Invitation – January 2010 KYSBSUG Meeting #71 Meeting Date: Wednesday January 20, 2010 Time: 6:30 PM Eastern Location: Money Concepts Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243 Topic: “Password Security and Password Cracking”
Guest Presenter: Dana Epp, MVP (Enterprise […]

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Inspired by the cool findings on CNET regarding the Windows 7 ‘God Mode’ (as bloggers are calling it), and yet another post about additional features, I did some more digging to see what other options I could find.
First, the actual name for ‘God Mode’ is (anticlimactically) “All Tasks”:

I then did a search in […]

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If you hate looking all over the control panel in Windows 7 for where Microsoft moved your favorite icon, you’ll love the “God Mode” hack. I found this on CNET.
Basically, you open Windows Explorer, navigate to the C: drive, create a new blank folder in Windows 7 and give it the following name:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

The folder […]

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This idea came to me today while having lunch at my desk (don’t know why I didn’t think of it before).
After putting the smack down on some tasty potato chips, I couldn’t find a chip clip to close the bag to keep it from going stale. However, I did have an ample supply of […]

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Thanks everyone who attended the KYSBSUG presentation on modding your wireless router with the DD-WRT firmware!
Here are the show notes from tonight. P.S. Don’t forget to reset your wired NIC TCP/IP settings back to automatic after you’re done flashing your router.

DD-WRT main page http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Awesome “Supported Devices” list of […]

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Lately we’ve seen quite a few battery backups that have been either losing communication with the server, or PowerChute Business Edition is saying that the battery is old and needs to be replaced.
This APC tip today comes courtesy of Cory Rammer, MCSA:
“An APC tech let me in on a little trick on how to […]

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You are invited to attend the September 2007 Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting.  This is our 43rd consecutive monthly meeting!
Title: KYSBSUG Meeting - Sept 2007 Date:  Wed Sept 19, 2007 Time:  6:30 PM Eastern Venue:  University of Louisville - ITRC Building (Shelby […]

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This annoyance has been around for a very long time, and it’s been covered in numerous places throughout the web.   But since it still exists and since I came across it twice today, I thought I’d post the fix here.
The annoyance in question is the factory wallpaper from Dell (or any other manufacturer) that fills […]

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