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 [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever needed a specific version of an OS for an install?
You need a Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 CD and you only have SP1?
Have you ever wanted to upgrade your original Windows XP CD to SP3?
That is where slipstreaming comes into play. Slipstreaming a service pack saves time, disk space and makes [...]
Everyone knows your friendly neighborhood admin is all about shortcut keys and uber productivity.
September 25, 2008 - 6:19 am
On the same vein, don’t forget that you can free up some of those slots by removing shortcuts that duplicate those already programmed to other keys. (I’m looking at you “Show Desktop”, which is bound by default to Win+D, or my personal Admin favorite “Run”, bound to Win+R)
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November 6, 2008 - 12:13 pm
I’ve been following your website closely though I am not a techie but a physician by profession.
I’d like to point out that you can launch upto 9 applications from the quick launch menu by hitting Win + (numbers 1-9)
The first three ones would be visualized, but from the 4th to the 9th it would be hidden and can still be opened. Try it….
Thanks and regards
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December 19, 2008 - 3:18 pm
win+E gets you Windows Explorer (my Computer)
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December 24, 2008 - 5:52 am
Nice tips, I just got a new HP system on Monday with vista home premium, thanks for these quick easy tips.
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October 18, 2009 - 10:09 pm
My favorite shortcut is the windows key & D. It minimizes all open windows!
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