The IT Guys Blog

IT Guys have lots of ways to communicate and ask each other questions; my favorite is Experts Exchange. I know you have to pay for Experts Exchange and that’s a big no no with a lot of the IT guys out there, but the solution is make your work pay for it! It’s hands down the best directory of IT problems and solutions on the internet. For documents like policies and troubleshooting guides I usually check out TechRepublic, where I also have a TR Pro membership.

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It always amazes me when I see some of the “old school IT Guys” rocking their CD Wallets with software that totals their life savings. I guess nobody told them that CD’s get stolen, break, and don’t last long. I’ll cover this before somebody e-mails me about it. CD-R’s have an average rated life of 75 years and if you leave your CD’s in a warm place or in sunlight that shrinks their life dramatically. 75 years seems great but if you’re and IT Guy, you actually USE your CD’s. Realistically plan on your CD’s lasting no more than a year and sometimes less, because they get scratched and left in computers by accident before you ship them out to other offices. CD’s are temporary storage in my eyes. You should always have copies of your CD’s on a file server or at least an external hard drive. Read the rest of this entry »

There comes a time in every IT Guy’s life when he has to suck it up and go to every single computer in the company. It’s something we try to avoid at all costs but some things such as Windows SBS or needing to change a domain name force this dreadful task on us. Many small businesses go with Windows SBS because it’s a good deal, little do they know it makes upgrading when you need to add additional servers a nightmare. There is a tool that will automatically join the new domain and copy the user profile for you all in one click. The User Profile Wizard by ForensiT.

Check it out, it’s one of those use it once in a million tools but it just might save you from spending 30 minutes a computer. When you have to do this to 50+ desktops you’ll thank me.