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Software: How to backup Logmein Hamachi

May 26th

Posted by anovelo in Hamachi

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logmein With our connected lifestyle, there are many times when you need to access a pc (home or work) while you are at another location.  There are many options to be able to do this.  The way I find to be one of the easiest is using Hamachi from Logmein (LINK: https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/ (https://secure NULL.logmein NULL.com/products/hamachi2/)). Hamachi comes in 2 versions, one is FREE for Non-Commercial use and the other is a paid version for those using it for commercial purposes.

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From the Hamachi site

LogMeIn Hamachi² is a hosted VPN service that securely connects devices and networks, extending LAN-like network connectivity to mobile users, distributed teams and business applications. You can easily create secure virtual networks on demand, across public and private networks.

With that being said, one of the questions about Hamachi that I seem to get from Hamachi users is how to back up your Hamachi account in case you need to reinstall. 

The following steps will allow you to backup Hamachi -

If you are on Windows 7

Backup the LogMeIn Hamachi folder@ C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LogMeIn Hamachi

If you are on Windows XP

Backup the LogMeIn Hamachi folder@ C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\LogMeIn Hamachi

**Correction on XP location provided by Xantes (Thank you)

To restore from your backup of Hamachi – After you install your new copy of Hamachi

1 – Open (The Windows) Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Services and the find LogMeIn Hamachi service

- The click to highlight and the select stop (See example below).

- Once you stop it, minimize this window as you will need it again shortly

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2 – Copy your backup data and paste it to the location of the install (you will replace any duplicate files)

Windows 7

C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\LogMeIn Hamachi

Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\LogMeIn Hamachi

3 – Once you have copied the backup data go back to the services window and now highlight LogMeIn Hamachi and then select start.

That will do it, you will now have your existing account back up and running.

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Facebook Disables KNOI Radio Facebook page!

May 23rd

Posted by anovelo in And More!

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facebook In Support of KNOI Radio, I’m posting the link to KNOI where they talk about how their pages got disabled. It appears that the KNOI Radio pages were disabled because of “Criticism of Facebook Policies”.

Facebook Disables KNOI Radio Facebook page! | (http://knoifm NULL.com/news/1569-facebookdisablesknoi NULL.html)

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Software: Windows 7 – Problem Step Recorder for easier troubleshooting/support

May 22nd

Posted by anovelo in Fixes for Windows Errors

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Tip: Easier Troubleshooting Support with Problem Step Recorder

Troubleshooting errors for a remote user can be very difficult since you can’t actually see what’s happening on the remote system. Often it comes down to a user saying he didn’t click a button, open a program, close a program, or so on. The new Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.exe) allows you to see exactly what’s going on, documenting every action that takes place on the system experiencing problems.

The Problem Steps Recorder tool is a simple screen capture utility that grabs screenshots whenever a mouse move or click is made and documents all the data into a zipped MHTML report page that can be sent off directly to the help desk. Every step of the user’s actions is logged complete with a screenshot with the item highlighted, and it even allows the user to provide commentary on specific details.

To launch the Problem Steps Recorder, just go to START and type PSR.exe and your off and running.

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Apple: iTunes – How to backup and restore playlists

May 22nd

Posted by anovelo in Apple

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itunes_logo For some reason I’ve recently began getting numerous calls about iTunes playlists either disappearing or completely being messed up.  As of now I don’t have a cause for all of these calls (as I haven’t seen a patter), however, I think its time to point out a simple way to protect your playlists.

BACK THEM UP ! Simple isn’t it

 

The following are the steps needed to both back up and restore your playlist. Even though this info is just for the playlists themselves, you should also keep in mind that many things need backing up.

Backup is an important step for anything you use regularly or anything that “REALLY” matters to you on a computer.  You don’t know when your computer could have a hard drive fail, when things could get accidentally  deleted, when you could get a virus (I know viruses are Windows users, but there are a few floating out there on the Mac side as well), or have your house broken into and your equipment stolen, (Should I keep going or are you getting the picture) etc.  TechGeekandMore does recommend iDrive** (LINK: https://www.idrive.com/?p=techgeekandmore (https://www NULL.idrive NULL.com/?p=techgeekandmore)) where you can get 2 gigs of space for FREE and great rates including monthly or yearly billing for additional space (So you have no excuse to not have a backup).  For those who called with this issue and had backed up their information (Good Job!) it was a few minutes and they were back to normal.  For those who didn’t, it was time to redo and recreate their lists again from scratch.  At least this time it was only the lists. 

Backing up playlists

Follow these steps:

  1. Open iTunes.
  2. Select one of your playlists from the Source list.
  3. From the File menu, choose Export Song List. A Save dialog appears.
  4. From the Format pop-up menu, choose XML.
  5. From the Where pop-up menu, choose Desktop.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for each of the playlists that you have created in iTunes.

Note: These smart playlists are created automatically by iTunes, so you do not need to back them up:

  • 60′s Music
  • My Top Rated
  • Recently Played
  • Top 25 Most Played.
Restoring playlists

Follow these steps:

  1. From the File menu, choose Import.
  2. Navigate to and select one of the exported playlist files on your Desktop.
  3. Click Choose.
  4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each of the playlist files that you have exported to the Desktop.

Important: Some playlist information, such as Play Count and Last Played date, is not preserved.

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**Disclaimer: iDrive is not an Apple or Mac product, even though it has the i in the front of the name.  iDrive is from “Pro Softnet Corporation” a leader in the field of online backup solutions (LINK: http://www.pro-softnet.com/prosoftnet_new/contact.htm (http://www NULL.pro-softnet NULL.com/prosoftnet_new/contact NULL.htm)).  In addition, TGM is an iDrive partner, and does get a commission from prosoftnet for referrals. However, please note that TGM would still recommend iDrive as the preferred method of online (off-site) backup even if it did not get commissions, TGM values its reputation and would not recommend anything unless they had used and been satisfied with the product. 

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Recommended: From Tech and Life – Booting from a USB drive when this can’t be set in the BIOS

May 22nd

Posted by anovelo in Bios

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     The follow (excerpt) post is from “Friend of TGM” Tech and Life (LINK: http://www.techandlife.com/ (http://www NULL.techandlife NULL.com/)), reposted for readers of TechGeekandMore.  TechGeekandMore would like to thank Tech and Life for allowing TGM to share the information. 

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I have a PC with an older motherboard and I’m not able to set the BIOS to boot from a USB drive or USB stick, just from a CD or DVD. I may be able to do this if I update the BIOS but I don’t want to take any chances, so I was delighted to read a post last week by Trevor at How-To Geek (http://www NULL.howtogeek NULL.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-bios-wont-let-you/) offering a solution on how to boot from a USB drive using PLoP. I’ve tried it out and it works perfectly.

I followed the instructions in that post, downloaded plpbt-5.0.10.zip, extracted it to a folder, found plpbtnoemul.iso in that folder and burned that to a CD using ImgBurn (http://www NULL.imgburn NULL.com/). I plugged in my USB stick with Ubuntu and then booted up from the CD I’d just made. I was presented with a menu where I could select USB and sure enough I booted into Ubuntu on the USB drive. An internet connection was available after I entered my WAP password.

To read the complete store (LINK: http://www.techandlife.com/2010/05/booting-from-a-usb-drive-when-this-cant-be-set-in-the-bios/ (http://www NULL.techandlife NULL.com/2010/05/booting-from-a-usb-drive-when-this-cant-be-set-in-the-bios/) )

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