Recent content by TechieJustin

Hi folks, I don't know who to complain to or what forum to post this in. There is a very annoying eharmony ad that starts playing with audio every few times I log on here. I know the forum needs money to operate and they get that via the ads, but at some point it becomes fairly intrusive...

I'd like to jump in here real quick. I have seen malware, spyware and virus infections where even after AV programs are run and the system is reported as "clean" there are stability and speed issues. IMO those programs leave "holes" and the installation is never the same. There are other times...

Hi folks, I have a relative who is running Windows XP Media Center on a Dell Dimension 5100. In my opinion MCE is somewhat "quirky." He expressed interest in upgrading to Windows 7. How well would Windows 7 run on this machine? From what I understand it doesn't run all that bad on older...

I just formatted an 8GB thumb drive to NTFS under the admin account. After I was done, I right clicked and set "everyone" to full control and removed all other permissions. I coped a huge file to the jump drive on another machine, then I get back to this one - and I can't copy the file off...

the 'change icon' button is grayed out. Note how it only happened to some of the apps not all of them.

For some reason, some of the Microsoft Office icons are not working correctly on some accounts. What the heck is going on? I installed under the Admin account so it shoudlbe available to everyone. When I double click on it - they work fine, its just not the correct icon. see the attached...

Should everyone who drives a car understand how to fix their engine? I don't know how to replace a timing belt. Noethier do most of you. Most of you don't change you own oil. That's my point. The last company I worked at locked the network down. no internet, no espn.com - no nothing...

If a laptop get stolen somebody who knows what they're doing can look at the cache of various programe. Examples include IE, Firefox and even Microsoft Office with its backup copies. Once a user logs onto a machine, is all that stuff stored in the users home directory? I'm about to upgrade a...

I understand what you're saying and I agree. If I could wave a magic wand and bestow some basic knowledge of safety I'd do it. Mylast job, the owner of the company was in his 70's. I'm supposed to show him the difference between a legit error message and a popup from...

Again - easier said than done. How would yo implement this mass education of users in an organization os... 2,000+ users who have no interest in computers? What about those stock brokers on the NYSE or NASDAQ floor? Try an pull one of those guys off the floor for a day and teach him about...

That sounds like a good solution in theory. However, do you expect to turn everyone into an expert? What about all the accountants and executives who don't have the time to put that kind of effort? Thats the problem. Even if you have some sort of mandatory class or lecture those people won't...

No, what I meant was they're good for people who don't want to deal with that crap. Like my Puerto Rico experience. Macs are not perfect, I will admit that, nor is Linux, nor Windows. Within the next two years I'm putting my family to Mac. I've seen too many malware infestations, and people...

Indeed. My main beefs with Windows is the utter lack of security in the form of malware. Why isn't Microsoft going after these companies that flash the popups imitating a Windows message? So many people are tricked into installing malware this way its amazing. Its not like they don't have the...

Hi folks, I thought for my first post I'd jump on here. :D I'm in the process of switching from Windows to Mac and I have a few reasons why which I'll explain in a minute. First I have industry experience, I have a BS in computer science from 2000. I worked in IT from 2000 to September of...