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Hide a .rar archive inside a jpg image
Yes boys and girls you read that correctly. You can hide a rar file inside a jpg file that will open the image when double clicked, through very clever command line shenanigans. Let’s check it out:...
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Mail2Web is no longer free but I have a solution for your free exchange like...
Can you believe that www.Mail2Web.com killed their free Exchange account’s ability to be sync over the air with activesync? I was more than pissed when I heard about it. You read about Commodore using...
View Article4 Simple Steps to Change Your Computer Sounds
Tired of your standard Windows Startup and Shutdown tunes? If you’re like me, you use your Windows-based computer almost every day. The startup and shutdown sounds have just gotten a little boring to...
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Windows Live Writer Errors out on posting. Invalid Server Response.
We all know that I love me some Windows Live Writer. It is my blog editor of choice. Armed with that and Jing I document, screenshot and post the hell out of stuff over here and on...
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Windows 2003 Error Message Insufficient Memory on Xcopy, Enter: XXCOPY,
Over the weekend I was working on a seriously f-ed up Windows 2003 server. Let’s just say that this basket held all of this companies eggs. I needed to copy off ALL the data from the 1TB Raid array. I...
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Windows Command Line tips.
Did you know that you can hit F7 in The Windows Command Line for a history of commands that you can choose with your keyboard? Did you know you can copy a file path by just dragging a file into the...
View ArticleUsing Notepad++ for Version Control
I have what you would call a love/hate relationship with Version Control Systems. On the one hand, it is oh so nice to be able to revert back to a working version of your document when you...
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How can I use Speech Recognition in Windows Vista?
Have you ever wanted to talk to your computer? You know like “Music On” or “Kill Stupid Flanders!” Well in Windows Vista, you can! And it is as easy as this: Click the Start menu >> Click...
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A Tale of Two Admins.
Please follow this email chain between myself and our friend Karl AKA ATA. ————————————— ME Here’s the scenario…. Backed up info off old laptop to external HD. During XP install I saw two identical...
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Where is the startup folder in Windows 7? Help!
Now that Windows 7 is out on the market, and the Microsoft marketing machine is in full gear, people are starting to go out and purchase their Windows 7 upgrades to finally release them from the...
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Gmail tip – send email directly to a label from anywhere.
I recently made the switch from my private email server to Google for Applications. This made Gmail my primary mail client and I have dedicated some time to mastering all of it’s features – and there...
View ArticleRemotely Wipe your hard drive for all of our schizoid friends.
I love when other sites incorporate what we do here at AskTheAdmin.com and we also love sharing them with our readers. So here is Paul Bauer from Bauer-Power.net using our Make Outlook your biatch...
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Is it possible to have TOO MUCH RAM?
You know the saying, “You can’t have too much RAM or too much storage.” Well, there is at least one case where a lot of RAM can cause problems. My current desktop had 1 Gig of RAM and I recently...
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How to lose your data
See that picture? When it happens to you, it may not look quite that bad (or be quite that obvious), but data loss sucks. And it does happen. I’ve been working with computers for 10+ years, and I’ve...
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How Can I Change Local Passwords on A LOT of Workstations? (2 Years Ago Today)
I know the feeling of your secure network being compromised by an end user… Passwords do fall into the wrong hands and then what do you do? Scenarios start running through my head and I make a mental...
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Display the up time of a workstation or server.
Do you ever need command line access to see how long a Windows Server has been up for? This morning I did. I needed to prove that a machine (Windows Server 2003) was up last night at 3 am when a...
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Open Windows Control panels from the command line.
So Johnny command line needs to be cool and open his computer management console or maybe just his services how can he do it? Here you go little Johnny Command Line: Computer Management – compmgmt.msc...
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Find out who is unfollowing you on Twitter.
You ever have a conversation with someone, or perhaps stood in front of a group of people and in the middle of whatever you are talking about, someone gets up and walks out. It hurts a little, and is...
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Using AppLocker on Windows 7 to lock down what applications can run.
This is a Windows 7 only feature don’t be jealous… Do you want to lock down what applications the kids can run on your shinny new Windows 7 computer? Well they have a little known feature built into...
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Recover your lost Windows 7, XP, Vista or 2000 Passwords.
I orginally wrote about this way back when in 2006 when AskTheAdmin was just born. Now here I am 4 years later writing about the same tool! This is not just any tool though this is the Offline NT...
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How do I mute a Windows Live Meeting Phone Conference via A Normal Phone.
Today I had to connect to a Windows Live Meeting without my headset. So I had no normal way of muting and unmuting my call. I went and searched. It took me some time but I finally found some codes...
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How to Choose the Right Web Hosting Provider
The following post was written by Melissa Schraiber of FatWallet.com. We were not paid to post this and apparently we share a love for HostGator! Check it out below: In today’s digital world,...
View ArticleClear the SEL (System Event Log) from Dell Servers
Have you ever seen the error that your SEL is full? Well here are some solutions to clear it on your Dell server. You will see an error during post and this error will be displayed in your LCD panel...
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Have you cut the cord? Do you still pay for TV?
This comes from our good friends at Bauer-Power. I read this and thought to myself why am I still paying for cable? One of the hardest things I ever did in my life did not happen while I was in the...
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Verizon UML290USB modem disconnects
We got brand new shinny 4G LTE Verizon Wireless Cards and out of the box they well…. Sucked! We couldn’t get them to stay connected and when they would we only saw 600kbps! Imagine that we...
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Problems adding a Domain account to a local admin group? Server 2008 R2 X64.
I added a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 to my 2008 domain. When I attempted to add the domain admin to the local administrator group I got an error that it already is there! But when logging in as the...
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Blast from the Past: Operation could not be completed. Either the printer...
Does that screenshot take you back? Sadly it does for me. Lets take a look at our issue at hand: Soooooo Windows XP, good old Windows XP… Sometimes it has issues with simple tasks. Here we were trying...
View ArticleHow hard is it to move my iTunes library to an external drive?
We have seen this question more than a hundred times and it should be addressed as a searchable article… Here are the steps: Part 1: Locating and consolidating the iTunes Media folder Locating and...
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Hulu: Skip the commercials!
Do you know how to skip commercials in Hulu? I know first world problems are a real bitch… I used to wonder why anyone would want to pause the commercials in Hulu. There is a pause button present...
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Gmail-Fu: Cut down on the clutter in your Gmail replies.
I personally hate when Email threads get to be very long. It is easy enough to remove unnecessary text from your email replys in Gmail or Google Apps. You need to enable this via Google’s Labs...
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