April 9, 2009

Conficker Worm- What You Should Know, Prevention & Fixes
It looks like the Conficker worm is rearing its ugly head today, downloading a mysterious payload that is heavily encrypted to infected Windows machines. As the information on this is just starting to hit, there is still a lot of speculation as to what the payload contains and what it does. This post provides a brief rundown of links, tools…
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December 28, 2008

Fix It: Opening Control Panel Crashes Windows Explorer on XP/Vista
Have you ever tried to open your Control Panel on Windows XP (or Vista) and every time that you attempted it, you received a â€œWindows Explorer has Stopped Workingâ€ message and your entire Windows environment loses all of its functionality? It can be very bothersome and extremely annoying. This happened to me the other day and there wasnâ€™t a very…
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November 25, 2008

Microsoft and Family – LifeCam VX-5500 & Microsoft Office 2008
When you think about Microsoft, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably not Family. If you are like me, Microsoft software rules your computer at your office and runs the infrastructure there as well. Microsoft has done quite well in securing the business space from desktop productivity tools like Office to BackOffice systems that get your email…
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October 17, 2008

HTD Tech Tip #1 – Your hardware/software is always out of date
As it seems to be taking some time for me to produce longer reviews, I thought that I would start a new smaller, on-going series of posts called â€œHTD Tech Tipsâ€. (HTD stands for HighTechDad.) When I come across something, a tip, trick, software or hardware item that I think is particularly noteworthy, I will write a small (hopefully) post…
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April 16, 2008

BART Ticket Kiosks Running Windows 2000 Professional?
Today I tried to add some money to a BART ticket and came across an interesting screen. I guess they had just been servicing the ticket machines and they were "rebooting." What I saw really surprised me. First, they are running on a Windows platform. Second, they are running not on Vista, nor Windows 2003 Server...not even Windows XP, but…
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July 17, 2007

Fix-it: iTunes 7.3.1.3 install Error 2908 on Windows
Well, I'm back from a vacation in Mexico and have been catching up on things. Playing with my new 4 Gig iPhone and getting things working has taken a little bit of time. In the process of doing that, I saw that there was an update to iTunes for PC (I'm on Vista Ultimate) for version 7.3.1.3 and I ran…
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