Category Archives: System Administration

A Confusion of COM Ports

Posted on 2012-11-20 by M. Eric Carr

COM29? OK, time to clean house. Here’s how to delete unused COM port assignments in Windows. Continue reading →

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Wireless Keyboard Mystery

Posted on 2012-03-29 by M. Eric Carr

A wireless keyboard wouldn’t work on a new computer… Continue reading →

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BitTorrent explained

Posted on 2012-02-04 by M. Eric Carr

BitTorrent is a file-sharing protocol that takes advantage of clients’ upload capability to speed up file distribution. Here is a brief explanation and graphical example of how it works. Continue reading →

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Symantec “LU1803” fix

Posted on 2011-12-14 by M. Eric Carr

Here is a fix for a Symantec Antivirus / Symantec LiveUpdate “LU1803: Liveupdate failed while getting your updates” error. Share and enjoy! Continue reading →

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