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If any of you in Tribe land are computer Gurus or know any computer Gurus, I am looking for "tested" 5 to 7 step solutions for commonly encountered problems. If you would like to see your solution used by a major international corporation I will submit it to their Helpdesk solutions database and send you a letter acknowledging its use. As the original author you could then cite YOUR solution's use by them on your resume or cover letter. Some issues have already been solved, but there is always room for more!
What we are mostly looking for are Scandisk, Defrag, Add a printer, fix a misbehaving modem, tweak a NIC card, or determine a "root cause" type of things. Mostly the common stuff that Windows 2000 or XP user might be likely to encounter and NOT be able to fix without "Administrative" privileges on the system (eg. a user rights restricted work environment).
If you know how to create an Excel Macro or a great tip for Microsoft Outlook those can be submitted also. I cannot pay you anything for your submission, so do it for the fame and prestiege!
What we are mostly looking for are Scandisk, Defrag, Add a printer, fix a misbehaving modem, tweak a NIC card, or determine a "root cause" type of things. Mostly the common stuff that Windows 2000 or XP user might be likely to encounter and NOT be able to fix without "Administrative" privileges on the system (eg. a user rights restricted work environment).
If you know how to create an Excel Macro or a great tip for Microsoft Outlook those can be submitted also. I cannot pay you anything for your submission, so do it for the fame and prestiege!
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Wed, May 3, 2006 - 10:05 PMSolution 1
Step 1. Format
Step 2. Reinstall
Step 3. Patch
Solution 2
Step 1. Switch whole office to Linux or Mac
Solution 3
Step 1. Configure virtual machines
Step 2. Force all users to use Virtual sessions
Step 3. If damaged, just copy the master image back over the session. -
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Wed, May 10, 2006 - 10:29 PMExcellent... Let me write this down! ; ) -
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Thu, May 11, 2006 - 1:38 AMYou laugh but actually more and more offices are jumping on the Virtual Machine trend. It allows them to run multiple OS's and apps on their workstation, run mini networks on one machine, and in the case of a virus or malware problem, simply overwrite from the master virtual image...
Its become the next step from people running terminal sessions on a server... -
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Sun, May 21, 2006 - 8:33 PMI wasn't laughing. I thought your suggestion was good!
I know there have to be ways to make systems more "hardened" against exploitation, tampering, and so on. And using something like "active file mirroring" so the system is "aware" when ANY program attempts to modify one or more files would be agreat breakthrough in dependibility. Obviously this is not the same as running a "virtual machine", or running a system-within-a-single-file like BeOS which I experimented with, but I know there are many good ideas out in cyberspace just waiting to be implemented.
Active file mirroring (in my imaginary Enterprise) would have a system level process that continuously compares (a_filename).dll (in use) to (a_filename.afm) (the trusted copy) and stop any program which attempts to alter it in near real time. This would convievably stop any computer virus from being able to do anything, unless it attacked the monitoring system itself. There's always that problem.
Thanks for your post! Keep the good ideas coming.
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Tue, June 6, 2006 - 1:34 PMSo, you want us IT geeks to write your book for your profit? ;) -
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Wed, June 14, 2006 - 7:32 PMNo, no, not at all. I was looking for good quality tips that anyone wanted to share simply because they are proud of the work they do. In other words, if you discovered a good fix for a Windows XP issue and thought others should know about it, I was soliciting for you to "share".
At the time of this post I was working on a temporary contract with some sharp people in Las Vegas who simply could not type fast enough. We had resources and we had procedures for getting additional "fixes" or "knowledge articles" approved for use, but the processes were a bit restrictive. So part of our work-around was to share solutions via e-mail and whatever other way we could image, for EVERYONES benefit.
I thought that at least part of this philosphy is what Tribe is about (and for). Am I wrong? I don't think I actually ever mentioned anything about writing a book.
Regards,
~ Dennis (now in Virginia) -
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Re: WANTED: Reliable 5 to 7 step W2K/XP fixes
Tue, June 20, 2006 - 3:36 PMThanks for the explanation. I was kind of being a wise *ss, so forgive me please.
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