Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #299 – KnuckleHead Tech
Steve is joined by Josh Williams(knucklehead tech)
Computers worked on:
- Computer with virus, browser not connectiing to internet after virus scan’s, saw proxy settings changed in LAN connections
- Computer hogging lots on trafic on business network, traced to user having a dropbox app that chewed up bandwidth
Topics, Tips, and Links discussed:
- Postini is an E-mail and Web security and archiving service
- Google Apps for business
- keeping an updated version on malwarebytes definitions on a thumbdrive using the files from your desktop
- Autoruns and PsTools are parts of the sysinternals suite
- CCleaner windows cleanup tool
- Revo uninstaller program removal tool
- SuperAntiSpyware’s Online Scan
- technet forum link to Windows Modules Installer – Error 1450 Insufficient System Resources
- Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows
- using VBScipt
- Restoration is a tool to undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows
- Using previous versions on windows for files and folders
- DD-WRT is free Linux-based firmware for several wireless routers
- Humble Indie Bundle
- VisualWget – A download manager (GUI) based on Wget for Windows
- The Podnutz Wiki Site
Josh’s thoughts on different anitrus progrems including
- AVG
- Avira
- Eset NOD32 antivirus
- SuperAntiSpyware’s Online Scan
Voicemails/Emails:
- Reliant wants to remind people about using teamspeak to talk to other podnutz fans using the following credentials: podnutz.intant.ts port 4160
- Dell lattitude C810 with driver problems, Steve recomends a full reinstall
- Steve-O writes about showmewhatswrong.com to let you send screen capture videos to people fortechnical help
- Paul had a random shutdown problem on a Toshiba laptop, that was eventually traced to an under-rated (wattage) power brick
- Casey has trick for scheduling on-site appointments
- incredibling annoying youtube tutorial on cleaning laptop fans
- Andrew has a T30 has an apparently bad memory slot, Steve has no advice other than a bad motherboard
- Liam gives a page on Changing an XP Retail disk to OEM and back
Checkout Lalo Nunez’s video tutorials for speeding up your tech work atbetterPCtech.com Steve reminds you about supporting his shows by using his affiliate links with one of the following links: podnutz.com/newegg,podnutz.com/amazon, podnutz.com/ebay
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Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net
