URLs from 10/25/05

Backup and restore Outlook Express Mail

Outlook Express Backup and Restore link 2

Phone inteference with wireless access point

Wireless in Dayton #1

Wireless in Dayton #2

irq driver is nt less or equal

URLs from 10/18/05

IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL Stop Error in Windows:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/ or

http://www.techspot.com/

RealPlayer: you can get the free version from Download.com

URLs from 10/11/05

What is the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?

Can't get into safe mode when I boot; how can I get into safe mode?

Backup Software reviews


NEW! Visit WMUB's Podcasting page for information on downloading our daily talk shows.

URLs from 9/27/05

Problem with IE visual c++ runtime library error:
Try uninstalling Google Toolbar

URLs from 9/20/05

Powerbook G4 will not sleep:
Reset NVRAM

Resetting PMU (Power Management Unit)
(this varies depending on the model)

Mac OS Hints powerbook sleeping problem

Windows XP shut down problems

URLs from 9/6/05

Linksys router keeps disconnecting -- answer 175

Disk repair utilities comparison


Hard drive clock

PC speed test

The InternetFrog PC speed test will give you a graphical snapshot of your computer's upload and download speeds.

URLs from 8/30/05

InternetFrog PC speed test

Elite Toolbar -- this is Spyware. See Symantec's article

Two more Elite Toolbar removal tools: Peeniewallie and from Softpedia.com

Spyware update

SPYWARE UPDATE 8/26/05: Some users have posted their recommendations in the form of comments to our Sypware article. While some or all of these may be perfectly fine, the Help Desk gang (the Dukes of URL) has NOT reviewed these products and cannot certify them as acceptable. Some insidious spyware actually masquerades as anti-spyware tools. Frankly, the language on some of the web pages recommended by our commentators below is a little suspect, especially when they are trying to sell you software. Caveal emptor ("let the buyer beware"). We stand by our recommendations to use AdAware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Microsoft's anti-spyware tool (now called Windows Defender) and urge caution on anything else. See the full article elsewhere in this blog.

URLs from 8/23/05

Egdaccess_1058.dll is, it seems, part of a spyware program called ShopAtHomeSelect Adware
How to remove ShopAtHomeSelect Adware

Preparing an hard drive so that you can give it away without your data being recovered:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/38075
http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=secure+erase&plt%5B%5D=windows&mode=basic&action=search
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
CounterSpy - Erases files to DOD standards

How to build your own computer:
http://www.pcmech.com/build.htm
http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20020904/
http://www.mysuperpc.com/
http://www.basichardware.com/building_your_own.html
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,116993,00.asp

Pretty neat Google stuff

You may not want Google to know your cell number, but if that doesn't bother you, here are some Google text message tricks:

Send a text message to 46645 (that's GOOGL). In the body type (for example)

pizza 12345

where 12345 is your ZIP code. Google will call you back with information about 3 or 4 pizza places in your ZIP.

You could also type

lastname 12345

where 'lastname' is one you're trying to find. Google will call you back with a directory listing for that name.

Google maps. Close in on a segment you want (say your street) at 1 inch = 2000 feet, and click the HYBRID button in the upper right. You'll see a street map, with names, over the satellite image. Can you find your house?

URLs from 8/16/05

Recent Windows update

Resetting a Palm Pilot

hpcmpmgr.exe will not end when the computer is shutting down. This is part of the Hewlett Packard Multimedia software

Recovering/Fixing damaged Macintosh disks:

Disk Warrior from Alsoft
Tech Tool from MicroMat
Data Rescue from Prosoft
VirtualLab from BinaryBiz

Running OS X maintenance tasks:
MacJanitor

URLs from 8/9/05

Outlook data gone after sync with PDA

Computerfest Sept 10 & 11

URLs from 8/2/05

Runtime Error Codes

Ghost buttons/windows showing up in Windows 98 Task bar

MPR.DLL patch/fix

URLs from 7/26/05

Sync Entourage to Palm

Multi Boot MacTel

Konfabulator

Norton says
"An encrypted email connection has been detected. Please see help for more information on how to send encrypted mail."

At boot time, the system is reporting the wrong processor speed

URLs from 7/19/05

Bendable screens on the way?

The Dayton Microcomputer Association Linux Users Group meets at 7 pm the 3rd Thursday each month at Wright State University.

The Firefox extension GreaseMonkey may present a serious security vulnerability for both PCs and Macs. This is a fairly detailed technical argument that will not apply to everyone, but for now the Help Desk recommends de-activating GreaseMonkey if you have it installed.

URLs from 6/28/05

Troubleshooting Mac OSX Tiger (10.4)

URLs from 6/21/05

Printing a Windows Exporer folder list

We had two URLs submitted by Dave Lundy:
http://snurl.com/fq7l and
http://snurl.com/fq7o

Bryan Powell sends along another solution:

"Windows Alt Prt Scr

"Now, for those who have read this far, we are going to share another neat little feature of the Windows Print Screen Key. Pressing these keys...

"Alt + Print Screen

"...will take a screenshot of the currently selected window, not the entire screen like the normal screenshot function. This allows you to target that specific window that you have open and nothing else. No more cropping those screenshots to grab the content you were after!"


Mary C. recommends a freeware program to print window contents in a Mac

Troubleshooting your mac

Don Moeller recommends this site.

File System Check: This can be done in two ways. If you can do method 1, then that is preferred over method 2 below. Do a File System Check and permissions repair by one of these two methods below.

1. Boot up to your full OS X Install CD 1. To do this, restart the machine with the Mac OS X Install CD in the CD drive, holding down the "C" key until you see the OS coming up on screen. You will come to an Install Dialog window. From the Installer menu, select Disk Utility. Next, click the First Aid tab. Select your hard drive boot partition whose file system you wish to check, click on the First Aid tab, and click the "Repair Disk Permissions" button. Repairing permissions may take a couple of minutes as it restores "permissions" of Mac OS X system files and Apple-installed software to their default configuration. When it completes, click the "Repair Disk" button.

2. Open Disk Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities. Select your boot partition, click on the First Aid tab. Click the "Repair Disk Permissions" button. Next, to run fsck, restart the computer holding command-S at startup (where command is the Apple logo key on your Apple keyboard), then at the prompt typing fsck -y and hitting the Return key. Continue to run fsck -y until no errors are found. If your hard drive is journalled, you will need to run fsck -yf. (Attempting to run fsck -y on a journaled drive will result in a message reminding you of this.) Repeat running of fsck till you are getting no errors, type shutdown -r now and hit the Return key to reboot your Mac OS.

URLs from 5/17/05

No script Engine for VBS

Uninstall Dragonspeaking

W32/Sober.q@MM virus info

Java Script Disabled

Morse code VS SMS

Switching from Mac to PC

KVM to hook Mac Mini & PC to shared Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse

Dayton Hamvention

Moving database files from Access on windows to Filemaker on Macintosh OS X

Firefox vulnerability

A potentially serious vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla's Firefox browser. Mozilla has released the following
Firefox security vulnerability workaround