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Solo Technology
http://www.Solo-Technology.com/blog/
A technology crow in search of bright shiny objects...
Wandering the Internet, looking at all things bright and shiny.
Playing with many, writing about some.
Recent Posts
Windows 2003 TCP Tweak
I have spent the past few days working on migrating a bunch of classic ASP web applications from a Windows 2000 server to a Windows 2003 server. A long overdue task, but one who’s time has finally come. The hardware under the Windows 2000 box has b...
Twitter Lists – Useful!
I have to confess that when Twitter’s new “list” feature was announced my response was a well-reasoned “meh.” I just didn’t see the point and had little interest in investigating… Fortunately (for me!) I decided to play around the featu...
Quick Look at Kon-Boot
Ever find a utility that seems so useful you’re scared to actually use it? That’s Kon-Boot for me. It has some incredible tricks, but I just can’t decide if I should trust it – no code available, how do I know what else it is doing? What do I...
Cyber Protection Removal
My sister-in-law called last week. She was being prompted to renew her anti-virus – the machine had a long expired Norton AV on it – but the renewal prompts had “Cyber Security” on them. A quick web search set off some warning bells and I sug...
VMware Player 3.0 and Network Configuration
I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features. I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up...
VMware Upgrade Policy Disappoints
I’m miffed. Darned close to full snit, actually. A month and a half ago I bought VMware Workstation 6.5. The sale was just too good to pass up and I had a 30 day trial winding down. The timing was perfect and I was glad to make the purchase. Shortl...

