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Update Problems

For those of you using ZoneAlarm who installed the windows updates
today, you probably already know that your internet connection has
died. It appears that KB951748 made changes to the networking files
that ZA doesn’t see/recognize.
After two hours of messing
around, I found an inelegant solution that will work temporarily …
set the Internet Zone Security permission slider from high [...]

Posted in Security

Dumb Scammers Hitting MCHSI mailboxes

Okay folks here is a e-mail that I got from some idiots that are so dumb they can not even set up a phishing e-mail right. But I include this copy so if you receive one you can forward it to Mchsi.
Dear Mchsi.com Subscriber,

This message is from Mchsi.com messaging center to all Mchsi.com [...]

Posted in Security

XP SP3 to reach most users ’shortly,’ says Microsoft

July 7, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today said that it would begin pushing Windows XP Service Pack 3 to most users “shortly.”
The announcement, made by Nick MacKechnie, a senior manager for Microsoft’s New Zealand operations, was not unexpected, since the company had previously said that it would release Windows XP SP3 to Automatic Updates sometime [...]

Posted in Billyware

First hurricane of season forms in Atlantic (Reuters)

 
Reuters - The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season formed on Monday, hundreds of miles (km) away from the United States, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Hang on to your hats folks, we have one more chance for Bush to show us "correct" hurricane rescue tips
First hurricane of season forms in Atlantic [...]

Posted in General

What’s Holding OpenOffice Back?

 
Why doesn’t free trump expensive? Every Microsoft product has a free, open source counterpart created by dedicated programmers who loathe everything the company stands for. The free stuff is darn good. Yet companies and individuals continue to buy billions of dollars worth of Microsoft products. To be fair, Microsoft software is sometimes better than [...]

Posted in Software

4th of July

All I want to say is be safe and have fun but don’t drink and drive folks. Enjoy your holiday even if gas prevents you from traveling, time with your family is good no matter where it is spent.

Posted in Personal

Create Thumbnails in Linux

Well as if there are not enough how-to’s out there here comes another one folks. I was asked the other day how can I make thumbnails in Linux. Well binky here is the fast way to start. You can change the .png to .jpg or what ever it is that you need and it is [...]

Posted in How-To

Linuxy Declarations of Independence

 
Well, the Fourth of July is just a few days away, and all good citizens of the nation we call America must naturally be thinking of the birth of this great land. Not content to be just great, our founding fathers wanted independence as well, and that value is still held dear today. Indeed, [...]

Posted in Linux

Canada Day

Canada Day formerly Dominion Day, is Canada’s national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrated on July 1 annually by all Canadians. Canada Day observances take place not only throughout the nation, but also internationally.
Frequently referred to as “Canada’s birthday”, particularly in the popular press,[1][2][3] the occasion marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova [...]

Posted in Personal