Category Archives: How To

Secure Tunnel through PuTTy

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Nerd

I have had so many people ask me about security while using a public Internet service.  I personally use this regularly.  When using a public WiFi, one doesn’t want their Internet traffic just out there for anyone to see.  So, … Continue reading →

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Launch Virtual PC (without console window)

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Nerd

I use Virtual PC quite a bit.  Whenever I wanted to launch one of the 3 virtual machines I needed, I had to open the console, and then start the PC needed.  Not anymore!  You can do it using the … Continue reading →

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Word tip – Horizontal Lines

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Nerd

Source:  HowToGeek.com When you want to quickly insert a horizontal line into your Word document instead of going through the Borders and Shading dialog box in the Ribbon here is a keyboard shortcut to save you time. In this example … Continue reading →

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Shortcuts.. I love ‘em!

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Nerd

I don’t like to use the start menu unless I have to.  As you can see, I have a lot items on my quick launch bar, but if you notice, I have these two items as well: These are Toolbars … Continue reading →

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Free E-Book: PowerShell

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Nerd

Source: https://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de English version of Windows PowerShell course book available for download Due to its great popularity, we have decided to translate the Windows PowerShell course book to English. The book gives you a short introduction with many exercises about the … Continue reading →

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Copy Text from Dialog Box

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Nerd

How many times have you had an error message on your screen, and either hand written it down, or opened notepad to type in exactly what the error said?  Those days are gone!!!  Little did you know, you could just … Continue reading →

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Command Line – Terminal Server tip

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Nerd

Source: HowtoGeek.com If you’ve worked on a network with Windows servers, you’ve encountered this error message at least 37,000 times: “The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections. The system can not log you on. The system … Continue reading →

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