http://forevergeeks.com Computer Tips At No Charge Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://forevergeeks.com/offline-file-synchronization-solution http://forevergeeks.com/offline-file-synchronization-solution#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:26:03 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/offline-file-synchronization-solution Recently I was assigned the task to find a solution for our users to be able to synchronize their files on their computers regardless if they are on the network or traveling. one of the main reasons that a offline file synchronization solution is needed in our organization is that many traveling staff lose their [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/offline-file-synchronization-solution/feed 1 http://forevergeeks.com/osticket-web-support-ticketing-system http://forevergeeks.com/osticket-web-support-ticketing-system#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 02:34:58 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/osticket-web-support-ticketing-system If you are looking to setup a basic web support ticketing system then OSticket might be the answer. OSticket is a web based lightweight PHP script that can easily integrate to any website wanting to provide customer support, or a small business looking to support internal staff. OSticket supports many features including: ticket submission either by [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/osticket-web-support-ticketing-system/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/adobe-reader-alternative http://forevergeeks.com/adobe-reader-alternative#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 02:20:17 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/adobe-reader-alternative here is a good Adobe reader alternative, it is called Nuance PDF reader. this PDF reader is smaller than the last version of adobe reader, and it seems to have some very useful features. some of those features are: Fill and save PDF forms - I think the latest version of adobe reader let you [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/adobe-reader-alternative/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-windows-os http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-windows-os#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 21:01:21 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-windows-os is there a such thing as Open Source Windows OS? yes its is, it is called ReactOS. ReactOS is an open source operating system designed on the architecture of Windows NT, that means that all windows based applications will be compatible with this OS. unlike Linux where nothing from windows is compatible, this OS has [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-windows-os/feed 1 http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-connect-to-a-sftp-site-using-winscp http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-connect-to-a-sftp-site-using-winscp#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 05:07:13 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-connect-to-a-sftp-site-using-winscp Yesterday we setup a SFTP site using windows 2003, and Openssh. today we will connect to that site using WinSCP client. I guess you can use any FTP client that supports secure ftp connections like Filezilla etc, I just chose WinSCP for its simplicity. first, download the WinSCP client from here http://winscp.net/eng/download.php#download2  at the time of [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-connect-to-a-sftp-site-using-winscp/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-setup-a-secure-ftp-sftp-site-with-openssh-on-windows http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-setup-a-secure-ftp-sftp-site-with-openssh-on-windows#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 04:04:36 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-setup-a-secure-ftp-sftp-site-with-openssh-on-windows today I had to setup a secure FTP server on Windows Server 2003, and after researching for awhile on what software to use, I went for OpenSSH. I had in mind to go with FileZilla but after reviewing OpenSSH for windows I was drawn to it’s simplicity. so here is what you need to do [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-setup-a-secure-ftp-sftp-site-with-openssh-on-windows/feed 1 http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-help-desk-software-you-probably-havent-heard-of http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-help-desk-software-you-probably-havent-heard-of#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:50:58 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-help-desk-software-you-probably-havent-heard-of There are abundant commercial help desk software to choose from when it comes to setting up a help desk system, and most of them offer the same features, so it becomes a matter of preference. but what do you do when you don’t have the money to buy an expensive help desk software for your [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/open-source-help-desk-software-you-probably-havent-heard-of/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-delete-files-being-used-by-another-person-or-program http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-delete-files-being-used-by-another-person-or-program#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-delete-files-being-used-by-another-person-or-program this is quite annoying and it happens quite frequently to me. some times when I want to delete a file or a folder, I get an error saying that the file or folder is being used by another person or program, and cannot be deleted. But, how can I delete a file or folder locked up [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-delete-files-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-download-music-from-imeem http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-download-music-from-imeem#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:20:10 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-download-music-from-imeem If you are afraid to get your computer infected with viruses and malware by downloading music with software like Limewire, bittorrents, etc, you might be glad to know that there are other alternatives. Imeem.com is a very popular website for music and videos, and as youtube the media files cannot be downloaded directly from the [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-download-music-from-imeem/feed 0