between your pc and other computers on the internet. This comes in handy […]
No.7 – AVG AntiVirus
Number 7 on “My Top 10 Most Useful Free Programs” is AVG Anti Virus (Available at http://free.avg.com AVG is a very useful and necessary program for anyone that is on the internet or checks email. There is a free version and several non-free versions available. The non-free version usually come with some extra functionality or […]