Monthly Archives: July 2009

How-to Setup a secure Wireless Network, dd-wrt

Now, you might be wondering how in the world can I have the answer to creating the most secure wireless network. Well the answer is that it has been there all along.  Disclaimer: These instructions are for the average home user, and in no way is the most secure wireless setup available, however it is [...]

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Detect if a server is up or down; Web Server, Game Server, any port

Monitoring Services is requires constant attention, so sys admins try to make the job easy by using a monitoring service. What if you wanted to monitor a service via a website. Well thanks to the best code language, php, there is a simple way to do this. <? $ip = "youriphere"; $port = "yourporthere"; if [...]

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Recession Antidote time!

TomSchaefer.org is giving away a free copy of Crysis (retail) to the 1st comment post!  Be the 1st Comment Poster Crysis (retail) will be shipped to your house that day. Shipping is on Tomschaefer.org   All thanks to Greg Crowe who is in Afghanistan right now flying fixed wing aircraft.

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How to install a fresh copy of Windows 7 with Upgrade Disks

Windows 7 Upgrade media can be used to perform a clean install of the operating system. Using an undocumented workaround you can fool any Upgrade version of Windows 7 into installing itself on a PC without upgrading a previous OS install. Install Windows 7 Boot your PC with the Windows 7 Upgrade DVD. After the [...]

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Posted in Mircosoft, Secuirty | 1 Comment

Problem Steps Recorder

Your a geek so people come to your for their computer problems. Well since you haven’t figured out a way to make your friends stop bothering you about all their crashed hard drives and virus infested PCs you have to tell them what to do. Well PSR makes is a little more simple for you. [...]

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