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Are there any electronics specialists in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area?
I have barking dogs at three of my neighbors and have grown tired of the noise. I already tried one of the popular bark deterent devices. It works well...

Posted Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:13 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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What's next?
Now that I'm primarily done with development on the Health Check Tool , I'll have some time to speak about how I approach overall system health...

Posted Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:31 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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End of my Pentium Pro
I repurposed an old computer case a couple weeks ago that used to be my workstation for a long time. So long dual Pentium Pro, we had good times!

Posted Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:20 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Old Books for Free
I have a number of books no longer in use. They are a bit old, but someone might find them useful. SMS 2.0 Self Paced Training (Microsoft Press) SMS 2...

Posted Sunday, January 09, 2011 3:56 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Managerial Effectiveness Self-Test #1
I was recently thinking about ways a manager could easily determine effectiveness. The first thing that came to mind was: Do you find yourself frequently...

Posted Monday, August 16, 2010 9:24 AM by dthomson | with no comments

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Senior SMS Admin Position in Washington D.C.
The Department of State Network Operations Center is seeking a senior SMS 2003 engineer to fill the role of SMS technical lead. We are seeking someone...

Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:19 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Searching in files using Windows XP Search
Something I noticed the other day... You cannot use the built-in Windows XP Search feature to search for text inside a .wsf script file. It just won't...

Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:53 AM by dthomson | with no comments

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Adding favorites to Regedit
Going back to a recent post by a post from Joseph Hinkle that brought out the customizations that Richard Smith is making during build creation and image...

Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 5:37 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Don't you just hate data loss?
I do. I was doing too much multitasking within too short a time period over the weekend and between cooking shish kebabs on the grill, digging a hole for...

Posted Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:55 PM by dthomson | 1 comment(s)

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Are you finding bad links in articles, blogs, and forum posts at myITforum.com?
Why does this happen? Sometimes it is due to the ever changing nature of the site that the link references. For instance, I once published an article with...

Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:47 PM by dthomson | 1 comment(s)

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Hello FireFox
As mentioned in an earlier post , I have gradually become dissatisfied with Internet Explorer 7. After a recent patch installation seemed to wreak havoc...

Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 12:42 AM by dthomson | 4 comment(s)

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Oh Outlook and IE, how I love and hate you
I used to really enjoy Outlook. However, since moving to Office 2007, I am ready to find an alternate mail reader or revert back to Outlook 2003. I find...

Posted Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:42 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Applications with large configuration files or lengthy command lines
We had a vendor in at work recently to do some Proof of Concept work with us in our lab. One of the applications has a TON of command line options. While...

Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 12:40 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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Vehicle Tips #1: Maintenance
We usually keep good tabs on changing oil and stuff on our cars, but I see many people out on the highways that miss a few routine checks. Tires: I see...

Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 1:46 AM by dthomson | with no comments

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Something to ponder
Sometimes we are confronted by folks who can't think out of the box and try new things because of hassles they may have previously gone through. Well,...

Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 11:56 PM by dthomson | with no comments

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