Genius Tech Blog

Here’s are just a few of the projects that the Your Computer Genius Team has knocked out recently:

Network Administration

• OpenVPN Installations
• LG CU720 1.4 Setup
• iPhone Setup, and Custom Applications Config
• HP Hardware Recovery
• Custom Power Supply Fabrication
• Advanced Long Range High Intensity WiFi Installation

Internet Engineering

• Advanced PHP Configuration
• PHP Server (intranet) Security
• HTTPS (public) Webserver Security

Desktop Support

• Outlook Configuration
• Dolphin 7850 Configuration
• Windows Vista Config
• Windows XP Professional Cleanup

Anything there sound like it matches your current needs?

Give us a ring at 503.457.4242!

The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.

http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

“Or, have you ever loaned a book or DVD or $200 DeWalt Cordless Driver to a friend, and forgotten which friend? And then bought another? With Delicious Library you just drag any item onto any friend from your Address Book, and it’ll remember the loan for you — and even put an entry in iCal reminding you when it’s due. Or maybe you have something lying around you don’t use, like an out-of-print book, that’s worth serious bucks and you don’t know it? Because with Delicious Library 2 you always know the current value of your things, and can put your used items up for sale with three clicks. Or maybe you just want to publish your library to the web and share it with your friends…”

http://delicious-monster.com/

We’ve long been a proponent of OpenSSH.

You can grab a client/server version for Windows from sourceforge:
http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/

However, here’s an interesting note about the SFTP server part of the package:

Creating Home Directories for you[r] Users
In the passwd file, you will notice that the user’s home directory is set as /home/username, with username being the name of the account. In the default install, the /home directory is set to the default profile directory for all users. This is usually c:\documents and settings.
If you want to change this location you will need to edit the passwd file. The passwd file is in plain text and can be edited in Notepad or any text editor. The last two entries for each user are safe to edit by hand. The second to last entry (/home/username) can be replaced with any other directory to act as that user’s home directory. It’s worth noting that when you run SSH on windows, you are actually running SSH in a scaled down version of cygwin, which is a Unix emulator for Windows. So, if you will be placing the user somewhere outside the default directory for their Windows profile, you will need to use the cygdrive notation.
To access any folder on any drive letter, add /cygdrive/DRIVELETTER/ at the beginning of the folder path. As an example, to access the winnt\system32 directory on the *c:* drive you would use the path:
*/cygdrive/c/winnt/system32*

Emphasis added.

http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows

The release of VMWare’s ESXi (now successfully patched, thank you) for free is a landmark in computing. ESXi is a bare metal virtualization package — meaning that it needs no underlying operating system to run. Once it is installed on your server, you can begin loading on virtual machines of any make.

You do have to make your hardware choice with this software in mind however — follow the compatibility guide.

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

http://www.imgburn.com/

VideoLAN is the ONLY video/multimedia player you need. It runs on nearly every platform, and is free.

http://www.videolan.org/

These days the developer’s workstation is not complete without multiple virtual machines. On the OS X platform, VMWare Fusion is the leading virtualization software.

TextMate brings Apple’s approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

Macromates TextMate