Unbelievable, my blog was indexed by Google within 2 hours of being written. I new Google was good, this is unbelievable (It's a Microsoft Blog). Indexing websites and blogs is a time consuming process. The search Robot usually either starts at you root domain or comes off someone else’s link to you. Just 2-3 years a go seeing a Robot (Internet Search Companies indexing tool) come by once a week was outstanding. I’d love to see the Google data center (Probably lots of them). After Googling Google Data Centers I found lots of stuff.

 

Why does Google seem to be so open, Microsoft so closed. I feel the hundreds of departments choking out the life of Microsoft in EVERY DEALING I have with them. It’s always a chore getting anything accomplished in a timely manner. Microsoft is trying but there surveys come up at the worst times, and I could never figure out how to report errors in Vista to them. It isn’t worth the trouble (Time Factor) Like being unable to paste (To MSN Blogs) by clicking the mouse instead of having to go to the tool bar, things like that.

 

 

Ahhhhhhhhh. Microsoft has clarified there licensing and it’ll be the same as Windows XP. That’s tolerable and expected, anything less would have caused mass migrations to Mac or Linux. I call Microsoft 5-10 times a week now, after changing hard drives, motherboards, etc. It’s tolerable but barley. This policy frustrates the Techs like me who have to make the calls. The New policy is written about in Computer World: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004498&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8  

 

I really can’t blame Microsoft, as I see 2-3 stolen Microsoft Operating systems a week. The clients know because they can’t update properly. What Moron has me validating before I install Windows Defender and 1 minute later has me validate again before I can install it. Microsoft, this makes you look like bumbling idiots. People don’t mind the Validation but every 5 minutes is ridiculous. I really feel people will pay a fair price for an OS, but the constant validations have them looking at Linux & Macs.

 

Everybody looks for value and Linux with the new support options is becoming more & more attractive to me. Security is first and Microsoft has that. The only reason I became a Microsoft Certified Tech is they are first in security with NOBODY ELSE even close. Microsoft is still losing Market Share on the Office Suite because of the $350 they want. Open Office Orgs/Star Office is truly becoming a beautiful program. Watch out Microsoft, Open Office is real close to Office and free. You can find it at http://www.OpenOffice.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's more on those Rootkits. Start being scared:  http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2040760,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL102306EP16A  

 

OK  you found out, here's a link to USFs page and my donation 20 years ago.

 

http://www.lib.usf.edu/ldsu/index2.html?f=guide&collectionid=w33  

 

 

 

Root kits must be studied and stopped. I’m seeing 90% of my severely BUGGED computers with many root kits. Microsoft is Responsible for a few but most are from Spy ware programs like Weather bug etc. As a Field Tech the proliferation of these Root Kits is Scary. None of the anti virus vendors check for them, and Root kit Revealer is the only program I trust to at least find these things, so I can manually delete them...

 Microsoft, Computer Associates, Norton, McAffe, You must step up to the plate. Norton, Instead of crying over lost Market Share should be actively pursuing a fix. I’m not sure what the root kits do, but many were Java Scripts that can be vary dangerous. Hopefully Vista attacks the problem. If Vista does solve the problem, then I’d have to recommend people upgrade ASAP.

 A computer in my shop for repair last Wednesday was carrying an E-Mailer Trojan spewing out thousands of spam e-mails. After Debugging failed, A Format was the ONLY Alternative.

 It appears that the same sites that spewed spy ware & viruses are behind the root kits. Casinos, Porn Sites, Organized Crime, You Betcha….There’s big money in getting your Credit Card and Banking Information. Why pull an armed robbery when you can steal people’s identities, and ultimately there cash?

 Right now http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html

Has a FREE scanner. If you can’t manually delete them, Format your drive and reinstall your OS.

For more options visit: http://www.AbacusComputer.us  

Can anybody out there tell me what good a KVM is without the female source? My supplier sent me 2 KVM’s minus the input device. She told me she’s sold hundreds. Why would you plug one PCs PS2 mouse to another PCs PS2 mouse ? and One PC’s PS2 Keyboard to another PC’s PS2 Keyboard. I’m trying to thing out of the box, but this is ridiculous. Also why would you plug one video cable into the input of another’s PC’s Monitor Output?

 

My Suppliers must be smoking something other than cigarettes, wish they’d share..

The Securities & Exchange Commission wants your spam. With the proliferation of investment & Stock Spam letters, the SEC is going after the spammers and scammers. The E-mail address to the SECs Spam reporting is enforcement@sec.gov . These spammers do the old Pump and Dump thing. Promote the heck out of a few stocks, and sell when the prices rise. This is as illegal as the SPAM they send. Put these criminals behind bars.

 

The SEC is actively pursuing this scum and with your help they’ll be gone, hopefully.

I’m finding that all makes of routers lose there transmit distance over time. This week 2 customers we’re complaining about there wireless network connections. I switched out a 2 year old D-Link for a new Netgear Router. I like D-Link and since we had one in stock I used the one I had (a netgear). At my other clients I did the inverse and changed out an old Netgear for a D-Link Router. Both customers were very pleased and one called a couple days later to compliment the new router. Over the years this trend has been constant with all routers. My only conclusion is that Routers may lose there transmitting distance, so switching out routers is not a bad idea. If it does nothing to improve there connections, then we’ll refund and return the old ones.

 

D-Link, Linksys & Netgear routers will be stocked at our office with no preference on performance. The Netgears will still have the Automatic Connection wizard, and is best for clients hooking these up themselves.