Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #206 – The Ultimate Thumb Drive
Steve is joined by Stephen McLaughlin Door to Door Geek (D2D)
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 infections
- Windows 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 desktops
- IEs 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 apps
- Issues 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 webserver
- D2D 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 comparison
- D2D 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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Steve reminds you about his Laptop Repair Videos specially priced at $54.95
Music provided by Evan King
Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net
