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The Apps in row one are recommended downloads for new computers

Solid State Drives

To Upgrade a laptop HDD to a SSD (Solid State Drive) the links below will provide pointers to the tools and procedures.  Search on YouTube for a video for your particular laptop to see the internal views and any particulars about disassembly.  Don't forget to initialize the new SSD which should be an option under disk management.  How to upgrade your laptop's hard drive to an SSD (Laptopmag.com)
I have used 4 (so far) Silicon Power Ace A55 very low cost 1 TB drives with no problems (yet).  Check user comments on the drive you select to see what cautions you should be aware of.  Your SSD should have more capacity than the drive you are cloning.  Look up "shrink" to shrink a partition to fit. 
I have had good experience with the inateck box shown here, this can also use the partition wizard via USB to clone the drive via computer.
Benchmark software and online
  • ​Online
  • Userbenmch
  • Lansweeper
  • 21 benchmarks



Cyber Attacks - real time


Most Frequently Used

Does my computer have a virus checker?  -  Important first step.

>>Digital Footprint

Windows and Windows Tutorials
  • Lesson 1 - Windows 10 tutorial and basic troubleshooting

Sites to test for specific virus and Malware

​Is the site up?
Samples set up for weebly.com (where this page is hosted)
Internet Status
Troubleshoot with CMD window
In search bar on computer type CMD to get the cmd prompt, run as administrator
  • Netstat  netstat [-m] [-n] [-s] [-i | -r] [-f address_family]
  • ​Netstat is designed to identify all connections to your system.
  • Ipconfig -a
  • Open command with admin privileges:
  • 1. Click on Start button. 
    2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box. 
    3. Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator. Allow elevation request. 
  •    netsh winsock reset    netsh int ip reset tcpip.log
Determine if you are being compromised

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System File Check for corrupt or missing files
How do I run Scannow command?
How to Run SFC from within Windows as an Administrator:
  1. Click the Start button and in the search bar, type: CMD.
  2. Right-click CMD.exe and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Click Yes on the User Account Control (UAC) prompt that appears.
  4. Once the blinking cursor appears, type: SFC /scannow.
  5. Press the Enter key.



http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=

DNS Virus
Go to this site to test your computer Click Here

Computer Commands
Speed - Packet loss/tracerout tests

DNS Propogation Check after changing A records
Blacklist IP address check:
Shields Up:
 Good link to check your firewall

Internet Performance Monitors
Network Tools:


Other Good Sites to check things.....
DNS Virus
Go to this site to test your computer Click Here

Computer Tools
Troubleshooting Windows Computers:

If you have computer problems start here: Check out Files to see if they are safe using this tool:  Click Here

Google Safe Browsing Diagnostics:

To use the tool, just append a URL to the end of http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=. For example, to test this site, you would

enter http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://searchengineland.com/.

Google will then return four sets of security information about that page.

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=

Instructions:  Click on the above link, your browser will return an error, however, it leaves the link in the URL window.  Just type the site in question after the = sign and it will check the site for you.

 General Internet Links - Interesting
Trend Micro


Webmaster Tools from Google


Web Page Link Checkers
  • Firefox addons - go to addons in firefox
    • Check Page Links
    • Pinger
Whois Ping
  • Sitemaps

TraceRoute DNS Links

Best DNS tools March 2012 DNS Tools DNS Propogation Check
Wi-Fi Tools:
Great Network Tools
Security Tools
Test Download Speeds:
Maps, GIS,and GPS Internet Tools


  Anti-Virus Links
Free Virus Checkers and tools:
Anti-Virus Links
Windows and Network Information
nslookup in a cmd line
>server 8.8.8.8
>set debug
>set d2
>set query

 Tools for Wireless and wired networks
Internet Service Providers - Seattle Area
Tools for recovery and Virus Detection/elimination
Different Links
Wireless IP cameras:
Access links Questions 
Solutions Pro Email setup:
  • Online address:  http://www.cityemail.com

  • Online SPAM filter:
    • View click the spam folder lower case spam
    • Can whitelist domains at: click on antispam settings lower left
  • Outgoing server:  mail.spro.net
    • Port:587
  • Incoming Server:  mail.spro.net
    • Port:110
  • Special Setup Instructions
    • Outgoing mail server requires authentication.
    • Account name is full email address.


Web Page Development Links
DHTML Links
Web Test Pages


Web Page Related:

Useful Technology Link Checkers:
Space Test Page

Network Viewer

Network View - version 1.20

The syntax of this command is:

NetView.exe [/NTW] [/NTS] [/PDC] [/BDC] [/PRINT] [/RAS] [/SQL] [/TIME] [/TS]
   [/9x] [/HEX:0xXXXXXXXX] [/DOMAIN:domain] [/T] [/B] [/TABS]

 Multiple switches can be specified, separate each with a space.

 /NTW will include NT/2000/XP workstations.
 /NTS will include NT/2000/.NET servers.
 /PDC will include NT/2000/.NET primary domain controllers.
 /BDC will include NT backup domain controllers.
 /PRINT will include Print queue servers.
 /RAS will include Remote Access Servers.
 /SQL will include Microsoft SQL Servers.
 /TIME will include all Time sources.
 /TS will include all Terminal Servers.
 /9x will include Windows 95/98/ME systems. (Only if sharing has been enabled.)
 /HEX: allows you to specify your own bit mask.  Use /HEX: /? for more details.

 /DOMAIN: allows you to specify a different domain or workgroup.
 /T also displays the primary machine type (Server, Workstation, PDC, etc.)
 /B displays the output in bare format (useful when scripting)
 /TABS separates columns with tabs instead of spaces (useful when importing)

 An argument of /? or -? displays this syntax and always returns 1.
 A successful completion will return 0.

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Domain text record: ms=ms32535436

Name Servers:
ns1.bdm.microsoftonline.com
ns2.bdm.microsoftonline.com


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