Free Accounting Software for Cheapskates
With the ability to create invoices, track expenses, pay employees, with GNU Cash is an open-source alternative to quickbooks.
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Clonezilla good alternative for Symantec Ghost
Clone multiple drives or push an OS image over the network with this free open source tool.
ASUS AN8 SLI Deluxe not booting
The other day I rebooted my system and it would not boot up all the way. The last message it was hung at was the ACPI check. When I am troubleshooting I remove all unnecessary devices. When I removed my USB Sansa mp3 player, the system booted normally. This may […]
WoW: Wrath of the Lich King
My brother-in-law and I waited, with many other devoted gamers, at GameStop to get my copy of the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack at midnight last night. We first went to a popular GameSpot nearby and waited dutifully on line with the other WoW addicts. […]
Automatic Updates Failed. Error number: 0x8DDD0018
I attempted to update a windows 2003 server using windows update but I go the following error: [Error number: 0x8DDD0018] The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running: · Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your […]
Forgot your administrator password?
If you work with Windows servers, you will eventually lock yourself out of the server by forgetting the administrator password. There are a few different ways to reset the password but I have found the NTPasswd utility to be the most reliable. I have used the NTPasswd utility many times […]
Open the Targus DEFCON 1 Cable Lock in 15 Seconds
My job provided me with the Targus DEFCON® 1 Retractable Cable Lock for my work laptop. It looked bulkier than other laptop locks but I was surprised that within a few minutes I had discovered how easy it was to open. Applying firm and constant pressure on the release button […]
Remote Assistance / Remote Control revisited
Back in March I wrote about single click remote control but I found another quick and dirty way to provide remote assistance. Hamachi! No, not tuna. Hamachi is a VPN solution that does not require you to setup any sever or open any ports and best of all, the standard […]
How To Setup Single Click Remote Control Support
If you’ve ever had to help friends or relatives with computer problems over the phone this will help you get them out of you hair faster. Ultra VNC SC lets you control a users desktop without having the user do anything except double click a file. Here’s how: To set […]
ASP – Access to path * is denied
I was trying to write to a file in ASP.Net and was getting the following error: Access to the path “D:\WEB\******\dump.csv” is denied. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it […]