Podnutz Daily #206 - The Ultimate Thumb Drive
Steve is joined by Stephen McLaughlin Door to Door Geek (D2D)
Running time: 1:11:37Added: 1 Dec 2009
Computer problems:
Problem with a Windows 7 install that ran fine for 24 hours, then got bluescreens,turned out to be a bad memory problem
Customer unable to boot from CD, reset the BIOS by removing battery
Computer getting a DLL error, ran system file checker
Laptop with bad screen inverter
Laptop with bad DC jack
Topics discussed:
Google Wave Sandboxie for preventing infectionsWindows 32 bit vs. 64 bit versions and patchguard
Using virtual machines, including VirtuaBox and VMWare
Ntrconnect for remote PC control as an alternative to logmein , and it can access linux desktopsIEs for Linux is a simple script that installs Internet Explorer 6, 5.5, and 5 on Linux using Wine. Linux vs. Windows
D2D's experiences with Windows 7
Microsoft Security Essentials Ninite to load multiple appsIssues using synergy with Windows 7 and a work around
Nutz at Night is every thursday at 11p.m.Turnkey linux can be used to localy host Drupal for testing purposes, (Note: this can also be done on Windows using WampServer ). Steve C. says he uses Fantastico , to set up drupal on a webserverD2D has a screencast available on making portable apps from regular apps as well as making an online gallery
D2D stores portable apps on his webserver for easy access at a client's house
Use the Podnutz Forums as a resource
Making scripts: use ss64.com as a resource(including its forums)
Using Trojan Remover as a portable app
Using arm active registry monitor to analyze changes to the Windows registry
ExamDiff is a freeware Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista tool for visual file comparisonD2D is working on a screencast for creating the ultimate bootable thumb Drive that uses grub4dos (which includes the ability to boot from ISO images)
D2D's bootable thumbdrive will include: Acronis True Image , Trinity Rescue Kit , Kaspersky Rescue CD , Clonezilla , Spin-rite , Parted Magic , Easus Disk Copy , UBCD4WIN , MHDD32 , HDD erase , Darik's Boot'N'Nuke , Hardware ID's, freedos , gag graphical boot loader , memtest86 , Kon-boot
Using auslogics disk defrag for de-fragging files the ISO files
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