Monthly Archives: April 2009

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Creating Printable Post Pages in WordPress

Published on: April 29, 2009 in Blogging, Wordpress and has 3 Comments

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Some time ago I created a post titled How to Create Printable Web Pages where I talk about using two CSS style sheets for a web site: 1 for the screen display and one for printing. I used the two style sheets when Technically Easy was on Blogger, but since then I never created a [...]

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How to Reset the D-Link DIR-628 Wireless Router

Published on: April 24, 2009 in Networking, Networks, Security and has 12 Comments

D-Link DIR-628 Wireless Router

A few posts ago I wrote a post titled Securing the D-Link DIR-628 Wireless Router. In that post I outlined the steps needed to secure that particular wireless router. Securing a wireless router is extremely important to prevent others from accessing your network and Internet from their computers. There are times, however, where you may [...]

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Syntax Error When Inserting a Record in Excel Using ODBC

Published on: April 22, 2009 in Software and has No Comments

I have connected to various data sources in the past using ODBC, including Access, SQL Server, and DB2 databases. For the most part using ODBC is easy, since all you really need is the proper connection string and authentication. Once you have those, then you can easily run queries against the data source. I recently [...]

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Securing the D-Link DIR-628 Wireless Router

Published on: April 17, 2009 in Networking, Networks, Security and has 14 Comments

D-Link DIR-628 Wireless Router

I have written a few guides about securing a wireless router. All the guides in the past were for 802.11g routers, so the routers have been around for many years, and are quite common. This guide will concentrate on a newer router, with many more options. The 802.11n proposed standard is becoming much more commonly [...]

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Restart or Shutdown Windows from a Batch File

Published on: April 15, 2009 in Windows and has 2 Comments

Some time ago I wrote a post title Automating Computer Maintenance where I talked about creating batch files to execute some anti-virus, anti-spyware and a defrag application on a computer. The batch files can then be scheduled to run on a computer at a specific time to ensure that regular maintenance is performed without having [...]

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Blog Ad Networks: Quantity or Quality Traffic?

Published on: April 10, 2009 in Blogging and has 7 Comments

In a few months Technically Easy will have been around for two years. Within those two years I have switched blogging platforms, tried many themes, and tried several advertising networks. It seems like there is a new ad network created each day, offering something a little different than the current crop of networks. Some of [...]

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Windows Vista Freezing After Log On

Published on: April 8, 2009 in Windows and has No Comments

I recently had an issue with my laptop. For some reason when Vista loaded, I was able to log on, but then it would stay on the Welcome screen. While I couldn’t see anything on the screen, I did notice that there was a lot of hard drive activity, so I knew that something was [...]

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How to Easily Add Adsense to Your Blogger Blog

Published on: April 3, 2009 in Blogging and has 4 Comments

Google’s Adsense is one of the most popular forms of monetizing available for a Web site or blog. It is free to join and easy to display on your site. Unless your host doesn’t allow you to display ads, such as the free version of WordPress, you can easily add them to any site. For [...]

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