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Computer repair in San Diego includes a lot of emailing. All of Mobile Computer Wizard's techs use GMail, but one annoying limitation of GMail is that it caps email attachment size at 25MB. In order to send larger files to each other, we have to split the file up into smaller chunks and then reassemble them at their destination. FileSplitter makes quick work of this task. Just choose the source file and destination folder, then enter the file chunk size. Use 24MB if you are using GMail. To merge the file chunks, select file.chunk001 as the source chunk and then create the destination file. You must include the file extension for the destination file. FileSplitter will not automatically detect it.
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Ahh... the age old question! Once again, you probably won't get a straight answer. Shocker! This article links you to a bunch of opinions for your computer.
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This is a useful trick for our San Diego customers that use production software. When importing a file that isn't natively supported by a program, that program will sometimes compensate by converting the imported file into a format that it natively supports. Afterwards, the converted file is saved as a new file. This can be annoying as it leaves you with multiple copies of the same file in various formats. A solution to this would be to make a batch file that hides specified extensions and have it execute on startup.
This is one I use. Since I have hidden files set to show by default, I make them "protected system files" as well so I can't see them (Doug's idea). This batch hides .sfk's and .asd's and runs on everything in my C: drive, which takes roughly 2 seconds (10,000rpm drive, 160GB of data).
If you don't need to turn them into protected system files, remove the +s modifier. Use the first line to navigate to your folder if it you want to only run there. The /s modifier has it hit all subdirectories and the /d modifier doesn't. When you have edited the extensions, drop it in the startup folder.
So far I have not had any issues with my programs accessing or modifying any of the files that get changed, but I recommend testing everything after a first pass. Also, if the folder ever needs to be deleted, it can't contain system files. Navigate to the folder in command line and use:
attrib -s *.* /s
The Olympic games in London and fake offers for luxury goods all contributed to a big jump in malware in spam between April and May.
April and May were significant months for malware growth and increased spam and phishing attacks, as the volume of known malware swelled by more than a factor of 10, growing by 927.4 percent from April to May, according to German email security provider Eleven's "E-Mail Security Report" for June 2012. The volume of spam emails was also back on the rise, while virus outbreaks more than tripled, up by 251.6 percent, according to the report.
The increase in malware can be traced back to Trojan horses-Zbot is one well-known example-above all other methods of breach, the report noted, with fake delivery notifications, mobile phone bills and order statements among the most popular scams. Meanwhile, phishing attacks continued to rise, with instances up by 23.6 percent in May after an overall increase of almost 170 percent in the first quarter, Eleven's research team discovered. In May, offers for fake luxury items was the third most popular subject for spam emails, accounting for 14 percent of total spam. This was topped by pharmaceutical offers (34.4 percent) in the pole position. Casino spam (15.8 percent) nabbed the second slot.
Germany accounted for 2.8 percent of the world's spam, breaking into the top ten list of spammers, with the U.S. occupying sixth place. France placed seventh, while four Asian countries, and two countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America also made the list. London's upcoming Summer Olympic Games also had an impact on the rise of spam, with fake ticket offers and phising attacks contributing to the overall rise. The report suggests this influence will only grow strong as the opening ceremonies for the games near.
"The tendency toward using campaigns that specifically target users in certain countries also continued to become more widespread in April and May 2012. In addition to phishing attacks, however, there was a focus on traditional spam," the report noted. "Since the start of the year, the research team at Eleven has observed a marked increase in the volume of spam advertising male potency drugs and written in good German. This means that spam activities are also becoming increasingly region-specific-a trend that has been observed for a long time in phishing and malware campaigns."
The report comes on the heels of Mimecast's inaugural "The Shape of Email" study, based on a poll of IT departments on email practices and the contents of the average employee inbox. The survey found just 25 percent of email is considered essential for work purposes, with an additional 14 percent categorized as being of "critical importance." Nearly two out of three (61 percent) of emails are not considered essential, and an estimated 7 percent of emails inside the average inbox are considered to be spam or junk.
Mac Mail imap syncing with Gmail's sent, drafts and trash can be quirkly, especially when you mix in an iPad.
First, be sure to go into the 'manage labels' in you gmail online settings. CLean up any folders, specically, the 'sent messages' folder that Mac Mail can create. Also be sure the the real gmail 'sent' folder is 'shown in the IMAP list' It's a checkbox. Then, in Mac Mail, select folder you are trying to sync out of the gmail IMAP list in Mac Mail. Then, while it's selected, go to the 'Mailbox' Menu, choose 'Use this Mailbox for" - select 'sent'. The folder will then move up to the top left Mailboxes list and be uses across Mac Mail and Gmail.
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I ran into an interesting Windows 7 network issue on a Mission Valley client's PC. They have an local folder share and when she tried to access the folders, it would give her a permissions error. Other systems in the office were able to connect to it without a problem.
Modifying the Windows Credentials made no impact and when trying to disconnect the mapped drive, it would throw an error about how the drive was not connected. Interestingly, I could call the folder using \\FolderName, but I was unable to enter any folder beyond that.
This made me think that the problem was how Windows was recognizing the mapped drives and the problem spilled over to accessing the folders directly. I went into the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2]
NOTE: A mapping to \\Shared\F will show a registry subkey named as ##Shared#F
I removed all of the references to the shared folders and restarted Windows. Sure enough, the mapped drives were disconnected and I was able to map them again.
I was able to use the resource monitor to determine that Live Mesh was causing the whole network to slow down in our San Diego office. The ping time exceed 1000 when it's running and under 70 when it's not. Live Mesh is a simple program without the ability to easily throttle it's CPU and network bandwidth. So for now, I had to exit the program. I do plan on giving it time to complete the sync, but unfortunately, many others have complained about this bug. Google Drive sync and Dropbox continue to work well and may turn out to me the permanent solution.
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