Category Archives: Tip

Create a font of your own handwriting

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Nerd

I was just talking to some friends of mine that past week, and we were talking about how hard it is to write letters, and how much easier it is to type them.  I’ve seen commercial software that does this … Continue reading →

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Easily connect to 2nd monitor or projector with Windows 7

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Nerd

Every laptop user has been there… at the start of a meeting, plugging in the projector, trying to get what you have on your screen to show up on the projector, pushing Fn+F8, opps, that just put you in sleep … Continue reading →

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New How To section on EverydayNerd.com

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Nerd

I have a lot of people asking common questions, so in order to help in a more efficient manner, I’ve added the “Everyday How To” section.  I’ll be adding to this section on a semi-regular basis (how-to’s take longer to … Continue reading →

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Use Excel to create easy batch jobs

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Nerd

Do you have to run a command on several servers remotely?  You can enter each command separately, but every good admin should know how to make life easier for him/her self.  For example, I wanted to use the psloggedon.exe tool … Continue reading →

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Change Firefox address search engine provider

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Nerd

Somehow… my default search engine in Firefox defaulted to Bing, and I wanted to change it back to Google, so I figured I’d show ya’ll how to do it too! In Firefox, type in about:config in the address bar, click … Continue reading →

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Install Windows 7 from USB Disk

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Nerd

I told you before about a utility that will create a bootable USB windows installer, but for all us command line junkies, this is just drop dead easy… Get a spare 4GB USB 2.0 thumbdrive, reformatted it as FAT32, and … Continue reading →

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Disable Group Policy Service on Windows Vista/7

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Nerd

As an administrator, I like to have FULL control of the computer that I use everyday.  Most companies deploy group policies that will set defaults to your computer, and not allow you to change those settings.  This will require that … Continue reading →

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