January 5, 2010 - 10:51 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, How To, Questions | 19 comments
I know the feeling of your secure network being compromised by an end user… Passwords do fall into the wrong hands and then what do you do? Scenarios start running through my head and I make a mental list of all the passwords and system configs that need to be changed. These aren’t fun times [...]
January 3, 2010 - 12:52 am
Tags: General
Posted in Questions | 18 comments
You know the saying, “You can’t have too much RAM or too much storage.”
Well, there is at least one case where a lot of RAM can cause problems.
My current desktop had 1 Gig of RAM and I recently bought an additional 2 Gigs since the price was so low. (And of course I used [...]
October 26, 2009 - 6:30 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To | 9 comments
As avid Windows users you have seen how applications add right click menu options. For instance Mcafee antiVirus adds a shortcut to Scan For Threats in the selected folder or Resco’s options to encrypt or de-crypt a folder.
Now you want to add useful right click options for yourself and AtA is here to show you [...]
October 15, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, How To, Tips/Tricks | 5 comments
Everyone knows your friendly neighborhood admin is all about shortcut keys and uber productivity.
I don’t know how I never found this one before… Check it out you have your quick launch buttons displayed next to your start menu for easy access.
By default you have Show Desktop, IE and whatever other applications you installed. Now you [...]
August 11, 2009 - 12:52 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To, Reviews | 15 comments
We have used many different retail programs to recover accidentally or maliciously deleted files off of our PC, Digital Camera or Mobile device. We have tried a few free ones and they bring us back to the old saying… You get whatcha pay for! As such we never really covered the topic here on Ata, [...]
July 30, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Reviews | 10 comments
We have reviewed Crucial Memory in the past here when we gave away a 2gb memory module to one of our readers. So we were happy to plug them again when Jenny from San Fransisco wrote us asking:
Yo Admin can you tell me what kind of memory is in my PC without me having to [...]
July 24, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, Free Download | 6 comments
Do you hate looking for and downloading drivers on every re-format?
Well if you can get to your desktop you should be able to run Double Driver and copy your drivers off your machine to a USB stick and then restore them right back into your fresh clean formatted system! We covered something a little while [...]
June 1, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To | No comments
So are you wondering why you would want to save your searches?
Think about it… How would you like the ability to dynamically find the items you need with a saved search? So the boss called and said – I need all the purchase orders less than a months old and tagged Smith?
How about Power Point [...]
April 16, 2009 - 7:56 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To, Questions | 5 comments
This morning we had a request for adding a “High Priority Folder”.
This would be a top level folder that shows up on your Windows desktop and in My Computer. Didn’t think you could do that? Well read on…
The folder we will be creating can not be removed – just like My Computer or My Documents. [...]
I had the pleasure of attempting to migrate a print server this weekend. I mean I had to figure out a quick and efficient way to install the 70 some odd printers on a new server. I was not going to be doing this manually that was for shit sure! I had some junior admins [...]
April 21, 2008 - 5:29 pm
I like Super Mario Forever myself: http://www.bauer-power.net/2007/05/super-mario-fo...“> “>http://www.bauer-power.net/2007/05/super-mario-fo...
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April 21, 2008 - 5:29 pm
I like Super Mario Forever myself: http://www.bauer-power.net/2007/05/super-mario-fo...“> “>http://www.bauer-power.net/2007/05/super-mario-fo...
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April 22, 2008 - 6:36 am
Between those 2 mario games, the image game and snood you guys have me at 0% productivity. but thanks admin and el di pablo
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April 22, 2008 - 12:03 pm
A really good time waster, kind of retro looking, from Abduction Studios is at: http://www.boomstickgame.com/play.php “>http://www.boomstickgame.com/play.php . Fun little game.
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April 22, 2008 - 12:03 pm
A really good time waster, kind of retro looking, from Abduction Studios is at: http://www.boomstickgame.com/play.php “>http://www.boomstickgame.com/play.php . Fun little game.
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April 22, 2008 - 12:09 pm
Thanks Daryl! 43 minutes of my life I will never get back!! :)
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April 25, 2008 - 9:41 am
You're very welcome…glad I could contribute to the delinquency of The Admin.
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April 26, 2008 - 10:35 pm
I love Titanion. It is a Windows executable, and includes the source (I heard about the game from a person who compiled it for Linux).
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_...“> “>http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_...
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April 26, 2008 - 10:35 pm
I love Titanion. It is a Windows executable, and includes the source (I heard about the game from a person who compiled it for Linux).
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_...“> “>http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_...
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April 27, 2008 - 10:22 am
I feel my monday slipping away as we speak SoloSalsa! :)
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May 5, 2008 - 10:22 am
Kick ass! Its lunch time and Im gonna have it with Mario!
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November 25, 2008 - 7:33 am
Well, I am sorry to see that nobody else has posted a tribute to the wonders of stick figure artwork. My favorite time user is Kingdom of Loathing. http://www.kingdomofloathing.com Unfortunately, I simply cannot get enough!
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Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Reply:
November 25th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I have been playing KOL for years! Good one!
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