Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #259 – Black Flag Solutions
Steve is joined by Anthony Glover ofBlackFlag Solutions in the San Antonio, Texas Area
Topics, Tips, and Links Discussed:
- Harmony Remotes from Logitech
- Running Spybot Search and Destroy from the command line
- CCleaner registry cleaner from Piriform
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- Scanning a hard drive with AVG anti-virus as an external drive on a bench computer
- Booting with The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows(ubcd4win) or Knoppixdiscs
- Using a desktop PC with your big screen TV
- Using Windows Media Center with TV tuner cards
- Element is a free operating system for home theater PCs, media center computers, and set-top boxes
- OpenOffice as a free alternative to Microsoft office
- VLC is an open-source multimedia framework, player and server
- Paint.net is a free image and photo editing software for Windows computers
- GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed software for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring
- Drumming up business in the aisles of Best Buy
- Monoprice or eBay for cheap cables
- Computer service pricing
- Anthony likes the Linksys e3000 router
- Steve likes the Apple AirPort Express router
- Network Magic allows for easy network setup
Voicemails/Emails:
- Nick writes in with a Geek Squad horror story in setting up a home internet connection,also tells us about an article from Laptopmag.com comparing tech support from different companies, and finally tells of the two iPhone 4’s that got married but had a lousy reception
- Russ writes about an unusual Windows problem involving random playing of classical music, the solution can be found at support.Microsoft.com/KB/
261186 - D.B. asks about using different invertors on different laptop screens for testing purposes
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Music provided by Evan King
Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net
