by Spencer Heckathorn | May 27, 2023 | General Computing
The original version of this was posted on Hektechnologies in 2017 and was called Take It to the Next Level: Stop Losing to Competitors. I’ve made some changes and updates, moving the post here as this post will be helpful for knowledge workers. In business and...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Mar 16, 2023 | General Computing
If you have government contracts involving Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), you might have to comply with the NIST SP 800-171 guidelines. Managing a business is already a handful, so I read the documentation and created a simplified checklist to help you...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Mar 7, 2023 | General Computing
Working with some troublesome systems can frequently be a cumbersome process. These systems can pose particularly challenging situations when the underlying hardware is much slower than what you use. Other times you may have a cloud provider you would like to move...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Feb 27, 2023 | General Computing
I will make more articles on how to do these things using the GUI in the future; however, I love using the command line. As I said, it helps a ton, especially if you are a newer admin just getting your feet wet. The reference documentation is here from Microsoft In...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Jan 22, 2023 | General Computing
Recently I’ve been trying out different Office 365 tools and features. My most recent venture has me working with Planner. I’ve put this article together to explain and show how useful it can be. This is similar to my all-time favorite, Trello but comes as...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Jan 18, 2023 | General Computing
The short article you are reading is based on a YouTube video I did a few years back. Opening a folder on Windows 10 can be done in a few different ways. One way is to look for the manila-colored envelope icon on your taskbar and the bottom bar on your Windows screen....
by Spencer Heckathorn | Jan 13, 2023 | General Computing
Have you ever been locked out of a Windows system by either a forgotten password or maybe someone left the company and wasn’t kind enough to put the password on a sticky note on their monitor or under their keyboard? Well, I have a method for you that will help!...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Dec 18, 2022 | General Computing
This week I ran into a very slow-to-respond computer that gave the error “This operation returned because the timeout period expired.” I spent much longer working directly on the machine before I had a crazy idea. This all-too-slow machine was an SBS 2011...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 21, 2022 | General Computing
I find myself in many situations where I need to set up a custom app or legacy system with the ability to send out emails, but we just started using Office 365 recently. So here are some of the server settings for different applications that should help keep the mail...
by Spencer Heckathorn | Oct 20, 2022 | General Computing
I’ve not always had the money to get the largest hard drive when building my computers or picking one from the store. Often I find myself selecting the smallest size and regretting it later. Here are some steps I’ve learned over the years to free up space...
