Good Routine for Spyware and Viruses Removal

Here is a list of things you can do to help diagnose and fix problems associated with viruses and spyware.  Hopefully you have been running an anti virus program and have been keeping it updated, if not then these steps can probably help fix a spyware/virus problem.

1. Go into Add/Remove programs, and remove all unwanted entries, and toolbars.  If you are not sure what something is, google it.
2. Go into MSConfig (got to RUN and type: msconfig)>, go to startup tab, remove all unwanted and suspicious entries.
3. Download Ad-Aware free edition (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
4. Download Spybot S&D. (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
5. Download Hijackthis (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
6. Download ccleaner (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
7. After all of these are downloaded, turn off  the System Restore feature then reboot into safe mode (hit F8 before the Windows screen). Read the rest of this entry »

How to control Windows with Apple Remote Desktop

If you do not want to use the Microsoft Remote Desktop application as detailed here. You can do the following to allow you to control Windows via Apple’s Remote Desktop application.

Install RealVNC Server (www.realvnc.com or www.tightvnc.com) on your Windows PC.

Once installed it will appear in the tray area of the taskbar or in your program files, select options and set a password, and adjust any necessary settings.

Now on Apple Remote Desktop you can connect to the Windows PC via the IP address. You will have remote control and view capabilities but no other Apple Remote Desktop features such as remote install.

Remote Control Windows XP from a MAC

There are other ways to do this but this is the simplest and only requires installing 1 application.

1. Download and install the Remote Desktop Connection application for MAC.
2. On your XP machine, right click My Computer and select properties.
3. Select ‘Allow users to connect remotely to this computer’
4. Get the IP address of your XP machine, open a command prompt and type ipconfig)
5. Back on your MAC, launch the Remote Desktop Connection program and connect using the IP found in step.

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OpenOffice 3.0.1 Has Been Released

OpenOffice 3.0.1 has come out 2 days earlier than expected. You can get it on the P2P portion of the OpenOffice website, or you can download the torrent here here.

For those that do not know what OpenOffice is, read more about it here. OpenOffice could do to Microsoft Office what Firefox has done to Internet Explorer. It has come a long way from being a bloated java application to a more than suitable alternative to Microsoft Office. About the only thing OpenOffice is still not great at is spreadsheets, it will not replace Excel for the power spreadsheet user or so I have been told.

Show System Uptime in XP

1. Open the Start menu and select the run command,
2. Type cmd to bring up a command prompt
3. Type systeminfo

This will show a list of your hardware and OS information. If you scroll to the 11th or so line you will see the uptime.

Windows Vista changed this information to System Boot Date, but you can get the uptime in hours by loading the Task Manager and selecting the Performance tab.

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