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NTFS exFAT and FAT32

No doubt if you are reading this you have heard of the three main Windows File System: FAT32, NTFS and exFAT. If not the simplest way to explain a file system is to say a file system is the way … Continue reading

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Permanently disable Firefox new tab features

Starting with Firefox 13 when you click a new tab it will display your favorite and most-visited websites. This give you an easy and quick way to access your favorite websites. On they other hand some people don’t like the … Continue reading

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Make a bootable USB drive for Windows 7 installaton

Now that most computers are being shipped without any CD/DVD drive it can be hard to reinstall Windows. You have few options, get a USB DVD drive, install from a network or make an installation USB drive. Most of use … Continue reading

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Common Linux Commands

I decided to compose a list of common Linux commands as an easy way to find them. Please note depending on the Linux installation you may need to run these with an elevated prevailed mode such as root or sudo. … Continue reading

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Use GPO to Force Wireless Networks

Managing a school can be challenging and you always have to keep up with new security. Students are now stick their cell phone in their bag with the hotspot turned on and then connecting the computers to their hot spot … Continue reading

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Password Recovery On a Cisco 2950 Switch

This documents the procedure for performing a password recovery on a Cisco 2950 switch (and probably other models, as well). 1. Unplug the power cable 2. Hold down the mode button while replugging the power cable 3. Type flash_init over … Continue reading

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Password Recovery for Windows

To reset a forgotten administrator password on a Windows Computer, follow these steps: Boot from a Windows 7 installation CD or other boot disk. Find the drive letter of the partition where Windows is installed. In Vista and Windows XP, … Continue reading

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Increase Max PHP Upload size

It is often necessary to increase the upload size for PHP scripts. I find I have to do this with every Moodle installation but there are many reasons for increasing the upload size. Maybe you wrote your own PHP scripts … Continue reading

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A Quick Look at DHCP

This is a quick overview of how DHCP works DHCP is a service that assigns IP address to client computers. Even DHCP sends packets using the transport layer it is considered an application layer protocol because the data is actually … Continue reading

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Setup Moodle on Ubuntu Tutorial

I have done several Moodle installs on RedHat, CentOS, and Ubuntu Server. By far I like Ubuntu the most. Ubuntu Server is simple to setup and use, plus it is a much lighter weight server then the others and boots … Continue reading

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