Archive for December, 2010

Virus that redirects all search engine results

Had an interesting virus on a laptop today. You could browse the web just fine if you typed in the web site address. BUT if you tried to use any search engine and click on the results you were redirected to another bogus site. It was an interesting little virus. Symantec and Malwarebytes did not [...]

Windows Server 2008 Backup Reports are inaccurate

We have noticed that even though Microsoft has tried to be very helpful by providing reports on the network status and backup status that can be emailed to users, these reports are highly inaccurate. You will be emailed a report with a big green checkmark stating that the backup completed successfully. If you are using [...]

Technology vs Christmas

During this holiday season I paid a little more attention to how technology has changed the holidays. Technology has changed our lives in so many ways over the years. I almost think it is going to far now. Gone are the days of tradition and taking time to really care about the holidays. Don't get [...]

Getting IIS 6 64bit to read Access Databases

We have a development server that is running Windows Server 2003 64bit.  IIS 6 would not read Access databases. The that we got was: ADODB.Connection error '800a0e7a' Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed. error This error is produced because there is no 64-bit Jet OLEDB Provider. There is no fix for [...]

How to Reboot Your Computer While You Sleep

Have you ever found your computer running a little slow or something just doesn't seem right? A lot of times just preforming a simple reboot does wonders. Below are directions on how to setup your Windows computer to reboot every night while you sleep. These instructions are for a Windows 7 computer so if you [...]