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I use this technique all the time so I just stole the instructions for myself here. Insert the USB drive. Open a command prompt as administrator and type diskpart Type list disk Note the number of the USB drive. Type select disk <x> Where <x> is the disk number. Type clean << disk will
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8am – Look at scheduled tasks I have many repetitive tasks scheduled on the calendar in my business email. On a typical Monday morning usually a handful of tasks have become due. Most of these tasks don’t take much time and are related to maintenance chores, housekeeping, backups, etc. I
Continue readingAll websites that you use which contain sensitive or personal information, always use a trusted bookmark to navigate to them. The reason being, if you search Google or a search engine for mybank dot com, it’s possible a cyber attacker has somehow gained search engine prominence through sponsored links or
Continue readingThis is one of those "too much time on your hands" things, but can be helpful sometimes. In the various IT fields, you’ll often come across measurements in meters, and some of us Yanks would rather see feet. Your first solution is to Google it, if you type "xyz meters
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A quick tip to keep in your toolbox. If ever there is a “bad update” from Microsoft and you need to quickly uninstall it, use the wusa tool. If you open a command prompt now and type “wusa” and hit <enter>, a screen will pop up with the various command
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