How to deal with a wall of SPAM
“Doctor, I think I have a spam problem. It keeps coming back” The first signs of spam often go unnoticed and untreated until eventually a plague is visible and difficult to deal with. The symptoms … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Technology’
Windows 10
Windows 10 fixes and tweaks Tip: Disconnect the internet while you install Windows 10.It will skip lots of steps and make only a LOCAL user account. Re-enable the ability to control updateshttp://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/27/microsoft-releases-tool-to-block-windows-10-updates/ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930 Several options are availablehttp://www.askvg.com/fixing-windows-10-automatic-updates-install-problem/ … Read more
Droid Tools
Tools for Android This page contains a mix of geeky tools and security scanners that I find useful or essential. There are a few alternative App stores, Linux distros and emulators for a few alternative … Read more
SMART Tools
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) (Including SSD) http://wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. I cannot stress this enough. Everyone (yes you too) MUST find a SMART tool they are happy to have running all the time. Your drives will … Read more
Next-gen iPhone apps
WARNING – KEEP PRIVATE – DO NOT PUBLISH YET Marketing notes for current seriesREVISION: 01 – 20/05/2014REVISION: 02 – 31/10/2014REVISION: 03 – 30/11/2014 *** RC2.1 *** (just managed to squeeze this one out before the … Read more
Malware removal and precautions
Welcome to Dr.Flay’s™ Cybernetics Apothecary™Please take a seat. I am going to assume you can still log in. If you cannot, then use one of the “Live Discs” on my “Online Anti Malware” pageFirst … Read more
Skypekit fix
A hero by the name of “Hero” has posted a thread in the official Trillian help site.https://help.trillian.im/discussions/windows/25527-unofficial-fix-skypehttps://forums.ceruleanstudios.com/showthread.php?t=109703 I have installed the newer v4.1.2 (skypekit41_noid.exe) later added to the page he refers to, and now have … Read more
Downloaders
This page is the various tools I find helpful for keeping local copies of streaming media. WinPcaphttp://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm HiDownloadhttp://www.hidownload.com/download-trial.htm MiPony (careful with installing. Watch out for extra adware) http://www.mipony.nethttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-AaAvhNMtRNbXlpU2RFZ1VsSVU&authuser=0 (no Adware version) SaveFrom.net (Supports many sites)http://savefrom.nethttp://savefrom.net/user_tools.phphttps://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/savefromnet-helperhttps://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/savefromnet-helper Youtubehttps://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/extendtubehttps://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/smartvideo-for-youtubehttps://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smartvideo-for-youtube-mytubehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ … Read more
Streaming video
Sometimes watching a live stream in a web-browser is an awful experience, with extra advertising and flash plugins, hogging RAM and slowing everything down. There are alternatives for playing just the video content for many … Read more
Security-p2p
I avoid telling people to use p2p/fileshare to download random files from other users, as that is not always safe.I encourage people to use it for what what it was invented for. The pure principal … Read more
