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Happy 10th Birthday Geeks to Go!
Wow, has it really been 10 years? While the domain had been registered earlier, the forum admin “Joined: 22-May 03”. That’s the day the forum was started, and the day I consider this site began. 10 years ago today! (Coincidentally, it’s also my son’s 5th birthday. Happy…
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How to Install the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)
A recent zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer affecting IE 6, 7, 8 & 9 (not 10) requires action on your part. You could stop using IE and use an alternate browser. An even better idea, install the free security tool, Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). Deploying…
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The Number 1 Most Powerful Windows 8 Shortcut for Power Users
Much has been written about the lack of a Start button in Windows 8, but if you’re a power user you may find the lack of start menu items like My Computer and Control Panel just as troubling. Type Windows key + X (or mouse to lower left hot corner and right click) for the…
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How to Disable Java in your Web Browser
Recently a “zero-day” exploit was discovered in Java. Oracle typically follows a quarterly patch cycle meaning a patch may not be available until mid-October. 3rd party applications like Java are frequently exploited, and it’s a good idea to unplug it from your browser. This…
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Windows Phone 8—The Last Piece of the Puzzle?
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled he Windows Phone 8 to developers. It looks a lot like Windows Phone 7, but looks can be deceiving. It’s much more than an incremental update. Pull back the new home page tiles, peek under the bigger, shaper screens, look past the new multi-core CPUs…
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Microsoft’s Surface Tablet is a Game Changer
Yesterday Microsoft announced the Surface tablet. Is Microsoft really entering the computer hardware business? Yes. Success on the tablet is crucial to the success of Windows 8. Microsoft has to ensure a well executed, competitively priced platform, and isn’t going to trust…
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Interview with GoDawgs
It’s been about a year since I last did an interview with one of Geeks to Go’s members, and I thought that had to change. We’ve had an interview with our very own ‘Head Geek‘ and a staff member of the tech crew. This time I picked out a promising…
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State Sponsored Malware, the New Normal?
Computer security is hard. Stopping state-sponsored malware might prove impossible. Consider this recent example of a security breach that hasn’t yet been reported to be state-sponsored, but has the hallmarks. Cloudflare is a service that promises to make sites faster and…
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Rufus – the fast and easy way to create a bootable USB drive
Rufus is a tiny and lightweight program that helps format and create bootable USB drives. In this scenario we’ll take an ISO of Windows XP and create a bootable USB that could be used to install Windows on a system with no optical drive, or to repair an unbootable system.…
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Keeping Windows 8 Release Preview Secure from Malware
Is Windows 8 Release Preview compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials? No. As we’ve written previously, there will be no Microsoft Security Essentials available for Windows 8 Release Preview, or the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) final version. However, Windows Defender…