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Here is one that I hope someone finds useful.I recently was installing VMWare ESXi server on a Dell Optiplex GX280. Upon install I was getting an error about an invalid option in Bios and that I needed to Disable “limit CPUID value” or “Support Legacy NT4 OS” in the BIOS. My Dell system did not […]
I recently tried to upgrade my AVG Free Antivirus version 8 to the new 8.5 version. I downloaded the new installer and ran it like usual. It appeared to go through the installer OK, however after the final reboot I did not have any Antivirus software loaded. I decided to uninstall whatever version may or […]
Here is another strange oddity that I had to fix recently.I had a user running Windows XP with SP3 that upon log in the desktop items would all come up ok but when the user clicked on anything to open any application the pc would freeze. At first the mouse would still be able to […]
Here is one that might help someone.I have a HP Media Center PC 7160n that would not turn on. Not even power up the fan.I tried all of the standard things like holding the power button for 10 seconds removing the cmos battery and then put it back switching the small red power switch back […]
This one got the better of me for an hour or so before I figured it out. I was trying to sync my cell phone with my desk pc to get my calendar and contact items. I had previously synced my phone with an Exchange server but I removed that sync relationship. I then tried […]
This one seems that it wouldn’t help but I have to post a quick note about Cat6 Cables verses Cat 5/5e cables. I have been fighting with a server that has a Gb network card attached to a Gb switch barely reaching 100Mb/sec network speeds. As it turned out the cables that were connecting the […]
This article will hopefully help someone using a Linux server with dual network cards.I have an HP DL380 server that on a nightly basis copies large amounts of data across my network to a backup server. The copy was averaging over 8 hours to complete. To increase my network throughput I was able to install […]
Here is another useful tip. If you are running Picasa and you find that the thumbnails icons are not matching the images most likely your database is corrupted. The most common way to repair this is to uninstall Picasa completely and then reinstall the software. I have come across a manual method of repairing (rebuilding) […]
This mini how to may be helpful for someone. I came across another Arcserve Backup 11.5 server that for some reason lost its caroot password. I needed to reset it to something the backup server administrator could remember. Here are the steps to reset the password for caroot. From the folder where Arcserve is installed […]
As a relatively new blogger I have been searching for ways to increase my blog traffic. From the many searches I have done that turned up literally thousands of tips and suggestions, I have put together a small list of what I have done to increase my blog traffic. I must say that I am […]
