Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #189 – Doc Brown Joins Us
Larry Aldrich (DocBrown) joins to tell us some of his adventures as a computer teacher and some other great tips.
- Well done cover letters and resume’s are important
- Larry discusses migrating to office 2007 and general updating of the computers at his school
- With network problems, break off segments one at a time to isolate the problem
- Document problems and their solutions for later use
- Larry had a problem with network devices showing twice in the device manager with trouble indication, tracked to malware, ndis.sys file infected, copied fresh copy of file in recovery console
- Combofix will check to see if recovery console is installed and offer to install it
- Trojan remover discussed
- Use dropbox as a way to transfer files from home to work
- Use ketarin to download latest install packages of various software
- Filehippo.com as a fast download repository
- Customer relations just as important as repair skills
- Larry discusses his results with Laplink PC Mover Pro as a program migration tool
- Use PC Decrapifier to remove bloatware on new computers
Emails:
- Partial list of Steve’s malware regimen: smitfraud fix, combofix,ccleaner, malwarebytes, superantispyware, AVG anitvirus
- May have to run anti-malware from safe mode or use the ultimate boot CD for Windows (ubcd4win) Video tutorial for UBCD4WIN
- Kasperksy ISO up to date images
- Steve’s laptop repair videos are available!
- Use fixhddc on ubcd4win to change hard drive inetrface to generic when restoring an image to different hardware, or change the hardive controller to generic while in original OS before transfeering
- Steve and Larry discuss possible sources and the legality/ morality of using windows source iso’s other than what came with computer
- Alex uses antistatic film negative cleaning brushes from kinetronics.com to clean boards with alchohol or distalled water
