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I also vote for the DeCrappifier.

I don't understand your question. What are you asking here? How secure is the hardware?

As you boot, do you see anything like "F11 for boot menu"?

Depends upon what OS you are using. If you have any typr of desktop GUI, you usually plug in the USB, it would show up as a new drive letter in windows or as a drive in mac/linux desktop. Then you just drag your files into the USB....

Does any other software else have issues printing to the printer? Can you print a test page to the printer? HAve you checked HP for the latest drivers for your printer?

Do you have anti malware installed? Might be a good idea to run a full scan. I use malware bytes. It's free and excellent. IF you use that, install it, run the updates, and opt for a full scan. It will alert you if it finds anything.

Looks like it may be a faulty HD. The installer is seeing something it doesn't like. Do you have another to test with?

Couple of ideas off the top of my head. Usually RPC (remote procedure call) could be used to remote execute code on another host. Obviously that won't work here. Maybe using something like the PSExec http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553 in a WINE instance on the linux host *might* work. But I've never tried …

Right, as they said, make sure the router is completely factory reset. Use the 30-30-30 rule. With power on, hold in reset for 30 seconds, dont let go, now pull power still holding in the reset for another 30, now power it up, still holding reset for another 30. Now …

As a 20 year Network admin, you should know all about running cable. That being said, I always outsource layer 1 stuff to a 3rd party. They will usually do it faster, and it will cost less than your valuable time. Network admin's main job is to keep the network …

Lots of external and internal variables affect wireless speeds. First one that comes to mind are differences in wifi adapters. Are all machines using same model hardware? Are all using same driver version with exactly the same configs? External factors include distance from AP, objects in between ap and laptop …

Which Car gives you the best visibility? That type of question has only 1 answer.... "It depends." Many things come into play when determining wifi range. Antenna config, wifi band, power, structural interference, external wifi 'noise', channel contention. Wifi N offers more bandwidth but lower range and doesn't not handle …

OK - I'll throw in my 2 cents, though it's been a while since I did any render farm builds. In older versions of 3d studio, there were specific patches you could apply for specific processesors to take advantage of the increased power of those procs. Without the specific patches, …

My first guess would be permissions on the files.

Usually, you open the IIS MMC. Click on the server, in the IIS section click on MIME TYPES, Click on the ADD... button located to the right in the ACTION pane. What extension are you trying to add that isn't already present?

If you have physical access to the windows host, then you need a tool like the one included in the hiren cd for a windows admin password change. It's pretty painless. Boot the CD, run the tool, select your windows install location, select the id you want to reset. Without …

If your users have admin rights to install items to their workstations, there's nothing you can do to stop one with some skill from bypassing your websense. The key here is to remove admin rights from the WS so that they canouldn't install tor, or any other vpn/proxy/tunneling solution in …

Usually, the com ports show up as /dev/ttyS0 ir /dev/ttyS1. ttySN where N is 0 through 3 for the normal COM1-4 you are used to seeing. For a dongle, you need to find the USB port which would probably be set to /dev/tty/USB0 or something similiar. Then you can speak …

Hold down the ALT key while booting. Keep it down until you get a choice of icons on the screen. You would see 2 drives, 1 for mac, 1 for windows, and a CD rom if you have one loaded.

Need to get a better understanding of what isn't working? Can you access the router? Does it boot? Does it get an external IP from the network DHCP? My guess is this: Since linksys default to an internal LAN of 192.168.1.0/24, you probably have the same internal and external LAN. …

Well, it should be fairly easy to script a "WGET <URL #1>" in any linux host and have the run at a specific time. Include 1 file with multiple WGETs and each one should run after the other.... Is that what you had in mind?

This depends on alot. Most DB apps will come with some sort of management. I.e. MS Sql comes with its SQL mgmt studio. What DB are you using? What OS is the host using? What are you trying to 'manage'? Backups?

No ip address via DHCP, no DNs servers created, no gateway set, .... There's lots of things to check. Start with the basics. Do you have an IP? Can you ping your gateway via IP? Can you ping beyond your gateway to 4.2.2.2? Can you ping a server by FQDN? …

Yep - I see no question there.

Somthing like 15 years ago, The old Compaq's (pre-hp) would utilize a section of the hard drive for their BIOS. You would need to use their disks to properly format the installed HD with the startup software that enables the PC to boot. Replace the HD, you need to use …

We need much more info. What does the screen show while booting? Where does it stop? Can you post some screenshots?

Antivirus programs are usually 'Active'. This means that the program starts with the OS, is always running in the background, constantly checking files, webpages, downloads, etc.... it is always running. If you have 2 of these running at the same time, they start to step on each other every time …

Is it a single jack for the headset or 1 jack for mic and i jack for speakers? If it's a single jack, then I agree with Stuugie, sounds like a defective headset. If it's dual jacks, just switch plugs.

IF your Machine starts in Safe mode, then we can assume the Hard drive and all the data is ok for now. Since you know how to start the machine in safe mode using F8, try using the "Last Known Good Configuration" selection from that same menu. If that gets …

TeamViewer and VNC get my votes. Teamviewer is my new fav because of the native support for VPN and connections through NAT. VNC requires that you get yourself connected to the remote machine via route or VPN.

Some things I would check: Look in the Windows Device manager. Do the USBs show up here? Any yellow warnings? Look in Bios. Is there an option to disable the Front USBs?

Any luck with those pics? Hard to tell whats going on from just the description.

Contact Dell tech support. Even if your PC is out of warranty, they will still talk to you and try to help. You just won't get any free, replacement parts.

Couple of items here for clarification. Email services can be run on a server. That's established. The Server that services certain domains (i.e. someone@company.com) 'could' be in your network, it 'could' be hosted by a 3rd party company, it 'could' be a cloud style email (i.e. gmail, yahoo mail, etc...). …

In MacOS or Linux use **wc -l <filename>** In windows, I don't know of a command line tool. I just use notepad++ to check the file. A google search will give you various scripts to do the same from cli.

Some things to check: Are you on wireless? Do you know if you are on wireless G or N? PC/Macs will give you the speeds of the wifi connection in the status info. Wifi speeds are in Megabits per second, bit Megabytes. So a 24 megabit per second conenction is …

Have you tried net user <user> "this is the password" I don't know if that will work but worth a shot. ALthough you may end up with a password being "this

Sleep mode is a very low power mode where the laptop will maintain memory and sessions using as little power as possible. Network connections are usually lost in sleep mode but can be maintained with proper settings. If power is lost, your laptop's battery will maintain the sleep state until …

You might have dns hard coded to some value so that the dhcp'd info doesnt get applied. Maybe you have some proxy setting applied that could be interfering.

Keep hitting F8 as the computer stars up. You should get to the start menu with safe mode as an option.

It's not RHEL, but my page has instructions for DNS here: http://www.slsmk.com/?p=21

Do you have an existing lan? Are you trying to get 2 machines to speak to each other? Trying to get a shared internet connection? Mayber trying to share a printer? We'll need more info. - what equipment do you have ? - what are you trying to accomplish (see …

Don't forget Cisco also has their proprietary VOIP solutions with CUCM, Messaging, and management.

You don't need to PAY for Antivirus. Plenty of free options out there. Avast, AVG, etc... I would not recommend anyone run a windows pc without it. The time it takes to clean up an infection costs lots more than the slight inconvience of the AV running. Use AV in …

Building anything with 1 esxi host will not save you downtime as the patching for esxi requires frequent reboots. Be prepared to have downtime anyway. Usually, perimeter firewalls are an appliance. You can of course build a dedicated host for this, but usually the appliances are just as good and …

Yes, what you get looks like a 'series' circuit where internet is delivered by modem, modem goes to router 1, router 1 goes to router 2. In this case, I don't see the need for multiple routers. All you need is a router that suports a dmz connection of does …

Microsoft has a tool just for this. "Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool". IT lets you create a bootable USB from an ISO file. I've used it many times.

Basically, yes, IP protocol stack is essentially the same. All these devices can communicate to each other. IT's when you get into the apps that rely on that stack that you start to have issues. Right now, I have MACs, PCs, Ubuntu, my Android phone (over wifi) all speaking to …

From your Computer, can you access the nas via IP? START - RUN - \\192.168.1.10 <- whatever its ip happens to be. If you can hit is this way, then the nas may nto respond to broadcast discovery and you would need to add a hosts/lmhosts file entry to resolve …

Ditto that. You may want to try copying the tar file into your home folder and unpacking it there to see if it works. If it does, then it is probably the lack of write permissions in that mounted file system.