Todd Boss

Jan 06

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Dec 31

Dell XPS 400 “Unknown Device”

Recently, I rebuilt a Dell XPS 400 and there was one pesky device in Device Manager that I couldn’t find a driver for.  I tried searching Google by the device instance ID (ACPI\AWY001\2&DABA3ff&0), but mostly found other people with the same problem.

Finally, I stumbled upon this post on Dell’s support site.  Austinpctech provided the link to the driver for Intel’s Quick Resume Technology: http://bit.ly/v8KDEw

Dec 07

Print Friendly for Chrome Lets You Easily Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements Before Printing -

Generally speaking, printing out a webpage is environmentally repugnant and stupid.

For those few times that you have to do it anyway (e.g. print-at-home tickets), this extension allows you to remove ads, navigation bars, logos, and irrelevant text, resulting in a cleaner, hopefully shorter printout.

Nov 18

How to show connected VPN and SSH users on a Cisco ASA

VPN:

sh vpn-sessiondb remote (IPSec Remote VPN Clients)
sh vpn-sessiondb l2l (L2L Tunnels)
sh vpn-sessiondb svc (SSL VPN / Anyconnect Clients)

SSH:

sh ssh sessions (show users connected to ASA via SSH)

(Thanks to russman for the tip)

Nov 17

TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners -

I guess they want to make sure the contractor gets paid before they admit these things are dangerous.  Welcome to the USSA, people…

Nov 03

How to Make Your Android or iOS Mobile Device Show in the “Devices” tab in Spotify

I’ve been a Spotify user for a few weeks now, and recently subscribed to the premium service so that I can sync tracks to my Android device.  However, I found that I couldn’t get my local music to sync over wifi to the phone.  I though perhaps it was a problem with my Droid X2, but as it turns out, the problem was actually a Windows Firewall setting (thanks to Rex S. for the tip).  Here’s how to fix it in Windows 7:

In a few moments, your device should show up in the “Devices” tab and you will be able to sync all of your playlists!

Sep 29

Logitech Solar Wireless Keyboard

Sep 15

Working -

Working

Sep 02

Family Decals -

Family Decals

Aug 29

Pilot who posted security flaw video online is punished by the TSA