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Clay Nichols
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45 votes
13 answers
425k views

How to get a list of all IP addresses (and ideally device names) on a LAN?

3 votes
4 answers
16k views

Is there a way to make the Windows 7 Firewall ask for permission (rather than allow/deny) for a program to access the internet?

13 votes
2 answers
16k views

Are SATA 1, 2 and 3 cables interchangeable?

0 votes
5 answers
15k views

Very challenging network access problem: can't browse but can ping. Other PCs can browse and ping [closed]

3 votes
4 answers
15k views

How can I move the Vmware virtual Hard Drive files?

5 votes
1 answer
12k views

What is the difference between "turn off" and "shut down" in Windows 7 version of Virtual PC?

2 votes
2 answers
10k views

What is the proper format for a DKIM type TXT value in a DNS Zone record?

5 votes
2 answers
10k views

Why do I need to escape ; with \ in a DNS DKIM record?

-1 votes
3 answers
7k views

Easiest way to erase personal settings before donating Windows XP PC? [closed]

3 votes
7 answers
7k views

Objective speed comparison of Windows 7 vs. Windows XP

1 vote
7 answers
6k views

What are the pro/cons of Windows XP SP3 (over SP2)?

1 vote
4 answers
5k views

Windows Vista /7 command line to launch the "Set up your microphone" wizard (or a mic test wizard)

4 votes
3 answers
4k views

If I refer to a local external USB drive by it's network UNC name (\\mycomputer name\SharedAsName) is there a performance penalty vs. referring to the local name (d:\)

-5 votes
1 answer
3k views

Is there a way to uniquely identify a browser other than the IP address? [closed]

6 votes
4 answers
2k views

When does this SSL certificate expire?

1 vote
4 answers
2k views

Is Google Public DNS (for my browser, not my website) faster than your run of the mill DNS? [closed]

3 votes
1 answer
2k views

How can I evaluate the quality of the DNS Domain Name Servers of a provider?

1 vote
1 answer
2k views

How to redirect sub.Domain.com to a folder (Domain.com/folder, etc.) in IIS7?

1 vote
2 answers
2k views

How to automate disk checking in Windows?

2 votes
3 answers
1k views

Any way to switch SQL Server 2008 Express from "windows autentication" to "mixed mode"?

-4 votes
2 answers
1k views

Do I need an SSL certificate at both servers to communicate via TLS 1.2? [closed]

3 votes
3 answers
1k views

How do you compare speeds of of a Celeron vs. Pentium processor?

3 votes
6 answers
972 views

Recommended maintenance plan for Windows PCs

0 votes
3 answers
830 views

What are the limitations of SQL Server 2008 Express?

2 votes
5 answers
591 views

How long should the delay be before automatically "Turn off Hard disks"

1 vote
1 answer
479 views

What is the % Energy Savings of a Dell energy efficient Power Supplies worth the extra cost? (I.e., what's the payback period)? [closed]

2 votes
3 answers
375 views

Programs can not "see" network drive until I manually browse to it

1 vote
1 answer
350 views

Tutorial on using Advanced Sharing (instead of Simple Sharing) on Windows XP and 7

3 votes
4 answers
349 views

Any suggestions of a good registry cleaner? [closed]

1 vote
4 answers
348 views

What's your opinion (based on your experience with) Sandbox apps to isolate Windows programs?