I have been using YouMail as my primary voice mail transcription service, but decided to finally implement my Google Voice account. You mail was charging me $6/month for voicemail transcription. With Google, it is free. I figure I will test it out a bit and see how it compares to YouMail.
I personally use AT&T, and [...]
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Passed the Microsoft 70-654 TS: Windows EBS 2008, Configuring Exam
I forgot to mention this a few weeks back after I passed the test. I have officially passed the Microsoft 70-654 TS: Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring, exam. I had originally planned to start taking the MCITP tests but have been swamped and have had no time. I’m still hoping to start that process [...]
Read MoreMSI Wind Netbook Internal SD Card Reader Fails
A few months back I purchased a PINK MSI Wind Netbook for Lauren. She loves it. There seemed to be a strange issue that came up where the internal SD card reader stopped working. The drive completely disappeared and no matter what SD card you inserted, it would not recognize the card. A reboot didn’t fix. [...]
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold tethered via Bluetooth on Windows 7 RC
I was able to successfully tether my BlackBerry Bold via bluetooth to my Windows 7 RC laptop. The best part is I dont have to pay for a tethering plan through AT&T and there is no software other then the bluetooth software needed!
Basically all you do is make sure your BlackBerry and Laptop are paired [...]
Symantec EndPoint Protection on Windows 7 RC
Here’s what I had to do to get it installed. I still got the warning that it was incompatible, but seems to work.
1. Extract all files from MR4 to your hard drive2. Install LUSETUP.exe from the SEP folder3. Run setup.exe from the SEP folder4. Reboot
Where is the BlackBerry PIN field stored in your Outlook Contacts?
Had to dig around for this. In your Outlook contacts, if you open the contact and then go to the all fields tab, select miscellaneous fields in the pulldown and look for the field named “User Field 1″ towards the bottom, that is the PIN field.
Once in a blue moon this question is relevant. From [...]
How to remove Dell BIOS Passwords
Came across this article online, which shows how to remove BIOS passwords from all Dell computer models:
www.tech-faq.com/dell-bios-password.shtml
I still come across places that either have no protection or stricly rely on BIOS passwords only. Which is horrible!
ALL laptops should be running drive encryption on the hard disk. If you are not, you should fix that. You [...]
Easy way to check if your CPU is Hyper-V compatible
SecurAble is a tiny utility/app will tell you if your processor has a hardware virtualization, which is what Hyper-V requires. Even though most new processors nowadays have hardware virtualization, there are some Intel Xeon based cpu’s that are only a couple years old that do not.
You can check this website for the download link and [...]
Passed the Microsoft 70-653 TS: Windows SBS 2008, Configuring Exam
A couple few weeks ago I decided to take things a little more serious and get some Microsoft certifications out of the way. I deal a lot with SBS environments so I took the Microsoft 70-653 TS: Windows SBS 2008, Configuring Exam first. So I’m officially a Microsoft Certified Professional, and have my first Technology [...]
Read MoreWorried about conficker virus? You shouldnt be if you're using OpenDNS
There’s a lot of media / hype going around about the “Conficker” virus. I have been asked at least 30 or 40 times in the past day on what people need to do in order to make sure they do not have the conficker virus.
A majority of my clients use OpenDNS. And if you are, [...]
