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Each weekday, Adria will answer your questions live at 3:30pm Central

She can help you with:
Hardware | Windows XP | Networking | Windows server | Active Directory
HTML | Joomla | WordPress | DNS Records | Domain Names | FTP
Career advice | MCSA / MCSE Certification and more!

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Activities: You’ll find her working, talking to clients and listening to music
Technology Experience & Certs: A+, MCDST, MCSA + 10 years in IT

  • http://butyoureagirl.com/live 12/22/2008 Questions

    Slow startup on XP
    Lifehacker Article – Speed Up Your Startup Time with BootVis

    How to Monitor the temperature of an external HDD
    Download Speedfan
    Connect an external SATA drive with eSATA adapter to your SATA port

    Upgrading a laptop
    -memory
    -harddrive

    Protect home networks
    1. Router
    2. OpenDNS.com
    3. Software Firewall for laptops
    4. Antivirus
    5. Spyware protection

    Online training for certification computer certification for CCNA and Network Admin
    First, take the VARK quiz to find out your learning style before you put down money on training.

    Second, explore your options. Talk to people who are already certified. Ask to shadow them for a day. Work at a job that will offer you the opportunity to get your feet wet in Active Directory. Install Windows server in VMWare.
    1. In Person Instruction Led
    2. Online Instructor Led
    3. Self Study Books
    4. Self Study Hands On
    5. Self Study CBT Computer Based Training
    6. On the Job Experience

  • http://butyoureagirl.com/live 12/26/2008 Questions

    How To Check if your Website is down

    -techie way:
    Windows Start>Run>cmd “Enter> Ping
    Mac Finder>Terminal> Ping domain.com

    -easy way:
    http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

    How To Monitor Websites for Downtime
    http://followthatpage.com/

  • 1/15/2009 Questions
  • 1/16/2009 Questions

    How to connect your SATA drive without an external enclosure
    VANTEC CB-ISATAU2 SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002&Tpk=VANTEC%20CB-ISATAU2
    $19.99
    VANTEC CB-ISATAU2 SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter – Retail

    KINGWIN 15.74″ SATA Data & Power combo cable Model SAC-04 – Retail
    $2.99
    newegg

    Attention Graphic Designers – The future of website development is changing

    What’s the best way to clean out your hard drive?
    -space
    -speed
    -2 year life span is streching an operating system

  • 1/19/2009 Questions

    Why start a Facebook Group?

    How to deal with a difficult IT person and how to be a Lovable IT person

    How to deal with coworkers who won’t answer a distribution list?

  • 1/20/2009 Questions

    Affixa launch gAttach

    First Look: drop.io manager beta

    6 Ways Technology careers will change with Barack Obama
    -more receptive
    -display power
    -everyone is welcome
    -transparency
    -big business
    -easier to pitch change

    The New York Times recently announced their “Congress API” initiative which lets developers access information about members of congress and their votes. As the New York Times explains:

    The initial release exposes four types of data: a list of members for a given Congress and chamber, details of a specific roll-call vote, biographical and role information about a specific member of Congress, and a member’s most recent positions on roll-call votes.

Favorite Quotes

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.— Lee Iacocca