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How to: Retrieve partial downloads from a Synology NAS
Instructions to create a visible folder for the hidden torrent temp folder on Synology NAS devices.
techsupport 
10 weeks ago by insomnic
Wireless Router Emulators and Guides
Collection of router emulators from the majority of major brands including default gateway and username and password combinations.
techsupport  services  internet  hardware 
december 2011 by insomnic
Registry and System Recovery Instructions
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
Hiren's can sometimes automate
techsupport  windows 
september 2011 by insomnic
Microsoft Fix it Solution Center
Support options and "fix it" services including automated fix it functions that can be downloaded or run from the site.
windows  techsupport 
august 2011 by insomnic
Secunia Online Security Inspector
Scans and verifies that your computer is up to date on Microsoft patches and also scans for about 100 3rd party programs.

The download version will scan for all 3rd party programs.
internet  services  techsupport  windows 
august 2011 by insomnic
namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility
Good tool for testing DNS speeds
internet  software  techsupport 
march 2011 by insomnic
GRC's | DNS Nameserver Performance Benchmark  
Good tool for comparing DNS servers
internet  software  techsupport 
march 2011 by insomnic
D-Link Emulators
Many D-Link product emulators to see product UI screens
techsupport 
january 2011 by insomnic
Every Linksys UI
Every single User Interface for every Linksys product in an interactive setup so you can click tabs, settings, see menu options, etc
techsupport 
january 2011 by insomnic
Virus, Spyware, & Malware Removal Guides
Database of removal instructions and indicators for various types of virus, spyware and malware
techsupport  tutorial  info 
october 2010 by insomnic
Spyware And Malware Removal Guides Index
Bleeping computer updated list of removal guides for spyware and malware
techsupport  info 
october 2010 by insomnic
ATF-Cleaner
Temp file cleaner for WinXP and Win2000 - focused on cleanup for virus/malware removal
windows  software  techsupport 
october 2010 by insomnic
Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner
Good and thorough online virus scanner
techsupport  windows  internet 
october 2010 by insomnic
Starter Background Changer
Simple program to allow changing of desktop wallpaper on Windows 7 Starter edition
windows  software  techsupport 
october 2010 by insomnic
Policy Templates - The Chromium Projects
Admin templates for use with group policy enforcement in a corporate environment.
techsupport  software 
september 2010 by insomnic
Synchronize Folders Between Computers and Drives with SyncToy 2.1
Excellent instruction set for syncing folders on Windows computers. Good tool for use as a simple backup function.
windows  software  tutorial  techsupport 
september 2010 by insomnic
How to Change the Priority of Wired/Wireless Network Cards in Windows
How-To Geek article on setting wired/wireless priority in Windows 7
techsupport  windows 
september 2010 by insomnic
The Complete Android Guide
Excellent guide for Android use
mobile  tutorial  techsupport  info 
september 2010 by insomnic
Kaspersky TDSS Killer
TDSS killer tool and instructions: How to remove malware belonging to the family Rootkit.Win32.TDSS (aka Tidserv, TDSServ, Alureon)?
techsupport  windows  software 
august 2010 by insomnic
TDSS Remover from Esage Lab
Removes the TDSS rootkit which some anti-virus programs can't remove.
techsupport  windows  software 
august 2010 by insomnic
Sophos Anti-Rootkit
Free rootkit removal program. Download latest version regularly to be sure most up-to-date definitions are included
techsupport  windows  software 
august 2010 by insomnic
Top 3 Tools To Remove Rootkits and Prevent Them from Infecting Your PC
Excellent set of tools for removing rootkits and other nasty spyware.
techsupport  windows 
august 2010 by insomnic
Windows Indexing Error with Outlook Express
Outlook Express "to free up disk space, outlook express can compact messages" issue
techsupport  windows 
august 2010 by insomnic
TMobile: Internet Connection Sharing - Phone As Modem
FAQ and forum for how to setup a phone as as modem.
mobile  techsupport  services 
july 2010 by insomnic
Change Contact's File As format
This script will bulk/batch change the "File As" setting in Outlook Contacts in case the sort order needs to be adjusted or setup differently.
techsupport  windows 
july 2010 by insomnic
How can I disable wireless configuration services and enable the Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration services
This is the Fixit article and program to fix when 3rd party wireless (like Dell or Intel) programs won't allow you to switch to the basic windows wireless usage. Also helpful for when those programs are removed without being disabled first.
techsupport  windows 
july 2010 by insomnic
TeamViewer
Free Remote Access and Remote Desktop Sharing over the Internet
techsupport  software  windows  apple  linux 
june 2010 by insomnic
How-To Geek on Lifehacker: Debunking Windows Performance Tweaking Myths - How-To Geek
Some really good mentions about windows XP myths on performance "tweaks".
windows  techsupport 
june 2010 by insomnic
Scan Your Thumb Drive for Viruses from the AutoPlay Dialog - How-To Geek
Tutorial on how to setup Microsoft Security Essentials to have the option to scan a USB drive from the auto-play menu.
techsupport  windows  tutorial 
may 2010 by insomnic
Use Drive Mirroring for Instant Backup in Windows 7 - How-To Geek
Excellent tutorial on how to setup drive mirroring in Win7 using a software RAID1 solution in order to have perfect mirror backups for drive failures
techsupport  tutorial  windows 
may 2010 by insomnic
Spycar - Spyware Testing
Use this site to test spyware protection. Not the greatest (because some spyware companies can build defense specifically against this site test) but at least it's something and it's good for showing people they are unprotected.
services  internet  techsupport 
may 2010 by insomnic
PowerGUI.org
Free Windows Powershell Community. GUI for use with powershell to make thing a bit easier. Run by powershellcommunity.org
techsupport  windows  software 
may 2010 by insomnic
Sysinternals Suite
Software for troubleshooting MS issues. Free set of tools and utilities that can be very useful.
techsupport  windows  software 
may 2010 by insomnic
Complete Guide to Networking Windows 7 with XP and Vista
Excellent article to help get mixed Windows environments working well with the sharing of files.
windows  techsupport  tips 
april 2010 by insomnic
Using OWA 2003 to Recover Deleted Items
good tips for using OWA to help recover deleted items.
techsupport  tips 
april 2010 by insomnic
Top 10 Password Crackers
Very useful not specifically for hacking (though they can be) but for testing your own systems again hacking. Also good for if you forgot or lost a password
techsupport  software 
april 2010 by insomnic
Stupid Windows 7 trick: unlock the secret God Mode folder
Creates a folder with every setting or actionable function in Win7. It's not easy to browse though but is available and can be useful to have all functions in one place.
windows  techsupport  tips 
march 2010 by insomnic
Toggle Hidden Files with a Shortcut Key in Windows
Allows you to toggle hidden files in Windows. This is very useful for upgraded versions of Win7 because there are a lot of useless hidden files.
software  windows  tutorial  techsupport 
february 2010 by insomnic
PowerShellCommunity
Community resource for PowerShell tool from Microsoft
software  windows  techsupport 
february 2010 by insomnic
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is a programming Q & A site that's free
techsupport  info  stackexchange 
february 2010 by insomnic
Server Fault
Server Fault is a Q&A site for system administrators and IT professionals that's free
techsupport  info  stackexchange 
february 2010 by insomnic
Doctype
Doctype is a free question and answer site for web designers
techsupport  info  stackexchange 
february 2010 by insomnic
Meta Stack Overflow
Wiki/User site for StackOverflow, ServerFault, and SuperUser sites for fixing/answering questions specifically about those sites.
techsupport  info  stackexchange 
february 2010 by insomnic
Down for everyone or just me?
Website designed to help you check to see if a website is truly down or if you are having a problem yourself
services  techsupport 
december 2009 by insomnic
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer
Installs customized set of many popular open source (or free) applications. Especially useful for new computer setups.
software  windows  techsupport 
october 2009 by insomnic
Backblaze
Online backup services for $5 a month
techsupport  services  internet 
september 2009 by insomnic
SuperUser
Super User is a Q&A site for computer enthusiasts that's free. Excellent resource for anyone with computer questions about software or  hardware
techsupport  info  hardware  software  stackexchange 
august 2009 by insomnic
How to enable userenv.log
userenv is verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status Messages in Windows
windows  tips  techsupport 
july 2009 by insomnic
Interpreting Userenv log files: Group Policy
Instructions on how to understand the userenv log in Windows.
windows  tips  techsupport 
july 2009 by insomnic
Understanding How to Read a Userenv Log – Part 2
Good set of instructions for reading Userenv log which is responsible for tracking what happens when a person logs on, startup, and shutdown windows (this is the continuation)
windows  tips  techsupport 
july 2009 by insomnic
Understanding How to Read a Userenv Log – Part 1
Good set of instructions for reading Userenv log which is responsible for tracking what happens when a person logs on, startup, and shutdown windows
windows  techsupport  tips 
july 2009 by insomnic
Doug's Windows 95/98/Me/XP/Vista Tweaks and Tips
Lots of tips, tweaks, adjustments for Windows that can help fix lots of little issues. Includes downloadable "fixer" files
techsupport  windows 
july 2009 by insomnic
Windows XP File Assocation Fixes
Fixes numerous file association issues and has trick for opening some items when links don't work.
techsupport  windows 
july 2009 by insomnic
TestDisk - CGSecurity
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table).
software  windows  linux  apple  techsupport 
may 2009 by insomnic
FOG
Network based computer cloning ability - specifically windows systems.
techsupport  software  windows 
april 2009 by insomnic
Ultimate Deployment
Software suite that allows LiveCD tools and automated operating system installation via PXE (network) boot options.
software  techsupport 
april 2009 by insomnic
HP Media Library
manuals and settings screens for various HP service information
techsupport 
march 2009 by insomnic
IE App Compat VHD
Disc images for internet explorer for use with virtual pc to test apps against the different environments of Windows using the different IE versions
windows  software  techsupport 
march 2009 by insomnic
Freeware Tools and Utilities for Windows
Huge collection of tools for security, network, application checking
software  windows  techsupport 
march 2009 by insomnic
Live Sysinternals
Site with all the Sysinternals utilities setup for use directly from a website without any extra downloading or unzipping
services  software  windows  techsupport  internet 
march 2009 by insomnic
Password recovery tools
A slew of tools for recovering lost passwords
software  windows  techsupport 
march 2009 by insomnic
HashSum
Online cryptography hash and checksum (CRC, SHA, MD5)
services  techsupport  internet 
march 2009 by insomnic
Make Windows XP Shut Down Faster
Some registry changes to make windows shut down faster by killing apps sooner and reducing wait times.
windows  techsupport  tips 
march 2009 by insomnic
OpenWith.org
Huge list of FREE programs to open different file extensions. Even can scan computer to tell you if you already have a program or will provide download links to popular programs for that file type
services  software  windows  techsupport  info 
march 2009 by insomnic
CmosPwd - CGSecurity
CMOS password recovery tool
software  techsupport 
february 2009 by insomnic
Use tools running on M-Lab to test your Internet connection. | M-Lab
Bunch of network diagnostic tools to help determine speed issues and if ISP or internet service is being throttled
services  techsupport  internet 
february 2009 by insomnic
Free Windows Tools from Desktop Central
Wake on LAN Tool | GPO Update Tool | Shutdown / Restart Tool | Software Inventory Tool | Join/Unjoin Computer Tool | Remote Task Manager Tool
software  windows  techsupport 
january 2009 by insomnic
Password Strength Checker
Checks the strength of password options
services  techsupport 
january 2009 by insomnic
Glasnost: Test if your ISP is manipulating BitTorrent traffic
Test to check to see if ISP is throttling BitTorrent (torrent) traffic. Must be run from computer on ISP
techsupport  internet 
january 2009 by insomnic
GParted
Linux LiveCD (and App) designed specifically to partition without data destruction
software  windows  techsupport  apple  linux 
january 2009 by insomnic
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility remove installer information for bad program installs or to help remove items without waiting for an uninstaller to complete. Helps with "Program already installed" errors.
software  windows  techsupport 
january 2009 by insomnic
Mythbusting: Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths
Collection of incorrect or wrong performance tweaks for windows
windows  techsupport  tips 
december 2008 by insomnic
Default Password List
large collection of default passwords and usernames for network routers, modems and devices
info  techsupport 
november 2008 by insomnic
Default Router Passwords
Large database of default login and password settings for routers
info  techsupport 
november 2008 by insomnic
Help Desk Geek | Help Desk Tips for IT Pros
Lots of tips and tricks from IT support people for IT people
tips  info  techsupport 
november 2008 by insomnic
ABC Amber BlackBerry Convertor
Parse, convert, backup and archive IPD files to CHM, PDF, HTML, Word, Access, Excel, CSV, IPD Extractor
software  windows  techsupport  mobile 
november 2008 by insomnic
How to use Powercfg.exe to create a Group Policy object for power schemes in Windows XP
Details on using powercfg to set power schemes that can be enforced by group policy
windows  techsupport 
october 2008 by insomnic
CD\DVD Drive not reading in Windows
This is a KB article that explains how to set the Upper Lower filters so fix a problem when trying to read from cd or dvd drives
techsupport  windows 
september 2008 by insomnic
Free Password Recovery Tools
Password recovery for a lot of different applications
software  windows  techsupport 
september 2008 by insomnic
Offline NT pw & reg-editor, bootdisk
Can be used to reset passwords on NT based OS (NT, 2K, XP, Vista).
software  windows  techsupport 
september 2008 by insomnic
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