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Guest Blogging spots are now open!
If you would love to write for AtA please send sample content you have created or a whole article for review to info at asktheadmin dot com. You would be able to include a link back to your site or...
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How To Rename Microsoft Account Username And User Folder In Windows 8
Windows 8 comes with a new type of account. Now you can log-on to Windows 8 using your Microsoft account. This can be beneficial when you want to synchronize most of your Desktop settings across...
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Geeky Humor: Do you know Tar flags off the top of your head?
How true is this? I love me some XKCD!! How many of you know TAR flags off the top of your head?? NO GOOGLING! -via XKCD
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Windows 7: Add the full day of the week to the system tray on Win7
Sometimes we want to display the FULL date in the system tray. This includes the day of the week – for whatever reason you want. To do so follow these steps: Open Control Panel->Clock, Language,...
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The Copyright Alert System has arrived and how it is going to screw you!
It looks like this is going into effect and as a result the “I didn’t secure my router” routine will no longer fly with authorites as now you are now required to lock down your internet access. Please...
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Which SSL Certificate to Choose?
Which SSL Certificate to Choose? A Guide to the Different Options Picture the scene… you have started your own business selling goods to customers nationwide and you need to start registering sales....
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Geeky Chuckle: XKCD Virus Venn Diagram
Via XKCD Somedays XKCD just hits things right on the head! And here a friend is telling me they have a virus… I said no you just have MCafee 4.5.1 installed. More of a personal problem than a virus :)
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We have entered 1999 and have opened an AskTheAdmin Facebook page.
Come stop by https://www.facebook.com/asktheadmindotcom and give us a like! We will be formatiing and adding usefull information on here across the course of the week. Stand by some more content as...
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Multiple monitor shortcuts for Windows 7 and better…
Starting withWindows 7, docking, maximizing and minimizing your current screen can be done with these new hot keys: Dock the current window to the right of the screen. Dock the current window to...
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How 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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GMail-Fu: Quick searches to help navigate un-read email on Gmail or Google Apps.
Google’s GMail is great but it offers no way to view only unread emails with a click. This is highly annoying and needs a workaround to view only unread messages in any Gmail account: Type “is:unread”...
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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 after...
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Bluescreen has performed an illegal operation?? WTF?!?!
Bluescreen Must Be Closed! Maybe it will crash back into Windows!
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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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This is a Green travel USB charger that will stop charging your device when...
We found this awesomely “Green” travel USB charger. The magic that this charger does is simply stop charging your device once it is fully charged. This is great for saving your battery, saving the...
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What is File History on Windows 8? Is it like shadow copy?
File History automatically backs up files that are in your libraries, contacts, favorites, Microsoft SkyDrive and on your desktop. If the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted, you can restore all...
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Why Two-Tier NetSuite ERP Suits Growing Businesses : 7 Factors
Whether or not your company keeps growing naturally or via acquisition, when a new branch joins your group, your financial team welcomes brand new headaches. Possibly work will certainly grind to a...
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Combining Social Media and SEO for Effective Business Solutions
The online world has a significant presence in everybody’s life to such an extent that it is difficult to promote and market your business today without a website. However, marketing your business...
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14 Ways SharePoint Can Help Your Business
SharePoint is software introduced by Microsoft to develop detailed sites or internet application for small or medium sized business. SharePoint 2010 is the most popular software, but more and more...
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Why SIP Is Good For Business
SIP, otherwise called Session Initiated Protocol has actually commonly been used almost exclusively in written and spoken telecom industry lingo. While this modern technology has actually been raved...
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HP EliteBook Folio 9470M Review
This HP notebook has passed nine MIL-SPEC tests including those for dust, vibrations, shock, altitude, transit drop, Temperature shock, Low temperature, high temperatures and humidity. It does not...
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Windows 8 – Feature – File History
Windows 8 includes an awesome File History feature, it can regularly and automatically back up your libraries, desktop, contacts and favourites to a second drive (even a Removable flash drive – just...
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Free Microsoft Office 365 for the iPhone for those of us with subscriptions…
iOS: Microsoft Office Mobile for Office 365 quietly landed the iTunes App Store this morning. It’s Microsoft’s first Office product for iOS, and while right now it’s iPhone only, if you have an Office...
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Keep FindMyiPhone Enabled on your IOS 7 device to keep anyone from stealing...
I am loving IOS 7 and there is a great new addition to Find My iPhone – you cant reflash the phone while it has a valid Find My iPhone enabled. This is a huge improvement! Check out the email I just...
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Review: Snugg iPad 2 Case Cover and Flip Stand
So the review is for a case for an iPad 2…. What’s it to ya? Let me just tell you that this case is awesome. It fully covers the bezel of the iPad so that you dont see the crack in the corner of it! It...
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Using a batch file to automatically delete files on your Windows server or...
Hey AskTheAdmin Readers! I had to remove temporary files every so often on a Windows 2008 R2 x64 server. When exporting audio files from a Cybertech NTR 6.5.3 server using the bulk download tool the...
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Windows 2008 R2 add a domain user to a local administrator group via the...
I found this great command that lets you add and remove domain users from the local admin account. Check it out: This adds: net localgroup administrators mydomain.local\user1 /add This removes it: net...
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Sir you have a virus – Telemarketers and how do they know i have a virus?
If you get a phone call, an email or a pop-up talking about your computer being infected it is most likely a ploy. Don’t fall for it, don’t download free tools to clean or optimize your machine. These...
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Google Drive Prices just Dropped Drastically!
Check out the announcement from Google today. It is all of a sudden a lot cheaper for storage! 1 TeraByte for a year now only costs $120! Wow!! Check it out and let us know in the comments what you use...
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