Windows VPN tweak: Don’t use Remote’s Gateway

Here is a slick little tip I learned from my buddy Dan over at machineLOGIC today. I just had to share…

I’ve been using the built-in Microsoft VPN client for years – through 5 or 6 iterations of Windows in fact. Dead simple to set up, easy to use and I’ve rarely had any issues with

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Hamachi Free Version Runs as a Service

Here’s something that was just pointed out to me today by a friend at work. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know when this became a feature… but I sure am excited to see it.

The free version of Hamachi now includes the ability to run as a service!

How cool is that? This is a

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Continuing to Enjoy Ubuntu

For the past week I’ve been using Ubuntu (via the Install Inside Windows option) almost full-time on my home machine. I’m digging it so far and am thinking I’ll re-install it as dual-boot to get a bit more performance (although it really runs quite well as the Windows Install as a perk of being on

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Vista VPN / Firefox / More

A grab bag of follow-ups and tidbits for today.

Firefox Update — Made Mine Happier

Last week I was belly-aching about Firefox and other browsers. After writing that post I uninstalled both versions of Firefox that I had installed: beta and 2.0.x.

I then visited:

boot drive:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data

and blew away the Mozilla folder (Firefox is the only

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Friday Night Highlights

A Friday night after 8 PM and I’m still sitting at work. I’ve been doing some server maintenance and “after hours” network maintenance — along with just generally killing time — while a steam cleaning crew works over the carpets. It was a big week here; I got to put down the keyboard and use

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