March 9, 2010 - 6:14 pm
Tags: hack
Posted in General, How To, Linux, Security | 1 comment
We as administrators need tools. That is just a fact of life, and that is one of the reasons I just released Bauer-Puntu Linux 9.10R2.
I always have a copy of it on my USB stick, so I figured why not add some tools. One of them being a Windows password reset tool! Using this tool [...]
Hey folks,
Have you ever been completely annoyed by people asking you questions that they could have totally answered on their own.
Most people don’t realize that a well formed web query is just as good as asking the right person the right question at the right time. Google, for most people, is just that person. Some [...]
This is a really interesting search engine that caught my eye today which I happened to stumble upon and I really like it. I have been using Google or Live search for years now with an occasional visit to Yahoo. There have not been any great innovations in the search engine realm in years. But [...]
Before someone logs into your machine a message can be displayed. This is meant to inform you that you are being monitored or you are bound by some formal code of conduct.
You can use it to display a message in your absence to remind your buddies you are an all knowing Admin. You can do [...]
August 21, 2008 - 12:00 am
Tags: google, How To, Tips
Posted in How To | 2 comments
So you have the same repetitive searches you run every day? How about you let Google run the searches for you and hit you with any new sites that have popped up since your last search? This is great for almost anything! All the PR companies we deal with use this habitually.
Just go to http://www.Google.com/Alerts [...]
July 8, 2008 - 8:52 am
Tags: hack
Posted in Uncategorized | 6 comments
The good people at Mosio pinged me yesterday with this awesome tid-bit from their summer intern. Check out how you can modify ANY website in FireFox or Internet Explorer. It is so simple it might blow your mind!
Step 1: go to a website you would like to mess around in
Step 2: in the [...]
July 2, 2008 - 12:00 pm
Tags: Geeky Goodness, google
Posted in Windows Mobile | 7 comments
So this nifty obscure use of Google really helps us out on the go. We fire up our mobile browser (whose home page is Google) and type in our Airline and flight number like so:
And Google does the hard work and gives you what you need to see! This will work from any Internet terminal [...]
That’s right kiddies!
Ask The Admin brought it to you first. Don’t go knocking on Amazon’s door today. Nobody will answer.
Could it be that the Shopping GIANT of the net doesn’t even have server redundancy worked out right for itself?
Anybody out there know anything about this? Doesn’t Amazon offer hosting services as well?
Hit us in the [...]
May 24, 2008 - 12:30 am
Tags: hack, How To, Tips
Posted in Uncategorized | 12 comments
I have recently fallen in love with having outlook run batch files -depending on what an email from me to me says.
They say necessity is the mother of all inventions and that is certainly true when it comes to scripting. I have been using a WM 6 device with no push email support and popping [...]
Hi boys and girls,
Do you remember when Ask The Admin covered a very interesting topic of Free Exchange services? For those who don’t, you can look here, here and sometimes here.
In a nutshell, this article talked about how me and my fiance’ had to plan our wedding and had tons of appointments flying in from [...]
Hit this trick/feature up after take down notices or traffic prevents you from seeing what you want to see… Get rid of that a big 404.
July 19, 2007 - 2:31 pm
Archive.org is also pretty good – but usually for much older sites. It’s quite interesting seeing how much a given website has changed over the years!
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July 19, 2007 - 2:36 pm
Thanks Phil i just took a look at it and it works wonderfully! How do you like the new look of the site?
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July 19, 2007 - 2:55 pm
Great tip helped me with a story on the front page of digg thanks admin
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August 6, 2007 - 1:02 pm
It’s always nice to learn a new trick every now and then. Thanks.
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November 17, 2007 - 12:36 am
I agree with Phil, “The Wayback Machine” on archive.org is pretty cool. I just found a “retro” version of Bauer-Power. Check it out:
Retro Bauer-Power
Sure it is only from back in May, but then again Bauer-Power hasn’t been around that long.
Here is one from Ask The Admin from back in June (Before the template change):
Retro Ask The Admin
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November 17, 2007 - 6:54 pm
That Retro AtA is sure a blast from the past!
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January 5, 2009 - 7:01 am
Nice tip you have there. usually the cache link do not stay long.
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Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com Reply:
January 5th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Usually works for me for a nice while. What experiences have you had with the Google Cache?
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